{"id":2875,"date":"2016-01-24T19:37:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T19:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=2875"},"modified":"2020-04-06T11:11:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T11:11:14","slug":"winter-in-west-lancashire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=2875","title":{"rendered":"Winter in west Lancashire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
\"Barn<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A few highlights from a short visit to Martin Mere and then a drive across west Lancashire to Lunt Meadows.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
\"Lego<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kingfisher <\/span><\/p>\n

Can\u2019t recall seeing a Kingfisher made from Lego before – quite an achievement. Lego appears to have come a long way since the early 1970\u2019s when multi-coloured castles and battery powered boats were the height of fashion. Great to see the efforts being made at WWT Martin Mere for the younger visitor<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
\"Male<\/a><\/td>\n\"The<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Male Smew<\/span><\/p>\n

One day we\u2019ll find a wild one but for now Martin Mere is the closest we\u2019ve got.<\/span><\/td>\n

The 1st Snowdrop of the year<\/span><\/p>\n

Great to see a few signs of early Spring. This time last week it was snowing.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Short-eared<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Short-eared Owl.<\/span><\/p>\n

For once it wasn\u2019t raining so a quick detour on the way home to Lunt Meadows.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Short-eared<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Short-eared<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Perhaps even more dramatic with the backlighting from a rapidly fading sun.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Barn<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yet again, fortunate enough to enjoy some superb views of a Barn Owl hunting during the late afternoon.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Barn<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Can\u2019t recall seeing a Kingfisher made from Lego before – quite an achievement. Lego appears to have come a long way since the early 1970\u2019s when multi-coloured castles and battery powered boats were the height of fashion. Read More …<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[108,183,401],"tags":[276,574,569,112,115,119],"class_list":["post-2875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-birds","category-flora","category-other","tag-barn-owl","tag-lego","tag-lunt-meadows","tag-martin-mere","tag-short-eared-owl","tag-snowdrops"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2875"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6480,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2875\/revisions\/6480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}