{"id":3242,"date":"2016-05-13T19:36:54","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T19:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=3242"},"modified":"2020-04-06T11:00:34","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T11:00:34","slug":"pendle-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=3242","title":{"rendered":"Pendle Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pendle<\/p>\n

Difficult to believe that the week before all this area was buried under an early May snowfall.<\/p>\n

At just over 1800ft high as hills go Pendle is big. In fact its not just big it’s also very steep. Due to its isolated location it forms a prominent landmark that can be seen for miles. Perhaps this helps to explain its attraction as a traditional stopover point for Dotterel on their migration north to the Scottish Highlands. Other stopover points include the summit of Ingleborough – 2,372\u00a0ft, Skiddaw – 3,054\u00a0ft and Cairn Gorm – 4084\u00a0ft. Occasionally they can be found in coastal areas but in general they prefer tundra like conditions.Dotterel<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Historical data available at Birdtrack<\/a> suggests there’s a 6 week window\u00a0where its just about possible to see a Dotterel on its Spring migration with\u00a0mid May being the best time.
\n\"The<\/p>\n

A glorious morning in early May and time for a walk.\u00a0Probably around\u00a0a 1:10 chance of finding a Dotterel not great odds but if Leicester City can win the Premier League you never know.
\n\"Trig<\/p>\n

Hmmm…… 50 minutes later and I arrive at the Trig Point. No sign of any Dotterel. Plenty of Meadow Pipits, a Cuckoo, 2 Ravens, a Kestrel, a pair of Wheatears but despite spending nearly 2 hours wandering around the summit absolutely no Dotterels.<\/p>\n

\"Plateau<\/p>\n

A long way down<\/p>\n

\"Green<\/p>\n

The first Green Hairstreak of the year sheltering from the wind
\n\"Green<\/b><\/i><\/u>
\nWe’ll be back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A glorious morning in early May and time for a walk.\u00a0Probably around\u00a0a 1:10 chance of finding a Dotterel not great odds but …………….. Read More …<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[108,4,15],"tags":[161,597],"class_list":["post-3242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-birds","category-insects","category-landscapes","tag-green-hairstreak","tag-pendle-hill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3242","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=3242"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6471,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3242\/revisions\/6471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}