{"id":5310,"date":"2018-11-14T21:09:31","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T21:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=5310"},"modified":"2018-11-14T21:12:10","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T21:12:10","slug":"the-silence-of-our-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=5310","title":{"rendered":"The Silence of our Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Tommy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Curlews<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Highlights from a few hours spent dodging the showers around Morecambe Bay.<\/p>\n

Great to see plenty of Curlews in the freshly sown fields adjacent to Cockerham Marsh.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Lapwing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Also plenty of Lapwings and Golden Plovers with a female Merlin taking more than a passing interest. Strange how the Lapwing’s iridescent plumage appears even more impressive in the clean, coastal light.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Lapwing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Turnstone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Turnstones at nearby Knott End.<\/p>\n

A flock of 18 Twite were briefly seen but disappeared over the cafe roof as their normal feeding area was submerged by the rising tide.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Turnstones<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Dig<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dig for victory !<\/p>\n

Perhaps this excavator has seen one too many battles.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Whooper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mmmm………raw, muddy potatoes.<\/p>\n

Approximately 42 Whooper Swans enjoying the remains of the potato harvest at Eagland Hill.\u00a0A high energy snack and just right for recovering after the long flight south from Iceland.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Whooper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Whooper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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