{"id":11143,"date":"2017-05-20T15:59:45","date_gmt":"2017-05-20T15:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/?p=11143"},"modified":"2017-05-21T21:10:13","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T21:10:13","slug":"saturday-20th-may-2017-druridge-pools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/?p=11143","title":{"rendered":"Saturday 20th May 2017 \u2013 Druridge Pools"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got the chance to go birding again this Saturday.\u00a0 I considered going for the Red-necked Phalarope, which had been found again at Grindon Lough, however after last year\u2019s two dips, and the previous years, poor distance views after three hours in the rain I was not mega keen to be honest.\u00a0 Been a while since I\u2019d been that wet! \u00a0\u00a0This decision, was wise in the end, as the whole day contained constant rain showers, which were often heavy.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

Instead, I found myself yet again at Druridge Pools, which is looking great for birds now.\u00a0 There had been a Temminck\u2019s Stint \u00a0earlier in the week, so I was busy searching through the waders.\u00a0 Yellow Wagtails were again a highlight, with at least five present today; three of which came close to the south hide, as two males were fighting over a female.\u00a0 They must have liked her lots, as they were putting lots of effort into it.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

On the larger lake, a selection of birds, came close to the hide, spying me as they went past in pairs.\u00a0 First was a pair of Great Crested Grebes, followed by two Little Grebes, two Tufted Ducks, a pair of Mallards and a pair of Shoveler.<\/p>\n

Paul Buskin<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I got the chance to go birding again this Saturday.\u00a0 I considered going for the Red-necked Phalarope, which had been found again at Grindon Lough, however after last year\u2019s two dips, and the previous years, poor distance views after three hours in the rain I was not mega keen to be honest.\u00a0 Been a while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11143","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11143"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11156,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11143\/revisions\/11156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}