{"id":11541,"date":"2017-08-27T10:52:38","date_gmt":"2017-08-27T10:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/?p=11541"},"modified":"2017-09-03T11:00:13","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T11:00:13","slug":"migrants-on-show-at-exhibition-park-22nd-august-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/?p=11541","title":{"rendered":"Migrants on show at Exhibition Park &#8211; 22nd August 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I always enjoy my walks around Exhibition Park, in the centre of Newcastle. \u00a0This month has been particularly good with the presence of some spring\/summer migrants stopping off for a short time on their way to their winter homes.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Spotted-Flycatcher-1-Exhibtion-Park-August-17-gallerynb.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11542\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Spotted-Flycatcher-1-Exhibtion-Park-August-17-gallerynb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Spotted-Flycatcher-1-Exhibtion-Park-August-17-gallerynb.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Spotted-Flycatcher-1-Exhibtion-Park-August-17-gallerynb-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Spotted-Flycatcher-1-Exhibtion-Park-August-17-gallerynb-533x400.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>A Spotted Flycatcher was still present this afternoon. \u00a0It has now been present for at least three weeks; still to the left of the lake, high above in the trees. I rarely am lucky to enjoy this exciting flycatcher in Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>No sign of the Redstarts which have been around, however the nearby trees continue to be alive with dozens of Chiffchaffs and Willow Warblers. \u00a0Amazing to see so many in one place. At least one Garden Warbler remained in the area.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Wheatear-gallery-Exhibition-Park-August-17-.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11543\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Wheatear-gallery-Exhibition-Park-August-17-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Wheatear-gallery-Exhibition-Park-August-17-.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Wheatear-gallery-Exhibition-Park-August-17--300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Wheatear-gallery-Exhibition-Park-August-17--533x400.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Not far, close to the visiting Chinese circus, making good use of local wooden fences, a Wheatear was relaxing in the sun, on the Newcastle Town Moor. No sign of any Whinchat\u2019s today, however 1-2 had been in the area over the past few days.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Paul Buskin<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I always enjoy my walks around Exhibition Park, in the centre of Newcastle. \u00a0This month has been particularly good with the presence of some spring\/summer migrants stopping off for a short time on their way to their winter homes. A Spotted Flycatcher was still present this afternoon. \u00a0It has now been present for at least [&hellip;]<\/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-11541","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\/11541","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=11541"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11545,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11541\/revisions\/11545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}