{"id":1272,"date":"2013-06-10T16:39:55","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T16:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/?p=1272"},"modified":"2013-11-02T09:33:17","modified_gmt":"2013-11-02T09:33:17","slug":"simonsidesjune-8th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/?p=1272","title":{"rendered":"Simonsides &#8211; June 8th 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the good weather continues, I found myself once again drawn to one of my favourite areas of the county,the Simonside Hills, having visited this area since the age of 5 or 6 . I won&#8217;t reveal when exactly that was !<\/p>\n<p>The G S Woodpecker nest found last week, now saw the noisy young poking heads out of the tree-hole and the parents bringing in good amounts of food. Nearby a Cuckoo called frequently and 2 others answered from woods close by. A 4th bird seen too. A pair\u00a0Redpolls were feeding a group of fledged young in conifers and\u00a0several others seen nearby.A\u00a0Spotted Flycatcher called quietly from within the wood. 3 Redstarts were seen and heard, and on a fell a pair of fledged young Skylarks called for food. At least ten Skylarks were singing.<\/p>\n<p>Raptors seen were Kestrels at 2 sites, Sparrowhawk and Common Buzzard.<\/p>\n<p>A few Red Grouse noted in heather and Meadow Pipits in good numbers fed young. No sign of any Wheatears this time. Siskins were\u00a0 noted displaying in the conifers.<br \/>\nOn the drive to Simonside,Redstarts were seen\/heard at several sites and a pair of Spotted flycatchers were lining their nest with wool at Nunnykirk. Also here were Garden Warbler and 4 Pied flycatchers,Treecreeper,Goldcrest and Green Woodpecker.<\/p>\n<p>A.S. Jack<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/G-S-WoodpeckerSimonsides.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1273 alignleft\" alt=\"G S Woodpecker,Simonsides\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/G-S-WoodpeckerSimonsides-300x200.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/G-S-WoodpeckerSimonsides-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/G-S-WoodpeckerSimonsides.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Spotted-Flycatcher.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1274 alignleft\" alt=\"Spotted Flycatcher\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Spotted-Flycatcher-300x200.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Spotted-Flycatcher-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Spotted-Flycatcher.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Young-Skylarks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1275 aligncenter\" alt=\"Young Skylarks\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Young-Skylarks-300x200.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Young-Skylarks-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Young-Skylarks.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the good weather continues, I found myself once again drawn to one of my favourite areas of the county,the Simonside Hills, having visited this area since the age of 5 or 6 . I won&#8217;t reveal when exactly that was ! The G S Woodpecker nest found last week, now saw the noisy young [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1272","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\/1272","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1272"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2789,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272\/revisions\/2789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}