{"id":1995,"date":"2013-08-03T21:43:51","date_gmt":"2013-08-03T21:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/?p=1995"},"modified":"2013-11-01T20:48:50","modified_gmt":"2013-11-01T20:48:50","slug":"august-3rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/?p=1995","title":{"rendered":"3rd August 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Druridge Bay today ,starting at Cresswell where 6 young Avocets fed while their parents dozed in the sun &#8211; 11 birds in total counted. 5 Greenshanks,3 Black tailed Godwits\u00a0and a few Dunlin present too. The water levels are very high\u00a0unfortunately after high tides and some heavy overnight rain lately. 40 Swifts fed above.<\/p>\n<p>At Druridge Pools a female Stonechat noted and A pair of Sedge Warblers feeding young in the nest. A nice Comma butterfly basked on a nettle among the many Large Whites present. At the hide, Green , Wood and Common Sandpipers seen and a single 1st summer Little Gull. Also 3 juv. Yellow Wagtails and a family of Tufted Duck, 2 Common Terns and a juv Kestrel noted.\u00a0 Swallows in the hide were incubating a second brood, quite oblivious to my presence. A Whimbrel and Black tailed Godwit circled above calling.<\/p>\n<p>Up to East Chevington where the Spotted Crake showed well,bathing and preening out in the open for 5 or 6 minutes. Waders present included 2 Ruff, Bar tailed Godwit,Whimbrel and Dunlin.<\/p>\n<p>A S Jack<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Greenshank.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1996 alignleft\" alt=\"Greenshank\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Greenshank-300x200.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Greenshank-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Greenshank.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Comma1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1998 alignleft\" alt=\"Comma\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Comma1-300x200.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Comma1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Comma1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/c-sand-aug-31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2000 alignleft\" alt=\"c sand aug 3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/c-sand-aug-31-300x200.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/c-sand-aug-31-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/c-sand-aug-31.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/yellow-wag1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2002 alignleft\" alt=\"yellow wag\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/yellow-wag1-300x200.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/yellow-wag1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/yellow-wag1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Druridge Bay today ,starting at Cresswell where 6 young Avocets fed while their parents dozed in the sun &#8211; 11 birds in total counted. 5 Greenshanks,3 Black tailed Godwits\u00a0and a few Dunlin present too. The water levels are very high\u00a0unfortunately after high tides and some heavy overnight rain lately. 40 Swifts fed above. At Druridge [&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-1995","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\/1995","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=1995"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2760,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995\/revisions\/2760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}