{"id":4324,"date":"2014-07-13T10:26:15","date_gmt":"2014-07-13T10:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/?p=4324"},"modified":"2014-07-13T12:52:12","modified_gmt":"2014-07-13T12:52:12","slug":"july-12th-druridge-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/?p=4324","title":{"rendered":"July 12th 2014, Druridge Bay."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A leisurely morning spent at various bay sites with more talking than birding taking place! Starting at Cresswell, the pond held a total of 13 Avocets and 3 young , noisily chasing off any bird coming near the young. 28 Dunlin fed along the western shore and a single Black tailed Godwit noted. 5\u00a0 immature Little Gulls loafed in front of the hide ,before flying off south and 4 Snipe seen. In the reeds, 4 Reed Warblers still sang,as did a few Reed Buntings and Sedge Warblers. A Kestrel and Buzzard hovered to the west.<\/p>\n<p>Up to Druridge Pools and a single Spoonbill remained. 16 Lapwings counted and a Common Tern fished the main pool. Butterflies here were much in evidence with 3-4 Dark green Fritilliaries being the highlight. Plenty of Ringlets,Large and\u00a0Small Skippers\u00a0and Meadow Browns noted and a few Small Heaths,Common Blues,Large Whites and Speckled Woods and a single Red Admiral made for a good selection.<\/p>\n<p>On to Widdrington Moor lake, where a splendid male Marsh Harrier hunted the roadside grasses very close to the car . Kestrel and 2 Buzzards here too. 3 Yellowhammers sang as did one Willow Warbler.2 Great crested Grebes here.<\/p>\n<p>Arriving at East Chevington, another male Marsh Harrier could be seen\u00a0 over trees to the west and an adult and juvenile female were over reeds at the south pool. ( up to 5 juveniles have been reported). On the north pool, a few Common and Sandwich Terns bathed and 5 Great crested Grebes with 3 large young seen.<\/p>\n<p>A.S.Jack<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_5046.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4325\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_5046-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5046\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_5046-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_5046-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_5046.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_5504.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4326\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_5504-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5504\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_5504-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_5504-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_5504.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_5544.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4327\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_5544-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5544\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_5544-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_5544-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_5544.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_5522.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4328\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_5522-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5522\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_5522-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_5522-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_5522.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A leisurely morning spent at various bay sites with more talking than birding taking place! Starting at Cresswell, the pond held a total of 13 Avocets and 3 young , noisily chasing off any bird coming near the young. 28 Dunlin fed along the western shore and a single Black tailed Godwit noted. 5\u00a0 immature [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4324","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\/4324","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=4324"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4333,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4324\/revisions\/4333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}