{"id":4566,"date":"2014-08-22T17:54:18","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T17:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/?p=4566"},"modified":"2014-08-22T18:35:32","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T18:35:32","slug":"st-marys-august-2122","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/?p=4566","title":{"rendered":"St. Marys &#8211; 21st-22nd August 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several visits to St. Marys over the last two days produced a good variety of species. Wader numbers continue to grow, with around 320 Golden Plover giving close views on the rocks. Sanderling, in a variety of plumages numbered 100+ and with some careful stalking,allowed very close approach. A nice Bar tailed Godwit,still sporting much summer red, roosted on rocks,where 29 Turnstone fed with several Oystercatchers and Curlew. A single Whimbrel circled,calling before heading on south. A few Sandwich and Common Terns rested on the rocks of the island,while more fed offshore. A reported Med. Gull eluded me.<\/p>\n<p>A juvenile Wheatear was feeding well, along a track and another lingered along a small stream outlet at Whitley Bay beach.(present 3 days).\u00a0In the bushes, 3 juvenile Whitethroats remained,preening in the sunshine and 2\u00a0 juvenile Sedge Warblers glimpsed. A Grasshopper Warbler noted too. Several calling Willow Warblers in the bushes,one even singing briefly. A few Swifts noted,with most having departed,feeding with a group of House Martins ( per. J. Bucknall). Young Swallows rested out of the wind on the cliff faces, calling when parents came in to feed them. Two Skylarks were over the fields to the west.<\/p>\n<p>A Little Egret seen flying south today,Great Shearwater and Pomarine Skua\u00a0north,yesterday 21st.\u00a0( per J. B.).<\/p>\n<p>A.S.Jack<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_7248.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4567\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_7248-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7248\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_7248-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_7248-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_7248.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_7252.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4568\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_7252-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7252\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_7252-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_7252-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_7252.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8083.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4569\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8083-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8083\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8083-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8083-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8083.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_7439.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4570\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_7439-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7439\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_7439-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_7439-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_7439.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several visits to St. Marys over the last two days produced a good variety of species. Wader numbers continue to grow, with around 320 Golden Plover giving close views on the rocks. Sanderling, in a variety of plumages numbered 100+ and with some careful stalking,allowed very close approach. A nice Bar tailed Godwit,still sporting much [&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-4566","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\/4566","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=4566"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4574,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4566\/revisions\/4574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}