{"id":7624,"date":"2016-03-31T13:11:57","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T13:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/?p=7624"},"modified":"2016-04-02T21:26:04","modified_gmt":"2016-04-02T21:26:04","slug":"holywell-last-days-of-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/?p=7624","title":{"rendered":"Holywell &#8211; Last days of March &#8211; 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 27th of March saw 3 Sand Martins passing through Holywell Pond,one lingered to feed in a cool 10 degrees. The 30th, and an early Swallow was a welcome sight hawking along the lee of hedgerows in the evening. It or another present the following day.<\/p>\n<p>On the pond, 2 pairs of Shoveler, 2 pairs of Gadwall , 7 Little Grebes and a Great Crested Grebe. 4-5 Reed Buntings at feeders and in song, and 12 Tree Sparrows also at feeders.<\/p>\n<p>In the dene on 31st, a warm sun encouraged much singing . 13 Chiffchaffs noted as numbers build, with birds calling and chasing each other. Treecreeper, Jay, 6 Nuthatches, 7 Tree Sparrows, Grey Wagtail, two pairs of Dippers, drumming Great Spotted Woodpeckers, and numerous Great,Blue and Coal Tits were all seen. A noisy pair of Kestrels mating in a tree. 3 Song Thrushes noted too.<\/p>\n<p>Along the nearby waggonway, 2 male Yellowhammers and 2 Reed Buntings and more Chiffchaffs. 2-3 Skylarks singing over the fields.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>A.S.Jack<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7625 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2016_03_31_9999_51-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"2016_03_31_9999_51\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2016_03_31_9999_51-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2016_03_31_9999_51-768x589.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2016_03_31_9999_51-521x400.jpg 521w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2016_03_31_9999_51.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7626 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2016_03_31_9999_91-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"2016_03_31_9999_91\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2016_03_31_9999_91-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2016_03_31_9999_91-768x463.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2016_03_31_9999_91-600x362.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2016_03_31_9999_91.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7627 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2016_03_31_9999_130-300x253.jpg\" alt=\"2016_03_31_9999_130\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2016_03_31_9999_130-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2016_03_31_9999_130-768x647.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2016_03_31_9999_130-475x400.jpg 475w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2016_03_31_9999_130.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 27th of March saw 3 Sand Martins passing through Holywell Pond,one lingered to feed in a cool 10 degrees. The 30th, and an early Swallow was a welcome sight hawking along the lee of hedgerows in the evening. It or another present the following day. On the pond, 2 pairs of Shoveler, 2 pairs [&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-7624","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\/7624","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=7624"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7650,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7624\/revisions\/7650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}