{"id":1265,"date":"2021-04-01T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T00:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/18.171.192.198\/?p=1265"},"modified":"2022-01-12T20:23:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T20:23:03","slug":"april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildsmiths.co.uk\/?p=1265","title":{"rendered":"April 2021 &#8211; Sightings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">29\/4\/2021<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Otter<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">28\/4\/2021<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Minke Whale<\/li><li>Sedge Warbler<\/li><li>Corncrake (x2 \u2013 they\u2019re back!)<\/li><li>White-fronted Goose (x4)<\/li><li>Teal (x7)<\/li><li>Mute Swan (x2)<\/li><li>Whooper Swan (x3)<\/li><li>Shoveler<\/li><li>Gadwall (a pair)<\/li><li>Tufted Duck<\/li><li>Whimbrel (x3)<\/li><li>Scots Lovage (new site)<\/li><li>Lapwing (chicks everywhere)<\/li><li>Hen Harrier (x3 males)<\/li><li>Mossy Saxifrage (locally 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class=\"wp-block-heading\">16\/4\/2021<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Roseroot (new location)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">15\/4\/2021<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Hen Harrier (male)<\/li><li>Golden Plover (x5)<\/li><li>Arctic Skua (x1)<\/li><li>White-tailed Eagle (x3)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">14\/4\/2021<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Common Scurvy-grass<\/li><li>Great Northern Diver (x8 calling)<\/li><li>Black Guillemot (x11)<\/li><li>Eider (x2 pairs)<\/li><li>Red-breasted Merganser (x4 pairs)<\/li><li>Shelduck (x2)<\/li><li>Canada Goose (2 separate individuals)<\/li><li>Peregrine (x2)<\/li><li>Otter (2 separate individuals)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">12\/4\/2021<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Hen Harrier (male)<\/li><li>Eider (2 pairs)<\/li><li>Barnacle Goose (x150)<\/li><li>Pink-footed Goose (x70 north)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 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