{"id":1491,"date":"2022-10-06T16:51:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T15:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/18.171.192.198\/?p=1491"},"modified":"2022-11-02T17:45:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T17:45:56","slug":"october-2022-sightings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildsmiths.co.uk\/?p=1491","title":{"rendered":"October 2022 &#8211; Sightings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>30\/10\/2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>White-fronted Goose (x9)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Merlin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Redwings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fieldfares<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>29\/10\/2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Great Northern Diver (x3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sooty Shearwater (a single bird from Oban-Coll ferry)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>22\/10\/2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Merlin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hen Harrier <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>21\/10\/2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Whooper Swan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Merlin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sparrowhawk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Redwings (huge flocks all over the island &#8211; 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