{"id":207,"date":"2015-04-15T12:19:27","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T12:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/?page_id=207"},"modified":"2015-10-30T15:36:01","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T15:36:01","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to my blog about birding!<\/p>\n<div class=\"flexslider ewic-slider-lite is_on_\" id=\"ewic-con-235\"><style>#ewic-con-235 { max-width: 600px;}<\/style><style>#ewic-con-235, #ewic-con-235 .ewic-wid-imgs { max-height: 399px;}<\/style><style>#ewic-con-235 .flex-direction-nav .flex-next, #ewic-con-235 .flex-direction-nav .flex-prev {opacity: 1;} #ewic-con-235 .flex-direction-nav .flex-next {right: 10px !important; text-align: right !important;} #ewic-con-235 .flex-direction-nav .flex-prev {left: 10px !important;}<\/style><div id=\"preloader-235\" class=\"sliderpreloader\"><\/div><ul style=\"display:none;\" class=\"slides flexslider-235\"><li class=\"ewic-slider\"><img title=\"Robin\" class=\"ewic-wid-imgs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/robin1.jpg\" \/><p class=\"flex-caption\">Robin<\/p><\/li><li class=\"ewic-slider\"><img title=\"Robin\" class=\"ewic-wid-imgs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/robin2.jpg\" \/><p class=\"flex-caption\">Robin<\/p><\/li><li class=\"ewic-slider\"><img title=\"Robin\" class=\"ewic-wid-imgs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/robin3.jpg\" \/><p class=\"flex-caption\">Robin<\/p><\/li><\/ul><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n\tjQuery(document).ready(function($) {\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t$(\"#preloader-235\").fadeOut(500, function () {\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t$(\"#ewic-con-235\").addClass(\"ready_to_show\");\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t$(\"a[rel^='ewicprettyPhoto[235]']\").ewcPhoto({\r\n\t\t\t\ttheme: \"ewc_default\",\r\n\t\t\t\tallow_expand: false,\r\n\t\t\t\tdeeplinking: false,\r\n\t\t\t\tslideshow:5000,\r\n\t\t\t\tautoplay_slideshow:false,\r\n\t\t\t\tsocial_tools:false\r\n\t\t\t});\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t$(\".flexslider-235\").fadeIn(300);\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t$(\"#ewic-con-235\").flexslider({\r\n\t\t\t\tanimation: \"slide\",\r\n\t\t\t\tanimationSpeed: 0,\r\n\t\t\t\tuseCSS: false,\r\n\t\t\t\teasing: \"easeInQuad\",\r\n\t\t\t\tdirection: \"horizontal\",\r\n\t\t\t\tslideshow: true,\r\n\t\t\t\tsmoothHeight: true,\r\n\t\t\t\tpauseOnHover: true, \r\n\t\t\t\tcontrolNav: false,\r\n\t\t\t\tprevText: \"\",\r\n\t\t\t\tnextText: \"\",\r\n\t\t\t\trtl: false,\r\n\t\t\t\tslideshowSpeed: 5000,\r\n\t\t\t\tstart: function(slider){\r\n\t\t\t\t\t$(\"#ewic-con-235\").find(\".flex-caption\").hide();\r\n\t\t\t\t\tvar curSlide = slider.find(\"li.flex-active-slide\");\r\n\t\t\t\t\t$(curSlide).find(\".flex-caption\").slideDown();\r\n\t\t\t\t},\r\n\t\t\t\tbefore: function(slider) {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t$(\"#ewic-con-235\").find(\".flex-caption\").slideUp();\r\n\t\t\t\t},\r\n\t\t\t\tafter: function(slider) {\r\n\t\t\t\t\tvar curSlide = slider.find(\"li.flex-active-slide\");\r\n\t\t\t\t\t$(curSlide).find(\".flex-caption\").slideDown();\r\n\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t});\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t});\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\r\n\n<p>Please click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/index.php\/blog\/\">here<\/a> or the &#8216;Blog Posts&#8217; 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