{"id":42,"date":"2011-04-19T16:08:14","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T16:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sgtworld.com\/birding\/?p=42"},"modified":"2015-10-30T15:53:49","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T15:53:49","slug":"the-first-swallows-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/04\/19\/the-first-swallows-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The first Swallows of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My wife, Son and I were up at Yelverton on Dartmoor yesterday evening and saw our first Swallows of the year. There were two of them flying around searching for insects to eat for their evening meal. They were swooping low everywhere and seemed to be enjoying themselves.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_43\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/swallow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-43 size-full\" title=\"Swallow\" src=\"http:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/swallow.jpg\" alt=\"Swallow\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Swallow &#8211; Image Copyright RSPB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>We thought it was quite early to see Swallows but after looking at the <a title=\"RSPB Website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rspb.org.uk\/wildlife\/birdguide\/name\/s\/swallow\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">RSPB website<\/a>, it is known for them to be around from March onwards. \u00a0This was a little surprising as I don&#8217;t remember seeing them so early in the year before. \u00a0Perhaps it was the milder last few weeks that brought them back to the Country. \u00a0In any case, it was great to see them and is a sign that Summer is now on its way!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bird and Numbers Identified:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Swallow &#8211; 2<\/p>\n<p><strong>Area:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yelverton on Dartmoor<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My wife, Son and I were up at Yelverton on Dartmoor yesterday evening and saw our first Swallows of the year. There were two of them flying around searching for insects to eat for their evening meal. They were swooping low everywhere and seemed to be enjoying themselves. We thought it was quite early to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/04\/19\/the-first-swallows-of-the-year\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;Continue reading<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[25],"tags":[29,26,27,28],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":292,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions\/292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}