{"id":2142,"date":"2016-04-07T13:10:52","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T12:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=2142"},"modified":"2016-04-07T13:10:52","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T12:10:52","slug":"urban-ornithology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=2142","title":{"rendered":"Urban ornithology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"Urban ornithology\" data-info-url=\"\" data-backend-url=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"gft\" data-services='[\"googleplus\",\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF1327.jpg\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=2142\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"color\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p>My cousin Ian Smith commented recently on Facebook about how many people are able to get pictures of Herons on riverbanks.\u00a0 He had just posted a wonderful picture of herons up a tree &#8211; a very different setting.\u00a0\u00a0 That set my mind off and I realised that bird pictures don&#8217;t have to be in the countryside.\u00a0 I had a quick trawl through some of my pictures for urban ornithology.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2144\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2144\" style=\"width: 1499px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF1327.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2144\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2144\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF1327.jpg\" alt=\"A Heron near a wear on the River Brent in West London underneath the Motorway!\" width=\"1499\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF1327.jpg 1499w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF1327-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF1327-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF1327-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF1327-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1499px) 100vw, 1499px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Heron near a wear on the River Brent in West London underneath the Motorway!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2146\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2146\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_3724.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2146\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2146\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_3724.jpg\" alt=\"Great Tit in the garden\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_3724.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_3724-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_3724-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_3724-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Great Tit in the garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2145\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2145\" style=\"width: 1501px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_2939.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2145\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2145\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_2939.jpg\" alt=\"My neighbour has provided a desirable residence for the sparrows\" width=\"1501\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_2939.jpg 1501w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_2939-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_2939-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_2939-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_2939-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1501px) 100vw, 1501px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My neighbour has provided a desirable residence for the sparrows<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2148\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2148\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6725-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2148\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2148\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6725-2.jpg\" alt=\"Jackdaws pair off on the overhead electricity wires\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6725-2.jpg 1500w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6725-2-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6725-2-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6725-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6725-2-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jackdaws pair off on the overhead electricity wires<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My cousin Ian Smith commented recently on Facebook about how many people are able to get pictures of Herons on riverbanks.\u00a0 He had just posted a wonderful picture of herons up a tree &#8211; a very different setting.\u00a0\u00a0 That set my mind off and I realised that bird pictures don&#8217;t have to be in 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