{"id":73274,"date":"2023-12-02T14:57:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T14:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=73274"},"modified":"2023-12-02T14:57:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T14:57:06","slug":"turnstones-and-eider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2023\/12\/02\/turnstones-and-eider\/","title":{"rendered":"Turnstones and eider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a dawn start for birdwatching in Walberswick, Suffolk, this morning:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-73275\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-02-at-14.49.29-550x736.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-02-at-14.49.29-550x736.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-02-at-14.49.29-224x300.png 224w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-02-at-14.49.29-768x1027.png 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-02-at-14.49.29-299x400.png 299w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-02-at-14.49.29.png 942w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was very cold: it certainly felt like several degrees minus.<\/p>\n<p>Amongst the rewards was this:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-73276\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-02-at-14.48.10-550x844.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-02-at-14.48.10-550x844.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-02-at-14.48.10-196x300.png 196w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-02-at-14.48.10-261x400.png 261w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-02-at-14.48.10.png 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the relative foreground is my first ever eider duck in the south of England. I expect them in Northumberland, but not in Suffolk. They are magnificent, even in the mist.<\/p>\n<p>And this was amusing:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-73277\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-02-at-14.48.55-550x301.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-02-at-14.48.55-550x301.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-02-at-14.48.55-548x300.png 548w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-02-at-14.48.55-768x420.png 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-02-at-14.48.55-1536x841.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-02-at-14.48.55-600x329.png 600w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-02-at-14.48.55.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not everyone gets turnstones on the seeds they put out for the birds, but this was Southwold harbour.<\/p>\n<p>It was worth getting very cold to be out there this morning, even if the brent geese I had hoped for never put in an appearance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a dawn start for birdwatching in Walberswick, Suffolk, this morning: It was very cold: it certainly felt like several degrees minus. 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