{"id":79263,"date":"2024-12-26T16:31:18","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T16:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=79263"},"modified":"2024-12-26T16:31:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T16:31:18","slug":"boxing-day-birding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2024\/12\/26\/boxing-day-birding\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing day birding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was definitely the day to take binoculars out.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-79264\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-26-at-16.11.51-550x730.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-26-at-16.11.51-550x730.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-26-at-16.11.51-226x300.png 226w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-26-at-16.11.51-768x1020.png 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-26-at-16.11.51-301x400.png 301w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-26-at-16.11.51.png 1122w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was misty, slightly damp, and appeared overcast at Welney Wetlands and Wildlife Trust reserve:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-79265\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_1122-EDIT-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_1122-EDIT-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_1122-EDIT-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_1122-EDIT-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_1122-EDIT-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_1122-EDIT-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_1122-EDIT-533x400.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But, as it turned out, that was what was exciting to photograph with a phone, because I hadn't thought it worth taking a camera (about which I was wrong):<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-79267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_1136-EDIT-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_1136-EDIT-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_1136-EDIT-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_1136-EDIT-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_1136-EDIT-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_1136-EDIT-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_1136-EDIT-533x400.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There were, in fact, a lot of birds, if you could see them through the gloom. This one is on about 20x phone magnification - so please forgive the way it looks:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-79268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_1161-EDIT-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_1161-EDIT-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_1161-EDIT-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_1161-EDIT-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_1161-EDIT-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_1161-EDIT-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_1161-EDIT-533x400.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But it was the feel of the day that mattered:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-79269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_1153-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_1153-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_1153-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_1153-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_1153-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_1153-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_1153-533x400.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was so good we spent well over three hours there.<\/p>\n<p>If you can, treat yourself to some birding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was definitely the day to take binoculars out. It was misty, slightly damp, and appeared overcast at Welney Wetlands and Wildlife Trust reserve: But,<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2024\/12\/26\/boxing-day-birding\/\"><em> Read the full article&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79263"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79270,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79263\/revisions\/79270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}