{"id":79531,"date":"2025-01-10T17:21:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T17:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=79531"},"modified":"2025-01-10T17:21:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T17:21:13","slug":"time-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/01\/10\/time-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Time out"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a day for an afternoon off. A lot has been done this week, and the blog has been a little demanding for the last twenty-four hours. So time was taken to go to Welney bird reserve.<\/p>\n

It was cold:<\/p>\n

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The aim was to see short-eared owls, and this is the best photo I managed against a background of power lines:<\/p>\n

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They are lovely birds, but they really do not have ears.<\/p>\n

A better photo was this goldfinch on their bird feeders:<\/p>\n

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And the best was this:<\/p>\n

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That is a female stonechat, sitting on a wire fence and obligingly waiting for me to take its picture.<\/p>\n

Also seen, out of the ordinary, were cranes and a snipe. But it was nearly dark by then and time to come home.<\/p>\n

Now, I will get back to operating this afternoon's comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was a day for an afternoon off. A lot has been done this week, and the blog has been a little demanding for the
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