{"id":81222,"date":"2025-03-30T14:56:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T13:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=81222"},"modified":"2025-03-30T16:10:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T15:10:56","slug":"morning-apricity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/03\/30\/morning-apricity\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning apricity"},"content":{"rendered":"

I went to find warblers, and I did. This is a chiffchaff, doing its best to hide as they usually do. I won't tell you how many photos I deleted to get this one. which is pretty much in focus at maximum zoom, and then cropped somewhat:<\/p>\n

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They are incredibly noisy for their diminutive size. Their call is 'chiff-chaff' - hence the name. The eyestripe is very distinctive.<\/p>\n

It was also time for early butterflies. This is a peacock, enjoying the morning apricity (as was I):<\/p>\n

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And, for one reader of this blog from Florida, I am pleased to say East Anglia's resident water buffalo are doing just fine:<\/p>\n

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And that's a new watering hole for them, built this winter at Kingfisher Bridge, just south of Ely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I went to find warblers, and I did. This is a chiffchaff, doing its best to hide as they usually do. I won’t tell you
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