{"id":4417,"date":"2016-04-07T11:35:15","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T11:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/?p=4417"},"modified":"2016-04-07T11:38:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T11:38:00","slug":"march-winds-april-showers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/07\/march-winds-april-showers\/","title":{"rendered":"March Winds, April Showers"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Carrying<\/a>
Carrying a branch after the storm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The ‘March Winds’ part of the old proverb came startlingly true on the night of the 27th of March, when two fine big Birch trees blew down, leaving a sad gap. We will perhaps build a wicker dead-hedge and plant a live Hawthorn hedge (to be laid) at the edge of the area, and might even plant some saplings, we’ll see.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, there were branches to be cleared – this one snapped from a Willow just coming into leaf and catkins – and I popped it onto the pile blocking an unwanted path at the end of the picnic meadow. Laura was so surprised to see me “carrying a tree” that I had to pose for the photo.<\/p>\n

\"Seven-Spot<\/a>
Seven-Spot Ladybird<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Spring is however arriving, the first Blackcap on the reserve starting to sing on 3 April.<\/p>\n

Among the newly-visible insects are Brimstone and Comma butterflies, Seven-Spot Ladybirds, plenty of bumblebees and early hoverflies (that’s a species), and a few Bee-flies (bee mimics) hovering as they drink nectar.<\/p>\n

The male Sparrowhawk, too, flew over as we worked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The ‘March Winds’ part of the old proverb came startlingly true on the night of the 27th of March, when two fine big Birch trees blew down, leaving a sad gap. We will perhaps build a wicker dead-hedge and plant a live Hawthorn hedge (to be laid) at the edge of the area, and might … Continue reading March Winds, April Showers<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20,76,77,16,995,423],"class_list":["post-4417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservation","tag-blackcap","tag-brimstone","tag-comma","tag-gunnersbury-triangle-nature-reserve","tag-seven-spot-ladybird","tag-sparrowhawk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4417"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4422,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4417\/revisions\/4422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}