{"id":920,"date":"2010-07-21T13:54:02","date_gmt":"2010-07-21T18:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/?p=920"},"modified":"2010-07-21T13:54:02","modified_gmt":"2010-07-21T18:54:02","slug":"observations-made-on-walk-around-parkland-on-16th-july-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/observations-made-on-walk-around-parkland-on-16th-july-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Observations made on walk around Parkland on 16th July 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Despite\u00a0overcast\u00a0weather,\u00a0eight brave\u00a0people\u00a0 arrived for the regular Friday walk at 2.00pm, including several members of \u00a0the Wokingham\u00a0\u00a0U3A\u00a0 group.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-930\" src=\"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/july-16reduced0001b-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"july-16reduced0001b\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\u00a0Walking up from the stable yard,\u00a0 bright green new growth\u00a0 was visible on the \u00a0Butchers Broom plant. Green walnut fruits were visible on both of\u00a0the\u00a0two large trees near the kissing gate.<\/div>\n<p>As we entered the Pheasant Park we saw the first of\u00a013\u00a0 different species of butterfly; many were very fresh. Ringlet butterflies, both male and female, were\u00a0 the most numerous, throughout the woods from the Pheasant Park to the Hidden Valley.\u00a0Gatekeepers, though less numerous, caught\u00a0our notice with their lovely golden colour. All of the white butterflies were seen: Small, Large and Green-veined along with\u00a0several male Common Blue butterflies. A Small copper was seen in a clearing , attracted to the warmth of the stones on the track. The Hidden Valley\u00a0revealed\u00a0three Marbled whites, three Commas,\u00a0a\u00a0 Red admiral, a Small or Essex skipper,\u00a0 a Large skipper, and a male Brimstone, (Brimstones are not numerous at present).<\/p>\n<p>Wild raspberries were ripe and delicious\u00a0and we sampled several as we \u00a0walked. In the Hidden Valley, only\u00a0one\u00a0 Pyramidal orchid remained in flower, but Wild Parsnips were in bloom. Throughout the walk, Wayfaring tree, Guelder Rose, Black Mulberry and the Wild Cherry Plum were in fruit.<\/p>\n<p>Only a few birds were heard: it was a quiet afternoon.\u00a0Red Kites, several Chiff Chaffs,\u00a0\u00a0Blue tits, Crows,Wrens, Green Woodpeckers\u00a0and a Nuthatch calling.<\/p>\n<p>Susan Twitchett\u00a0and Tony Rayner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite\u00a0overcast\u00a0weather,\u00a0eight brave\u00a0people\u00a0 arrived for the regular Friday walk at 2.00pm, including several members of \u00a0the Wokingham\u00a0\u00a0U3A\u00a0 group.\u00a0Walking up from the stable yard,\u00a0 bright green new&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_customify_content_layout":"","_customify_sidebar":"","_customify_page_header_display":"","_customify_disable_header":"","_customify_disable_header_top":"","_customify_disable_header_main":"","_customify_disable_header_bottom":"","_customify_disable_page_title":"","_customify_disable_content_vertical_padding":"","_customify_disable_footer_top":"","_customify_disable_footer_main":"","_customify_disable_footer_bottom":"","_customify_breadcrumb_display":"","_customify_header_transparent_display":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-basildon-park"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=920"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":932,"href":"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920\/revisions\/932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}