{"id":30,"date":"2018-12-05T12:17:27","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T12:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.suainaval.k-hosting.co.uk\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2024-11-27T18:26:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T18:26:05","slug":"flying-things","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/?page_id=30","title":{"rendered":"Flying Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Flying Things<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suainaval.k-hosting.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SnowyowlIsleofLewisUK004.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-52\" src=\"http:\/\/www.suainaval.k-hosting.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SnowyowlIsleofLewisUK004-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SnowyowlIsleofLewisUK004-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SnowyowlIsleofLewisUK004.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Elvis the Snowy Owl (no, we didn&#8217;t name him!) on the Crowlista road &#8211; January 2010.\u00a0<\/em><em>Sat and stared at a car full of excited Wades! &#8216;Am I bovvered?&#8217; Clearly not very&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Corncrake on our doorstep<strong>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suainaval.k-hosting.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_0008.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73\" src=\"http:\/\/www.suainaval.k-hosting.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_0008-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_0008-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_0008.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suainaval.k-hosting.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-180\" src=\"http:\/\/www.suainaval.k-hosting.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/7-158x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/7-158x300.jpg 158w, https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/7.jpg 353w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.suainaval.k-hosting.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-181\" src=\"http:\/\/www.suainaval.k-hosting.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/14-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/14-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/14-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/14-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/14.jpg 654w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In May 2010, we heard a noise outside the kitchen window. Young Alex, using the wisdom of youth said &#8220;That corncrake sounds so loud it could be at the back door!&#8221; Young Megan, who had been out feeding the chickens came in to confirm that there indeed was a corncrake actually standing on our back step!<\/p>\n<p>It then ran around the undergrowth that passes for our garden &#8211; it is one of Britain&#8217;s rarest birds and it decides to make itself at home &#8211; literally.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Sea Eagles are nesting locally &#8211; don&#8217;t worry you can&#8217;t miss them if you see them. They are like flying barn doors! We are one of the few areas of the UK to be able to claim that there are more Sea Eagles in the village than pigeons&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suainaval.k-hosting.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fullsizeoutput_cd35.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-177\" src=\"http:\/\/www.suainaval.k-hosting.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fullsizeoutput_cd35-300x260.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fullsizeoutput_cd35-300x260.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fullsizeoutput_cd35-768x667.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/fullsizeoutput_cd35.jpeg 849w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Untitled-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Untitled-3-300x175.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Untitled-3-300x175.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Untitled-3-1024x597.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Untitled-3-768x448.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Untitled-3.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suainaval.k-hosting.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Puffins2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45\" src=\"http:\/\/www.suainaval.k-hosting.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Puffins2-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Puffins2-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.suainaval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Puffins2.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Puffins at the Flannan Isles &#8211; it&#8217;s a great day trip if you get the chance!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flying Things Elvis the Snowy Owl (no, we didn&#8217;t name him!) on the Crowlista road &#8211; January 2010.\u00a0Sat and stared at a car full of excited Wades! &#8216;Am I bovvered?&#8217; Clearly not very&#8230; Corncrake on our doorstep! \u00a0 \u00a0 In May 2010, we heard a noise outside the kitchen window. 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