{"id":26020,"date":"2020-09-22T21:11:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T21:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=26020"},"modified":"2020-09-22T21:11:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T21:11:00","slug":"barton-fields-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=26020","title":{"rendered":"Barton Fields in September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag20\/2020092211.jpg\" alt=\"Barton Fields - September\" \/><br \/>\nThe footpath along the lower part of Barton Fields is very close to the River Thames and next to an overflow channel.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag20\/2020092220.jpg\" alt=\"Barton Fields - September\" \/><br \/>\nReeds and sedges grow where there are pools and boggy areas in the lower part.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag20\/2020092224.jpg\" alt=\"Barton Fields - September\" \/><br \/>\nAlong the upper edge of the meadow runs a cycle way. Trees hide the buildings the other side, above the flood plain.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag20\/2020092205.jpg\" alt=\"Barton Fields - September\" \/><br \/>\nA couple of weeks ago the grass was cut in the grassy flower meadow on the upper part.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag20\/2020092206.jpg\" alt=\"Barton Fields - September\" \/><br \/>\nIt got piled into several heaps. Green grass is already growing back.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag20\/2020092201.jpg\" alt=\"Barton Fields - September\" \/><br \/>\nBut we have reached the tipping point of the year at Barton Fields. Flowers have turned to seeds.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag20\/2020092216.jpg\" alt=\"Barton Fields - September\" \/><br \/>\nWoody nightshade berries can be seen, dangerously red, at the lower end.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag20\/2020092207.jpg\" alt=\"Barton Fields - September\" \/><br \/>\nHawthorn berries at the upper part are a less striking shade.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag20\/2020092223.jpg\" alt=\"Barton Fields - September\" \/><br \/>\nTeasel grows in both the upper and lower parts of the meadow. Spiders find their spikey heads an excellent place to spin webs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The footpath along the lower part of Barton Fields is very close to the River Thames and next to an overflow channel. Reeds and sedges grow where there are pools and boggy areas in the lower part. Along the upper edge of the meadow runs a cycle way. Trees hide the buildings the other side, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26020\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}