{"id":30802,"date":"2023-05-22T22:39:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T21:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=30802"},"modified":"2023-05-22T22:39:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T21:39:32","slug":"river-ock-in-abingdon-may-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=30802","title":{"rendered":"River Ock in Abingdon \u2013 May 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag23\/2023052220.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nA Kingfisher can sometimes be seen as a blue flash, but then is hidden by all the foliage that has grown in May. A heron is much easier to see.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag23\/2023052219.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nI have not seen any ducklings on the River Ock, but a goose and goslings grazed on the grass in front of Mill Stream Court, beside the Ock.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag23\/2023052217a.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nFalls of white hawthorn blossom are alongside the River Ock. This wood pigeon was eating the little flowers.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag23\/2023052209.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nSomebody asked me if there was a bench on the walk, and I told them there were three. Cow parsley had surrounded two of the benches but a mower then cut back the path borders.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag23\/2023052201.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nI am beginning to notice fish in the River Ock during May. That could because fish are most likely to spawn in May.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag23\/2023052203.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nDamson flies, and butterflies fly about among the many nettles that now border the River Ock.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag23\/2023052204.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nFurther out of town, where the River Ock meanders through fields,<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag23\/2023052212.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nten alder trees were planted by Abingdon Carbon Cutters last October as part of a church twinning eco event. Seven of the ten alders are still alive this May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Kingfisher can sometimes be seen as a blue flash, but then is hidden by all the foliage that has grown in May. A heron is much easier to see. I have not seen any ducklings on the River Ock, but a goose and goslings grazed on the grass in front of Mill Stream Court, [&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-30802","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\/30802","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=30802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}