{"id":35362,"date":"2026-04-29T22:51:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T21:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=35362"},"modified":"2026-04-29T22:51:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T21:51:57","slug":"abbey-millstream-through-the-year-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=35362","title":{"rendered":"Abbey Millstream Through the Year: April 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026042918.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThe bridge over the Millstream to Coseners House is currently closed for strengthening work. A temporary diversion takes vehicles and pedestrians round via the concrete bridge and back next to the open air pool.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026042906.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nAlong the Millstream, the hawthorn (may blossom) is alive with insects, attracted by the brightness and spring nectar.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026042905.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nA long-tailed tit flits through the hawthorn, pausing on ivy at the water\u2019s edge before flitting off again.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026042908a.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nSmall blue butterflies flutter alone, or twirl up together, and occasionally land.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026042915c.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nA heron stands poised in the reeds before striking at something in the shallows.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026042909.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nMoorhens are plentiful along the Millstream, though there are no chicks to be seen just yet.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026042902f.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nNear the weir, a lone duckling was snapping up mayflies in an independent way for one so small. There was no sign of any siblings and the nearest adult ducks were some way away.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026042902g.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nWhat could be its mother was feeding at the weir, leaving the youngster to fend for itself near the weir.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026042913.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nWhat could be its father (you can never be sure with ducks) tipped up for deeper food.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026042917.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThese Canada geese, by contrast, were keeping a close watch over their young as they made their way along the Millstream.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bridge over the Millstream to Coseners House is currently closed for strengthening work. A temporary diversion takes vehicles and pedestrians round via the concrete bridge and back next to the open air pool. Along the Millstream, the hawthorn (may blossom) is alive with insects, attracted by the brightness and spring nectar. A long-tailed tit [&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-35362","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\/35362","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=35362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35362\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}