{"id":156,"date":"2008-05-10T19:41:59","date_gmt":"2008-05-10T18:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/?p=156"},"modified":"2008-05-10T19:41:59","modified_gmt":"2008-05-10T18:41:59","slug":"birds-and-pollen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/2008\/05\/10\/birds-and-pollen\/","title":{"rendered":"Birds and Pollen"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve been saying we should go to the Waterworks Nature Reserve<\/a> to have a look as we live nearby. So today it was sunny and warm so off we went. We got there by walking through the Lea Valley which is lovely, though all the plants seem to be putting out pollen and there are clouds of midges hovering about.<\/p>\n

Saw loads of birds on the way, had a cup of tea at the centre, then off to the waterworks to view the birds. Even saw a grass snake swimming along! Well worth the trip and really must do it more often.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve been saying we should go to the Waterworks Nature Reserve to have a look as we live nearby. So today it was sunny and warm so off we went. We got there by walking through the Lea Valley which is lovely, though all the plants seem to be putting out pollen and there are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[7,14],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4T97-2w","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":368,"url":"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/2010\/06\/06\/to-see-orchid\/","url_meta":{"origin":156,"position":0},"title":"To see orchids","date":"Sunday, 6 June 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"We have been trying to get out to Cheshunt, to see the orchids in the Lee Valley Park. 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