{"id":3043,"date":"2015-07-14T18:22:13","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T18:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/?p=3043"},"modified":"2019-01-05T16:45:27","modified_gmt":"2019-01-05T16:45:27","slug":"mud-picking-house-martins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/mud-picking-house-martins\/","title":{"rendered":"Mud picking house martins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s late May and its so good to see house martins in Portishead Hole. Their fizzing and wheeling is such a wonderful sight.<\/p>\n<p>These birds have recently arrived from Africa and will spend the summer with us.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/housemartins6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3049\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/mud-picking-house-martins\/img_2938\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/housemartins6.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,446\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 600D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1435586616&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_2938&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_2938\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/housemartins6-300x209.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/housemartins6.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3049\" src=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/housemartins6.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2938\" width=\"640\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/housemartins6.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/housemartins6-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/housemartins6-430x300.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At low tide they swoop down to pick up pellets of mud. They use the mud to build their nests under the eaves in the newly built houses of the Fishing Village.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/housemartins7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3050\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/mud-picking-house-martins\/img_2941\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/housemartins7.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,448\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 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600D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1436537724&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0166666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_3220&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_3220\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/housemartins1-300x194.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/housemartins1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3044\" src=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/housemartins1.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3220\" width=\"640\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/housemartins1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/housemartins1-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/housemartins1-465x300.jpg 465w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/housemartins2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3045\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/mud-picking-house-martins\/img_3221\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/housemartins2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,297\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 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https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/housemartins2-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/housemartins2-500x232.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/housemartins3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3046\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/mud-picking-house-martins\/img_3222\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/housemartins3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,525\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 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600D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1436537744&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;47&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0166666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_3225&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_3225\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/housemartins5-300x224.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/housemartins5.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3048\" src=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/housemartins5.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3225\" width=\"640\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/housemartins5.jpg 640w, 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Their fizzing and wheeling is such a wonderful sight. These birds have recently arrived from Africa and will spend the summer with us. At low tide they swoop down to pick up pellets of mud. They use the mud to build [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3185,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3043","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-saltmarsh_birds","8":"grid-item","9":"grid-item-landscape","11":"fallback-thumbnail"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mud picking house martins - Hilary Kington - just my sketches<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/mud-picking-house-martins\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mud picking house martins - Hilary Kington - just my sketches\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It&#8217;s late May and its so good to see house martins in Portishead Hole. 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