{"id":21898,"date":"2026-02-28T17:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T17:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/?p=21898"},"modified":"2026-02-28T17:48:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T17:48:26","slug":"greenside-almost-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/greenside-almost-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenside, almost Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" data-attachment-id=\"21899\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/greenside-almost-spring\/raven-6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Raven-2.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1772290170&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Raven&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Raven\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Raven-2-1024x768.jpeg\" data-id=\"21899\" src=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Raven-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Raven soaring againt a blue sky.\" class=\"wp-image-21899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Raven-2.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Raven-2-620x465.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Raven-2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Raven-2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Raven-2-668x501.jpeg 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"21901\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/greenside-almost-spring\/moon-in-the-afternoon\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/moon-in-the-afternoon.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1772293374&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"moon-in-the-afternoon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/moon-in-the-afternoon-1024x1024.jpeg\" data-id=\"21901\" src=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/moon-in-the-afternoon-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"A nearly ful lmoon above some trees. Blue afternoon sky\" class=\"wp-image-21901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/moon-in-the-afternoon-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/moon-in-the-afternoon-620x620.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/moon-in-the-afternoon-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/moon-in-the-afternoon-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/moon-in-the-afternoon-668x668.jpeg 668w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/moon-in-the-afternoon-50x50.jpeg 50w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/moon-in-the-afternoon.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"21900\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/greenside-almost-spring\/stonechat-6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/stonechat.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1772287724&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;stonechat&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"stonechat\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/stonechat-1024x1024.jpeg\" data-id=\"21900\" src=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/stonechat-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"A stonechat perched on a dead twig. Dead grasses behind. \" class=\"wp-image-21900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/stonechat-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/stonechat-620x620.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/stonechat-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/stonechat-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/stonechat-668x668.jpeg 668w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/stonechat-50x50.jpeg 50w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/stonechat.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A bright almost spring like afternoon at Greenside. First toad of the year, unfortunately squashed by a motorbike on the footpath. A couple of ravens with big crusts of picnic bread by the reservoir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bright almost spring like afternoon at Greenside. First toad of the year, unfortunately squashed by a motorbike on the footpath. 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