Northern Experience Wildlife Tours

Category: Otter

  • More mustelid mania; Otter mini-Safari 09/04/2015

    I’d arrived at Church Point, to collect Ian, Rosie, Ali, Vicky, Suzie and Aravind, and then had a voicemail on my mobile.  One of their cars had a problem, so they’d taken it to CarBar.  A quick change of plan and I collected them from Morpeth instead, and we headed towards the southeast Northumberland coast…

  • Springtime on the coast; Otter Safari 08/04/2015

    The lack of summer visitors has been commented on by local birdwatchers for the last couple of weeks, but there are signs that the summer is on its way… I collected Sam and Linda from West Acre House and we headed towards the coast, thankfully free of the sea fret that hampered Monday’s trip.  All…

  • Mustelid mania; 05/04/2015

    Arriving in Newbiggin to collect Susan, Dan, Chris and Helen, the first thing that struck me was just how warm it was.  Blue skies, bright sunshine, only a slight breeze – almost an early summer day 🙂 We began our search of Druridge Bay and southeast Northumberland with those habitual Otter impersonators, Cormorant and Goldeneye,…

  • Life, the universe and everything; Otter Safari 04/04/2015

    As I arrived at The Swan to collect Alan, Sarah and Sam it was looking like a glorious spring day.  The plan for the day was to search all of our regular Otter sites around Druridge Bay and southeast Northumberland.  Chiffchaff, Chaffinch and Robin were all singing, Little Egret were stalking through the shallows (almost…

  • Breezy; Otter Safari 28/03/2015

    With the end of March approaching I was hoping for less breezy weather than we’ve been having recently.  Not my lucky day though… I collected Melissa, Graham and Marjorie and we set off to spend the day exploring Druridge Bay and southeast Northumberland.  Hormones coursing through the veins of Red-breasted Merganser, Shelduck, Mute Swan, Canada…

  • Wind tunnel testing; Otter Safari 02/03/2015

    Wild and windy conditions invariably lead to fewer wildlife sightings, and it’s easy to understand why getting your head down and avoiding suffering the effects of the wind as far as possible is a good idea… I collected Colin, Carol, Jessica, Alex and Tom (and Kelsey and Winnie) from Lowick and we headed down the…

  • Local knowledge; Otter mini-Safari 27/02/2015

    When you arrive at a site, and meet somebody coming the other way who gloomily informs you that “there aren’t any Otters about this morning”, there’s a temptation to head off to a different site in the hope of good luck there… I collected Chris and Christine from Church Point and we set off for…

  • If at first you don’t succeed; Bespoke Otter Safari 14/02/2015

    When we’re searching for Otters, a fair degree of success is down to hard work (checking sites repeatedly, so we know when and where they are), a good bit of it is down to luck (they are wild animals after all, so don’t perform to order…) and those often combine to give a gut-feeling… I…

  • Plan A, Plan B; Otter Safari 07/02/2015

    A question I’ve been asked a few times recently is “What if we hadn’t seen an Otter there?”.  The answer, of course, is that we have a Plan B (and Plan C and Plan D as well, just in case…). I collected Bing and Martin and we headed out towards the coast for their bespoke…

  • Snowstorm; Otter mini-Safari 04/02/2015

    I’ve never made any secret of the fact that my enthusiasm is raised by the winter, and snow in particular.  I love it, and always have done.  We’ve only had a few trips over the last seven years with snow on the ground, and generally only a light dusting… 06:00 and there’s a very light…