Northern Experience Wildlife Tours

Tag: Pink-footed Goose

  • Turning tides; Bespoke Northumberland Coast photography 12/10/17

    The Holy Island causeway makes it into the news for too frequently due to overly-optimistic car drivers who think that driving into a tidal estuary is going to turn out well… I collected Tony from Fenham le Moor and we headed to the causeway to watch as the tide fell and the road was uncovered. …

  • Autumn arrivals; Otter Safari 04/10/17

    There’s something special about birds with ‘Little’ in their name, unsurprisingly quite little and I can’t think of a single one that isn’t a delight to watch… I collected Calvin from Church Point ahead of an afternoon and evening around Druridge Bay and southeast Northumberland searching for Otters, and the first spots of drizzle were…

  • Changing of the guard; Lindisfarne Safari 18/04/17

    I collected Luke and Louise from Alnwick, for the first of their three trips with us this week, and we headed north to Lindisfarne… Crossing the causeway, with hardly any water in sight, it was hard to believe that this has been the scene of so many attempts by the unwary and the foolish to…

  • Racing the weather; Bespoke Otter Safari 27/02/17

    I arrived at Church Point, to collect Clive, Val, Nicola and Mark ahead of a day searching for Otters around Druridge Bay and southeast Northumberland, knowing that if the weather forecast was accurate our usual dusk sightings of these elusive predators would be in jeopardy… I’d planned the day so that we’d be at exposed…

  • Northumberland in the win(d)ter; Winter Wonderland holiday 19-22/02/17

    Day 1. 19/02/17. I arrived at the Bamburgh Castle Inn for the start of our Winter Wonderland holiday, then met up with with Christine, John, Linda and Rosie in the bar and outlined the plan for the next two days while we enjoyed a fantastic meal. Day 2. 20/02/17.  Our first full day was targeting…

  • Patience; Otter Safari 04/02/17

    I collected Roger and Jackie from The Swan and then Edward and Isabel from Church Point and we headed off in search of Otters around Druridge Bay and southeast Northumberland.  After watching Little Grebe, Cormorant and Goldeneye all fishing unmolested by sinuous predators we moved on to our second site for the day and the…

  • Swirling; Otter mini-Safari 15/01/17

    Our first trip of 2017 was an Otter mini-Safari and I collected Fiona and Phil from Church Point in what didn’t really feel like January weather.  Our other participants for the afternoon had cancelled at the last minute, so the three of us set off for an afternoon around Druridge Bay and southeast Northumberland… Roosting…

  • Dusk; Bespoke Otter mini-Safari 27/12/16

    Our final trip of the year was a bespoke Otter mini-Safari around Druridge Bay and southeast Northumberland for Diane and Yvonne, who had booked following a recommendation from Claire 🙂 We met up in Newbiggin and set off on our search.  Our first site had plenty of birds but no Otters, so we headed on…

  • “…and a Common Seal in a dead tree”; Otter Safari 02/12/16

    From the Fascinating ‘Life on Earth’ back in the 1970’s, through to the jaw-dropping ‘Planet Earth II‘ that’s currently showing on the BBC (2 episodes to go, ‘Grasslands’ this evening and ‘Cities’ next Sunday!), I’ve always enjoyed David Attenborough’s programmes.  Recent series have included a section at the end of each programme, detailing the planning…

  • Wax(w)ing lyrical about wildlife; Otter Safari 09/11/16

    There are a few species that really epitomise winter wildlife-watching, and they include my favourite bird, one of my favourite mammals, and another bird that never fails to excite… I collected Andy from Whitley Bay (it’s great to have him back from Mull for a few months over the winter!) and we had an interesting…