{"id":1359,"date":"2011-10-25T10:20:15","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T10:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1359"},"modified":"2011-10-25T10:20:15","modified_gmt":"2011-10-25T10:20:15","slug":"arrivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/birdwatching\/arrivals","title":{"rendered":"Arrivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The autumn regularly produces excellent birdwatching experiences, and our Friday afternoon <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/tours.php?id=11\" target=\"_blank\">Lindisfarne<\/a> mini-safari was no exception.<\/p>\n<p>I collected Pat and Ian from Glororum and we headed north towards Holy Island.\u00a0 With the tide falling, the newly exposed mud\u00a0provided a veritable banquet for the massed waders and wildfowl.\u00a0 As far as the eye could see the shoreline was lined with <em><strong>Pale-bellied<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Dark-bellied Brent Geese, Barnacle Geese <\/strong><\/em>were arriving and the mud was a hive of activity with <em><strong>Wigeon<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>Teal<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>Bar-tailed Godwits, Curlews, Redshanks, Oystercatchers, Knot, Dunlin <\/strong><\/em>and<strong> <\/strong><em><strong>Grey Plover<\/strong><\/em> all tucking in.\u00a0 2 <em><strong>Carrion Crows<\/strong><\/em> were administering a warm welcome to a <em><strong>Peregrine,<\/strong><\/em> and a <strong><em>Little Egret<\/em><\/strong> flew in, landing beside another egret that was stalking around the edges of a pool on the mudflats.\u00a0 As the afternoon wore on, we relocated to Bamburgh, and the rocks there produced excellent views of the waders we&#8217;d seen earlier as well as a few <em><strong>Purple Sandpipers<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Then came one of those real experience moments.\u00a0 Despite the strong\u00a0offshore winds 3 <strong><em>Fieldfares<\/em><\/strong> were battling against the headwind, low over the waves.\u00a0 They crossed the beach, flew by us and as they dropped towards the shelter of the coastal fields they were intercepted by 2 <strong><em>Sparrowhawks<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 The final act of the encounter happened out of sight, but you can&#8217;t help thinking that it was a cruel end to a herculean effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The autumn regularly produces excellent birdwatching experiences, and our Friday afternoon Lindisfarne mini-safari was no exception. 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