{"id":175,"date":"2009-08-29T12:09:41","date_gmt":"2009-08-29T12:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/?p=175"},"modified":"2010-11-02T15:36:32","modified_gmt":"2010-11-02T15:36:32","slug":"things-that-go-squeak-in-the-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/northumberland\/things-that-go-squeak-in-the-night","title":{"rendered":"Things that go Squeak in the Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A second new event launch in two days was yesterday evening&#8217;s activity. Martin went along to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theswanchoppington.co.uk\">The Swan at Choppington<\/a> mid-afternoon to set out all the cables and extension leads to enable us to run a moth trap amngst the bushes around the pub lawn. As Martin and Chris were setting it out, the heaven&#8217;s opened and they both received a good soaking.<\/p>\n<p>By 6.30 the clouds had all cleared and the evening promised good weather. Sparkling wine on arrival for our guests was followed by an explanation of moth-trapping (and a beauty parade of Thursday night&#8217;s catch &#8211; most of which were very active after warming up following day in our fridge). A short Landrover journey took us to the path we were going to walk and, after a brief history of Choppington Woods, we set off along a birdwatching route that we could probably lead blindfolded. A Jay flew across our path and a flock of 42 Swallows swirled overhead. As dusk descended, the first bat of the evening appeared; a Common Pipistrelle that everyone managed to see as it flew in and out of the trees. Back to The Swan, and a meal of the usual excellent standard was followed by a moth-trapping session. Although windy and cold, we still managed to catch a few moths, including the first Small Fan-foot for Choppington Woods. Into the pub again, and everyone was ready for dessert. Our next <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/news.php?story=32\">&#8216;Things that go Squeak in the Night&#8217;<\/a> is on Thursday 17th September and there are still places available. With the earlier sunset we&#8217;ll have by then, there&#8217;s always the possibility of seeing foxes and hearing owls before we retire to the warmth and comfort of The Swan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A second new event launch in two days was yesterday evening&#8217;s activity. Martin went along to The Swan at Choppington mid-afternoon to set out all the cables and extension leads to enable us to run a moth trap amngst the bushes around the pub lawn. As Martin and Chris were setting it out, the heaven&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-choppington-woods-northumberland","category-northumberland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":752,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions\/752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}