{"id":2937,"date":"2015-06-10T12:13:19","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T11:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2937"},"modified":"2015-06-11T11:26:34","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T10:26:34","slug":"batty-cheviot-valleysdruridge-bay-bespoke-tour-08062015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/northumberland\/cheviot-valleys\/batty-cheviot-valleysdruridge-bay-bespoke-tour-08062015","title":{"rendered":"Batty; Cheviot valleys\/Druridge Bay Bespoke Tour 08\/06\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking back through previous blog posts I was reminded that we’ve done a few days combining the best of the hills and the best of the coast, and I headed towards Old Bewick to collect Helen for an afternoon and evening exploring the Cheviot Valleys<\/a> and Druridge Bay<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As a Common Buzzard<\/strong><\/em> soared over the steep valley sides, Curlews<\/strong><\/em> launched from the heather, calling in alarm.\u00a0 Dippers<\/strong><\/em> bobbed on mid stream rocks, a Nuthatch<\/strong><\/em> with young was busying itself along tree trunks and branches, Whinchats<\/strong><\/em> flicked nervously through the bracken, the air was split by the explosive trilling song of Lesser Redpoll<\/strong><\/em> and Spotted Flycatchers<\/strong><\/em> perched upright on fence posts before sallying forth after flies.<\/p>\n

Down on the coast we enjoyed the sight of Avocets<\/strong><\/em> mating, two Spoonbills<\/strong><\/em> feeding with their heads sweeping from side to side and bills submerged, a female Marsh Harrier<\/strong><\/em> causing alarm as it flew over the edge of a pond and Swallows<\/strong><\/em> singing and bringing feathers to line their nests.\u00a0 Dusk brought a remarkable wildlife spectacle, with 30-40 bats<\/strong><\/em> hunting in front of us.\u00a0 The bat detector revealed an astonishing wall of sound as Common Pipistrelle<\/strong><\/em> and Noctule<\/strong><\/em> swooped, tumbled and hunted insects…right above an Otter<\/strong><\/em> that was stalking Tufted Ducks<\/strong><\/em> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

The journey back to Old Bewick produced Barn Owl<\/strong><\/em>, and a Tawny Owl<\/strong><\/em> in the middle of the road sitting on a baby Rabbit<\/strong><\/em>!\u00a0 Then it was time for me to head back towards southeast Northumberland…and Northumberland’s country lanes produced a late night plethora of wildlife; Red Fox, Brown Hare, Roe Deer, Barn Owl<\/strong><\/em>, another Tawny Owl<\/strong><\/em> sitting on a baby Rabbit,<\/strong><\/em> and three Badger<\/strong><\/em> cubs trotting alongside the edge of the road \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Looking back through previous blog posts I was reminded that we’ve done a few days combining the best of the hills and the best of the coast, and I headed towards Old Bewick to collect Helen for an afternoon and evening exploring the Cheviot Valleys and Druridge Bay. As a Common Buzzard soared over the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9],"tags":[40,286,97,57,148,250,172,257,134,397,60,300,837,284,847,66,398,285,217,78,182,262],"class_list":["post-2937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cheviot-valleys","category-druridge","tag-avocet","tag-badger","tag-barn-owl","tag-brown-hare","tag-common-buzzard","tag-common-pipistrelle","tag-curlew","tag-dipper","tag-lesser-redpoll","tag-marsh-harrier","tag-noctule-bat","tag-nuthatch","tag-otter","tag-rabbit","tag-red-fox","tag-roe-deer","tag-spoonbill","tag-spotted-flycatcher","tag-swallow","tag-tawny-owl","tag-tufted-duck","tag-whinchat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2937","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2937"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2941,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2937\/revisions\/2941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}