{"id":3139,"date":"2015-10-28T18:45:46","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T17:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3139"},"modified":"2015-10-28T18:45:46","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T17:45:46","slug":"here-come-the-scandinavians-druridge-bay-birdwatching-26102015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/northumberland\/druridge\/here-come-the-scandinavians-druridge-bay-birdwatching-26102015","title":{"rendered":"Here come the Scandinavians; Druridge Bay Birdwatching 26\/10\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>October, mist, drizzle, winds off the sea&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I collected Bernard from Newbiggin and we headed north to begin a day birdwatching around <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/tours.php?id=2\" target=\"_blank\">Druridge Bay<\/a> and southeast Northumberland.\u00a0 A very obliging <em><strong>Dipper<\/strong><\/em> was singing from a mid-stream rock, before it started feeding.\u00a0 If you&#8217;ve never seen a <em><strong>Dipper<\/strong><\/em> feeding, put it on your list of things that you really need to see!\u00a0 As <em><strong>Common Redshank<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Curlew<\/strong><\/em> probed in gooey estuarine mud, we could see a wave of panic spreading towards us from the north.\u00a0 First, the air was filled with <em><strong>Greylag<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Pink-footed Geese, Woodpigeon, Rook, Carrion Crow<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Jackdaw<\/strong><\/em>. 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