{"id":3245,"date":"2016-03-01T13:42:41","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T12:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3245"},"modified":"2016-03-01T13:42:41","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T12:42:41","slug":"winter-wonderland-21-24022016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/northumberland\/druridge\/winter-wonderland-21-24022016","title":{"rendered":"Winter Wonderland 21-24\/02\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our Winter Wonderland holiday started on Sunday evening with Ben and Diane, and David, arriving at the Bamburgh Castle Inn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Day One 22\/02\/16.\u00a0 Our first full day was around Lindisfarne<\/a> and the North Northumberland coast and everything that makes the area so good in the winter put in an appearance.\u00a0 Purple Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Bar-tailed Godwit, Curlew, Common Redshank, Turnstone, Grey Plover, Golden Plover<\/strong><\/em>, Dunlin<\/strong><\/em> and Knot <\/strong><\/em>represented wading birds, Common Scoter, Eider, Red-breasted Merganser, Long-tailed Duck<\/strong><\/em> and Slavonian Grebe<\/strong><\/em> were just offshore, Grey Seal<\/strong><\/em> and at least 16 Roe Deer<\/strong><\/em> provided some mammal interest and there were lots and lots of geese<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Pale-bellied Brent, Dark-bellied Brent, Pink-footed, Greylag<\/strong><\/em> and Barnacle<\/strong><\/em> filled the air, the fields and the mudflats as Skylarks<\/strong><\/em> sang and fought, heralding the arrival of spring \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Day Two 23\/02\/16.\u00a0 Our second day was spent around NEWT’s local patch, Druridge Bay<\/a> and southeast Northumberland.\u00a0 One of our favourite mammals was soon on the trip list as an Otter<\/strong><\/em> cub appeared from its hideaway in a pile of boulders and spent a little while feeding close by \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 The long-staying Long-billed Dowitcher<\/strong><\/em> joined the trip list too, feeding alongside Knot, Common Redshank<\/strong><\/em> and Bar-tailed Godwit<\/strong><\/em> and unexpected birds included Marsh Tit<\/strong><\/em> and Treecreeper<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 As the afternoon light faded, we watched a family group of Whooper Swans<\/strong><\/em> and a pair of Dippers<\/strong><\/em> sat almost motionless on a mid-stream rock as the water rushed around them and a Barn Owl<\/strong><\/em> was a welcome addition to the trip list just before an incredibly brief sleety shower reminded us that this is the winter \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

24\/02\/16.\u00a0 Departure day dawned bright, cold and encased in frost at the end of the holiday.\u00a0 Just the way the winter should be!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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