{"id":331,"date":"2009-12-26T19:49:13","date_gmt":"2009-12-26T19:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/?p=331"},"modified":"2009-12-26T20:02:44","modified_gmt":"2009-12-26T20:02:44","slug":"winter-walks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/birdwatching\/winter-walks","title":{"rendered":"Winter walks"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s little that’s better than going for a walk with snow on the ground.\u00a0\u00a0On Christmas Day I took dad for a walk around Choppington Woods, mainly so we weren’t under Sarah’s feet \ud83d\ude09\u00a0\u00a0Today all three of us walked along the River Blyth and through the dunes in Druridge Bay.\u00a0 The traditional boxing Day pheasant shoots in the woodland of Druridge Bay provided an ‘interesting’ aural backdrop.\u00a0 I’ve had some fascinating conversations about hunting recently, with wildlife photographers and\u00a0with friends who have hunted for several years.\u00a0 What some people may find surprising is that two apparently disparate groups have much in common; not least a love and appreciation of the countryside.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wildlife- and birdwatching with a camera may\u00a0have a\u00a0very different\u00a0outcome (certainly for the wildlife) from hunting,\u00a0with the only thing getting fired\u00a0being a camera shutter, and the only things getting shot\u00a0being images of wildlife, but there’s a lot we can learn as photographers and wildlife watchers, from the techniques employed by hunters.\u00a0 Wildlife crime\u00a0may still be a major issue in many areas, but that’s a topic for another blog on another day.<\/p>\n

With NEWT events<\/a> on Holy Island, in the Harthope Valley and around Lee Moor Farm before the end of the year, and places to go and things to photograph on our days ‘off’ in-between, we’re looking forward to\u00a0the last five days of 2009.\u00a0 Here are a few images from today:<\/p>\n

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It may be a cliche...<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Captured
Captured in the split-second before it noticed me<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Northumberland's
Northumberland's iconic mammal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\"Dashing
Dashing through the snow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
\"Roe
Roe doe and Roe buck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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