{"id":342,"date":"2009-12-27T17:56:47","date_gmt":"2009-12-27T17:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/?p=342"},"modified":"2009-12-27T17:56:47","modified_gmt":"2009-12-27T17:56:47","slug":"i-prefer-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/birdwatching\/i-prefer-snow","title":{"rendered":"I prefer snow…"},"content":{"rendered":"

We set off for Holy Island this morning with a clear objective in mind for the journey – photograph a Little Owl.\u00a0 Many years ago one of my fellow photography students produced a series of excellent images of Tawny Owls and explained his technique for finding the birds.\u00a0 Needless to say, the hard work was done in the dark.\u00a0 Finding Little Owls in daylight isn’t uncommon although I’ve realised in the last couple of weeks that, especially when all the trees are bare of leaves, it’s easier to find them at night.\u00a0 We stopped off at one of the sites I’ve been watching regularly and there, in beautiful light for photography, was a Little Owl.\u00a0 Sarah has been developing (no pun intended) as a photographer, so I manouvered the Landrover into position as she took the shot…with my new D300s.<\/p>\n

\"Who
Who are you looking at?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The highlight of the remainder of the journey north was a large flock of Linnets, with a few Brambling mixed in, swirling backwards and forwards as a male Merlin darted across the field they were in.\u00a0 A covey of Grey Partridges sat tight just long enough for Sarah to fire the shutter again.<\/p>\n

\"Partridges...nowhere
Partridges...nowhere near a Pear tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As we neared Holy Island the rain began, and by the start time for our walk it was icy and heavy.\u00a0 Not the highlight of the day.<\/p>\n

Well, with today’s images processed and added to our ‘Northumberland in the Winter’ presentation we’re on our way out now to entertain a group of holidaymakers who may need cheering up \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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