{"id":3663,"date":"2016-10-21T12:46:40","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T11:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3663"},"modified":"2016-10-21T12:46:40","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T11:46:40","slug":"arrivals-holy-island-bespoke-birdwatching-201016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/northumberland\/lindisfarne\/arrivals-holy-island-bespoke-birdwatching-201016","title":{"rendered":"Arrivals; Holy Island bespoke birdwatching 20\/10\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday was Pete and Jan&#8217;s 9th trip with NEWT and we headed to a location that they haven&#8217;t visited with us previously&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Heading north from Embleton we soon encountered the first rain of the day, and by the time we reached the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/experiences\/tour\/16\" target=\"_blank\">Holy Island<\/a> causeway the mud and shallow water around the array of <em><strong>Redshank, Greenshank, Curlew, Dunlin<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Bar-tailed Godwit<\/strong><\/em> was being battered by a fairly torrential shower.\u00a0 As the rain eased, everything scattered as a <em><strong>Peregrine<\/strong><\/em> flew over; a muscular menace above mudflats where <em><strong>Grey Seals<\/strong><\/em> were hauled out as the tide fell, and a dense flock of <em><strong>Golden Plover<\/strong><\/em> settled once the danger had passed.\u00a0 Once the rain eased, we headed across onto the island and began the entertaining game of hide-and-seek that characterises mid-October birdwatching on the coast with birds arriving from the east.\u00a0 <em><strong>Blackcap, Reed Bunting, Robin, Linnet, Stonechat<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Meadow Pipit<\/strong><\/em> all appeared, vanished and reappeared as the air overhead was filled with calls of <em><strong>Lapwing, Curlew, Grey Plover<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Skylark<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Three <em><strong>Roe Deer<\/strong><\/em> were in a nearby field and a <em><strong>Firecrest<\/strong><\/em> put in an unobligingly fleeting appearance in one of many, many bushes that held <em><strong>Goldcrests<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 We eventually made our way to the north side of the island and joined the twitch of a very obliging <em><strong>Isabelline Wheatear<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Every bush seemed to hold <em><strong>Robin<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Goldcrest<\/strong><\/em> and, along the Straight Lonnen, <em><strong>Redwing, Song Thrush<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Blackbird<\/strong><\/em> were feeding avidly and a very grey &#8216;eastern&#8217; 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