{"id":3783,"date":"2017-04-24T18:42:05","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T17:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3783"},"modified":"2017-04-24T18:42:05","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T17:42:05","slug":"serenade-north-pennines-bespoke-photography-230417","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/northumberland\/pennines\/serenade-north-pennines-bespoke-photography-230417","title":{"rendered":"Serenade; North Pennines Bespoke Photography 23\/04\/17"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was an early start for David, who was the runner up in the junior category of last year’s North East Wildlife Photography competition, and his parents Helen and John.\u00a0 We’ve sponsored the junior category since the inception of the competition and, for some reason, the winners of the prize that we offer usually choose to have their Bespoke photography trip in the North Pennines<\/a>…<\/p>\n

With beautiful light soon after sunrise, Brown Hare, Lapwing, Meadow Pipit, Red Grouse<\/strong><\/em> and Black Grouse<\/strong><\/em> were soon subject to the scrutiny of David and his camera.\u00a0 The Hares<\/strong><\/em>, in particular, looked stunning with natural rim-lighting.\u00a0 After a few Red Grouse<\/strong><\/em> remained stubbornly tucked down in the vegetation we came across the star of the day.\u00a0 This Red Grouse<\/strong><\/em> wasn’t hiding his light under a bushel, in fact he appeared to be auditioning for Britain’s (Moorland’s) Got Talent.\u00a0 First he was on a fence post, pushing his breast out and watching us intently.\u00a0 Then he dropped to the ground and had a couple minutes feeding before hopping back to the fence post.\u00a0 Back to the ground for another feed and then he decided it was time to advertise his territory.\u00a0 Stretching his neck and head high above the grass he started calling.\u00a0 As well as the typical grouse<\/strong><\/em> call, he was making lots of churring, clucking sounds that we probably wouldn’t have heard if we were any further away from him.\u00a0 What was really impressive though, was how his whole body quivered with each prolonged call.\u00a0 I’ve never watched a grouse<\/strong><\/em> at such close range before so it was remarkable to see the physical effort that goes into his territorial song.<\/p>\n

Fieldfare<\/strong><\/em> were hopping amongst clumps of rush, no doubt feeding up ready for their migration, and in bright sunshine we found, largely thanks to Helen’s sharp eyesight, dozens of Spring Gentian<\/strong><\/em> in flower \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 Over the moors, Curlew<\/strong><\/em> and Skylark<\/strong><\/em> were displaying, Common Snipe<\/strong><\/em> and Common Redshank<\/strong><\/em> were perched on fence posts and a Ring Ouzel<\/strong><\/em> flew by before 3 Dippers<\/strong><\/em> chased each other back and forth along a small stream while we were having our lunch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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