{"id":3959,"date":"2017-07-17T11:33:50","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T10:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3959"},"modified":"2017-07-17T11:33:50","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T10:33:50","slug":"and-more-dolphins-farne-islands-safari-150717","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/northumberland\/farnes\/and-more-dolphins-farne-islands-safari-150717","title":{"rendered":"&#8230;and more dolphins; Farne Islands Safari 15\/07\/17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;d collected Alice and Jonathan from Waren Mill and headed south along the coast at the start of our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/experiences\/tour\/13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Farne Islands safari<\/a>.\u00a0 A dreich drizzly morning still produced <em><strong>Little<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Arctic Terns<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>Meadow Pipit<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Skylark<\/strong><\/em> and, after lunch we we driving between Bamburgh and Seahouses when Jonathan spotted <em><strong>dolphins<\/strong><\/em> between the mainland and the islands.\u00a0 The journey around the islands and landing on Inner Farne produced all of the usual suspects; <em><strong>Grey Seal, Gannet, Shag, Cormorant, Puffin, Guillemot, Razorbill, Kittiwake, Fulmar, Common, Arctic<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Sandwich Terns<\/strong><\/em> and the entertaining sight of lots of <em><strong>Arctic Tern<\/strong><\/em> chicks sitting in the middle of the boardwalk.<\/p>\n<p>The journey back to Seahouses brought probably the best wildlife of the day though, as a pod of <em><strong>Bottlenose Dolphins<\/strong><\/em> played around the boats that were heading to and from the harbour \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3969\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170715-DSC_3963-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Our Farne Islands safari on Saturday 15th July produced a spectacular and unexpected ending as a pod of Bottlenose Dolphins appeared around the boat\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170715-DSC_3963-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170715-DSC_3963-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170715-DSC_3963-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170715-DSC_3963.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3967\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170715-DSC_3930-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Our Farne Islands safari on Saturday 15th July produced a spectacular and unexpected ending as a pod of Bottlenose Dolphins appeared around the boat\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170715-DSC_3930-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170715-DSC_3930-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170715-DSC_3930-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170715-DSC_3930.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3965\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170715-DSC_3925-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Our Farne Islands safari on Saturday 15th July produced a spectacular and unexpected ending as a pod of Bottlenose Dolphins appeared around the boat\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170715-DSC_3925-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170715-DSC_3925-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170715-DSC_3925-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170715-DSC_3925.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3963\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170715-DSC_3837-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Our Farne Islands safari on Saturday 15th July produced a spectacular and unexpected ending as a pod of Bottlenose Dolphins appeared around the boat\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170715-DSC_3837-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170715-DSC_3837-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170715-DSC_3837-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170715-DSC_3837.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3961\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170715-DSC_3827-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Our Farne Islands safari on Saturday 15th July produced a spectacular and unexpected ending as a pod of Bottlenose Dolphins appeared around the boat\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170715-DSC_3827-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170715-DSC_3827-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170715-DSC_3827-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170715-DSC_3827.jpg 2047w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve finished our Farne Islands trips for this year, but we&#8217;ve still got plenty of opportunities to encounter dolphins on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/tour\/3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4hr and 10hr pelagic wildlife trips<\/a>.\u00a0 Give us a call on 01670 827465 for more details or to book your place now \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;d collected Alice and Jonathan from Waren Mill and headed south along the coast at the start of our Farne Islands safari.\u00a0 A dreich drizzly morning still produced Little and Arctic Terns, Meadow Pipit and Skylark and, after lunch we we driving between Bamburgh and Seahouses when Jonathan spotted dolphins between the mainland and the 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