{"id":4111,"date":"2017-10-17T17:00:49","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T16:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4111"},"modified":"2017-10-17T17:00:49","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T16:00:49","slug":"turning-tides-bespoke-northumberland-coast-photography-121017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/northumberland\/druridge\/turning-tides-bespoke-northumberland-coast-photography-121017","title":{"rendered":"Turning tides; Bespoke Northumberland Coast photography 12\/10\/17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/experiences\/tour\/16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Holy Island<\/a> causeway makes it into the news for too frequently due to overly-optimistic car drivers who think that driving into a tidal estuary is going to turn out well&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I collected Tony from Fenham le Moor and we headed to the causeway to watch as the tide fell and the road was uncovered.\u00a0 More exciting though was the mud that was revealed, attracting <em><strong>Curlew, Bar-tailed Godwit, Barnacle Geese, Brent Geese, Pink-footed Geese, Turnstone, Teal, Wigeon, Shelduck<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Dunlin<\/strong><\/em> \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 There&#8217;s a lot to see as the tide falls and after an hour on the island we had a wander down the coast.\u00a0 A <em><strong>Rock Pipit<\/strong><\/em> came close to the car but wasn&#8217;t too keen on having a camera lens pointed at it.\u00a0 <em><strong>Grey Heron, Little Egret<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Cormorant<\/strong><\/em> were proving to be a scourge of small fish and the <em><strong>Red-necked Phalarope<\/strong><\/em> at Druridge Pools was performing well among a group of <em><strong>Shoveler, Gadwall<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Tufted Duck.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A nice easy-paced day with plenty of birds in front of the camera and, it almost goes without saying now, a client who it was a pleasure to spend the day with \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20171012-DSC_9718-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Our Holy island and Northumberland coast bespoke photography tour brought lots of birds in reach of our cameras\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20171012-DSC_9718-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20171012-DSC_9718-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20171012-DSC_9718-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20171012-DSC_9718.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4115\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20171012-DSC_9801-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Our Holy island and Northumberland coast bespoke photography tour brought lots of birds in reach of our cameras\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20171012-DSC_9801-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20171012-DSC_9801-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20171012-DSC_9801-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20171012-DSC_9801.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4117\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20171012-DSC_9817-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Our Holy island and Northumberland coast bespoke photography tour brought lots of birds in reach of our cameras\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20171012-DSC_9817-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20171012-DSC_9817-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20171012-DSC_9817-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20171012-DSC_9817.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4119\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20171012-DSC_9839-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Our Holy island and Northumberland coast bespoke photography tour brought lots of birds in reach of our cameras\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20171012-DSC_9839-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20171012-DSC_9839-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20171012-DSC_9839-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20171012-DSC_9839.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4121\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20171012-DSC_9943-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Our Holy island and Northumberland coast bespoke photography tour brought lots of birds in reach of our cameras\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20171012-DSC_9943-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20171012-DSC_9943-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20171012-DSC_9943-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20171012-DSC_9943.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Holy Island causeway makes it into the news for too frequently due to overly-optimistic car drivers who think that driving into a tidal estuary is going to turn out well&#8230; I collected Tony from Fenham le Moor and we headed to the causeway to watch as the tide fell and the road was uncovered.\u00a0 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