{"id":4270,"date":"2018-04-06T11:51:22","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T10:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4270"},"modified":"2018-04-06T11:51:22","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T10:51:22","slug":"waders-in-the-wet-druridge-bay-bespoke-safari-03-04-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/northumberland\/druridge\/waders-in-the-wet-druridge-bay-bespoke-safari-03-04-18","title":{"rendered":"Waders in the wet; Druridge Bay Bespoke Safari 03\/04\/18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday was forecast to be a nice day but when I collected John and Sue from Newbiggin, for a day around <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/experiences\/tour\/12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Druridge Bay and southeast Northumberland<\/a>, I wasn&#8217;t entirely convinced&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>It didn&#8217;t take too long for the rain to arrive, while we were watching a flock of 22 <em><strong>Goldeneye<\/strong><\/em> who were presumably wishing they&#8217;d chosen somewhere warmer to spend the winter \ud83d\ude09\u00a0 With water levels high from snowmelt and rain, space around muddy edges was at a premium.\u00a0 <em><strong>Lapwing, Curlew<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Dunlin<\/strong><\/em> were all wandering around the interface of mud and water and a flock of 22 <em><strong>Black-tailed Godwits<\/strong><\/em> circled repeatedly before finally pitching in to the shallows to feed and bathe.\u00a0 <em><strong>Fulmars<\/strong><\/em> were soaring along the clifftops on a stiff breeze and a <em><strong>Meadow Pipit<\/strong><\/em> came in-off and settled in the grass nearby.\u00a0 An obliging <em><strong>Little Owl<\/strong><\/em> stared at us from it&#8217;s not so hidden perch in a bare tree and every hedgerow seemed to be alive with <em><strong>Blackbirds<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Robins<\/strong><\/em> as a real bonus bird popped up in front of us &#8211; 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