{"id":4329,"date":"2018-06-06T10:42:48","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T09:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4329"},"modified":"2026-09-27T15:55:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T14:55:34","slug":"evolving-druridge-bay-bespoke-birdwatching-05-06-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/northumberland\/druridge\/evolving-druridge-bay-bespoke-birdwatching-05-06-18","title":{"rendered":"Evolving; Druridge Bay Bespoke Birdwatching 05\/06\/18"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was Brian and Carolyn’s 4th day out with NEWT and we were returning to the scene of their 1st – Druridge Bay and southeast Northumberland<\/a>…<\/p>\n

As we drove down the coast from Seahouses there was an ominous bank of fog just offshore but fortunately that’s where it stayed \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 Since that 1st Druridge trip we’ve changed a few things, and we’ve added a new riparian walk that is rich with birdsong.\u00a0 Woodpigeon, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Chaffinch<\/strong><\/em> and Blackbird<\/strong><\/em> were all singing around us as clouds of mayflies<\/strong><\/em> danced over the water and rough vegetation by the path and Common Blue Damselflies<\/strong><\/em> graced us with their presence.\u00a0 Our picnic stop was accompanied by a Kestrel<\/strong><\/em>, riding the updraft from the cliff edge and hanging near motionless in the stiff breeze.\u00a0 Fulmars<\/strong><\/em> were arcing by as lines of Gannets<\/strong><\/em> flew north offshore and a Great Skua<\/strong><\/em> lumbered menacingly into the breeze.\u00a0 Shelduck<\/strong><\/em> and Mallard<\/strong><\/em> had broods of small duckings, Shoveler, Mallard<\/strong><\/em> and Gadwall<\/strong><\/em> were dabbling as Great Crested Grebe<\/strong><\/em> and Tufted Duck<\/strong><\/em> were diving and Meadow Pipits<\/strong><\/em> song-flighted as Yellow Wagtails<\/strong><\/em> proceeded jerkily through the long grass in front of us.\u00a0 Avocets<\/strong><\/em> were sleeping, incubating, feeding and chasing corvids as Dunlin<\/strong><\/em> probed in the mud of shallow pools, Ringed Plover<\/strong><\/em> were hurrying and scurrying through the grass and Lapwing<\/strong><\/em> chicks, fluffy miniature versions of their parents, explored close to the water’s edge as Black-tailed Godwits<\/strong><\/em> flew by, revealing their striking black and white upperwings above a wet meadow liberally sprinkled with sentinel-like Grey Herons.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Druridge is our local patch, and somewhere that we visit all year round, but we’re still discovering new locations to add into our trips there so check our website calendar and come along to explore it with us \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was Brian and Carolyn’s 4th day out with NEWT and we were returning to the scene of their 1st – Druridge Bay and southeast Northumberland… As we drove down the coast from Seahouses there was an ominous bank of fog just offshore but fortunately that’s where it stayed \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 Since that 1st Druridge trip […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[40,242,133,461,102,268,289,288,122,170,185,488,363,283,128,123,171,941,224,182,158,552],"class_list":["post-4329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-druridge","tag-avocet","tag-black-tailed-godwit","tag-blackbird","tag-blackcap","tag-chaffinch","tag-chiffchaff","tag-common-blue-damselfly","tag-dunlin","tag-fulmar","tag-gadwall","tag-gannet","tag-great-crested-grebe","tag-great-skua","tag-grey-heron","tag-kestrel","tag-lapwing","tag-mallard","tag-meadcow-pipit","tag-ringed-plover","tag-tufted-duck","tag-woodpigeon","tag-yellow-wagtail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4331,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4329\/revisions\/4331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}