{"id":4333,"date":"2018-06-13T14:31:59","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T13:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4333"},"modified":"2018-06-13T14:31:59","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T13:31:59","slug":"one-plus-one-makes-three-cheviot-valleys-safari-07-06-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/birdwatching\/one-plus-one-makes-three-cheviot-valleys-safari-07-06-18","title":{"rendered":"One plus one makes three; Cheviot Valleys Safari 07\/06\/18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having arranged all of our clients for last Thursday&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/experiences\/tour\/11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cheviot Valleys<\/a> safari to meeting at the same location I arrived in Powburn and collected Vicky, Dave and Babs, Diane and Ruth before heading along a grassy verge buzzing with <em><strong>bees<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>hoverflies<\/strong><\/em> and bejewelled with <em><strong>Common Blue Damselflies<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Red and Black Froghoppers<\/strong><strong>.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>Ruth proved to have the sharpest eyes and found the first of two <em><strong>Adders<\/strong><\/em> that she spotted before everyone else (as well as a third that was sadly dead in the middle of the track) as <em><strong>Blackcaps, Willow Warblers<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Chiffchaffs<\/strong><\/em> sang from hidden perches in dense foliage.<\/p>\n<p>It wouldn&#8217;t be a June Cheviot Valleys trip without the riparian triumvirate of <em><strong>Dipper, Common Sandpiper<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Grey Wagtail<\/strong><\/em> and all three duly put in an appearance as <em><strong>Swallows<\/strong><\/em> gathered insects, <em><strong>House Martins<\/strong><\/em> gathered mud for nest-building and the eerie cries of <em><strong>Curlew<\/strong><\/em> rolled down the fells.\u00a0 <em><strong>Red Grouse<\/strong><\/em> were chuckling from the heather clad hillsides and one or two were uncharacteristically obliging and out in the open as <em><strong>Wheatears<\/strong><\/em> flitted between stones on the ground, the prominent ears of a <em><strong>Brown Hare<\/strong><\/em> betrayed it&#8217;s location, <em><strong>Whinchat<\/strong><\/em> demonstrated just how beautiful they are and <em><strong>Ring Ouzel<\/strong><\/em> flew by but didn&#8217;t settle where we could see them as <em><strong>Green Tiger Beetles<\/strong><\/em> suddenly appeared as they flew and the calls of Cuckoos echoed across the valley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having arranged all of our clients for last Thursday&#8217;s Cheviot Valleys safari to meeting at the same location I arrived in Powburn and collected Vicky, Dave and Babs, Diane and Ruth before heading along a grassy verge buzzing with bees and hoverflies and bejewelled with Common Blue Damselflies and Red and Black Froghoppers.\u00a0 Ruth proved 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