{"id":4751,"date":"2019-03-28T08:47:16","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T07:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4751"},"modified":"2019-03-28T08:47:18","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T07:47:18","slug":"a-herd-of-pygmies-otter-mini-safari-26-03-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/northumberland\/druridge\/a-herd-of-pygmies-otter-mini-safari-26-03-19","title":{"rendered":"A herd of pygmies; Otter mini-Safari 26\/03\/19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I collected Jennie and Dean from Newbiggin and we set out for a few hours exploring <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Druridge Bay (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/experiences\/tour\/12\" target=\"_blank\">Druridge Bay<\/a> and southeast Northumberland&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A chilly westerly wind kept temperatures down and the wildlife was a mixture of winter and spring; <strong><em>Goldeneye, Red-breasted Merganser<\/em><\/strong> and flocks of <strong><em>Mallard, Teal<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>geese<\/em><\/strong> were a lingering reminder of the big flocks of the winter, while <strong><em>Chaffinch, Robin, Wren<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>Great Tit<\/em><\/strong> were all singing as we found ourselves next to a group of <strong><em>Pygmy Goats<\/em><\/strong> who&#8217;d been let out of their usual enclosure to graze on a verdant pasture.  Conversation switched to how much space would be needed to keep some \ud83d\ude09  Another sign of spring was provided by 2 <strong><em>Avocets<\/em><\/strong> that flew from the muddy shallows that still held <strong><em>Redshank<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>Curlew<\/em><\/strong> in the shadow of dead trees festooned with <strong><em>Cormorants<\/em><\/strong>.  A <strong><em>Roe Deer<\/em><\/strong> was out in the open before settling into bankside vegetation with only its ears betraying its hiding place and a splash of colour was provided by <strong><em>Shelduck<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>Great Crested Grebe<\/em><\/strong>.  A <strong><em>Water Rail<\/em><\/strong> gave uncharacteristically obliging views as it fed in the gap between two reedbeds and time passed quickly and we were on our way back to Newbiggin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I collected Jennie and Dean from Newbiggin and we set out for a few hours exploring Druridge Bay and southeast Northumberland&#8230; A chilly westerly wind kept temperatures down and the wildlife was a mixture of winter and spring; Goldeneye, Red-breasted Merganser and flocks of Mallard, Teal and geese were a lingering reminder of the big [&hellip;]<\/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":[40,372,172,168,103,488,45,283,171,188,358,116,66,189,169],"class_list":["post-4751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-druridge","tag-avocet","tag-cormorant","tag-curlew","tag-goldeneye","tag-goldfinch","tag-great-crested-grebe","tag-great-tit","tag-grey-heron","tag-mallard","tag-red-breasted-merganser","tag-redshank","tag-robin","tag-roe-deer","tag-shelduck","tag-teal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4751","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=4751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4753,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4751\/revisions\/4753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}