{"id":4822,"date":"2019-07-10T16:02:41","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T15:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4822"},"modified":"2019-07-10T16:02:42","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T15:02:42","slug":"heron-there-druridge-bay-safari-09-07-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/northumberland\/druridge\/heron-there-druridge-bay-safari-09-07-19","title":{"rendered":"Heron there ;-) Druridge Bay Safari 09\/07\/19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I collected Robin and Cia, and Linda and Pete, from Newbiggin ahead of a day exploring Druridge Bay<\/a> and southeast Northumberland…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years we’ve refined our tours on the coast to included different habitat types and starting with a walk through some riparian woodland we were rewarded with great views of Nuthatches<\/em><\/strong> and a Dipper<\/em><\/strong> as a Banded Demoiselle<\/em><\/strong> proved flighty and the quiet calls of Bullfinches<\/em><\/strong> revealed their presence in rank vegetation and the treetops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the coast a Kestrel<\/em><\/strong> was hanging in the breeze as Curlews, Oystercatchers<\/em><\/strong> and Common Redshanks<\/em><\/strong> explored rockpools and a Meadow Pipit<\/em><\/strong> lined up alongside a row of Tree Sparrows<\/em><\/strong> as the simple song of Reed Buntings<\/em><\/strong>, the fast chatter of Sedge Warblers<\/em><\/strong> and the rhythmic chuntering of Reed Warblers<\/em><\/strong> emanated from the reedbeds around coastal pools and a very vocal Linnet<\/em><\/strong> was incredibly obliging just a few feet way from us on a fence post. Linda and Pete’s experience of birdwatching in the warm sunshine of Portugal hadn’t prepared them for the sight of a Spoonbill<\/em><\/strong> in the cool heavy rain of Northumberland in early July, and Little Egrets<\/em><\/strong> added to the southern feel alongside the much more regular sight of Grey Herons<\/em><\/strong> stalking imperiously through the shallows as a fantastic group of waders included Avocet<\/em><\/strong>, Lapwing, Curlew, Dunlin, Common Redshank<\/em><\/strong>, a lone Golden Plover<\/em><\/strong>, brief Common Sandpiper<\/em><\/strong> and Green Sandpiper<\/em><\/strong> that only showed for a couple of seconds as they flew from the mud along the reed edges in front of us, Black-tailed Godwits<\/em><\/strong> in fantastic orangey red plumage and a Spotted Redshank<\/em><\/strong> that stopped obligingly alongside a Common Redshank<\/em><\/strong> allowing a great comparison. Another set of species that allowed an impromptu ID masterclass were Sandwich, Common<\/em><\/strong> and Arctic Terns<\/em><\/strong> as the rain intensified and we headed back in the late afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I collected Robin and Cia, and Linda and Pete, from Newbiggin ahead of a day exploring Druridge Bay and southeast Northumberland… Over the years we’ve refined our tours on the coast to included different habitat types and starting with a walk through some riparian woodland we were rewarded with great views of Nuthatches and a […]<\/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":[230,40,305,242,27,556,214,229,257,288,175,488,333,283,128,123,140,243,300,210,127,267,223,227,398,357,125],"class_list":["post-4822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-druridge","tag-arctic-tern","tag-avocet","tag-banded-demoiselle","tag-black-tailed-godwit","tag-bullfinch","tag-common-redshank","tag-common-sandpiper","tag-common-tern","tag-dipper","tag-dunlin","tag-golden-plover","tag-great-crested-grebe","tag-green-sandpiper","tag-grey-heron","tag-kestrel","tag-lapwing","tag-linnet","tag-little-egret","tag-nuthatch","tag-oystercatcher","tag-reed-bunting","tag-reed-warbler","tag-sandwich-tern","tag-sedge-warbler","tag-spoonbill","tag-spotted-redshank","tag-tree-sparrow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4822","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=4822"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4823,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4822\/revisions\/4823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}