{"id":525,"date":"2010-05-22T08:14:59","date_gmt":"2010-05-22T08:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/?p=525"},"modified":"2010-05-22T08:39:20","modified_gmt":"2010-05-22T08:39:20","slug":"a-day-in-the-bay-birdwatching-northumberland-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/birdwatching\/a-day-in-the-bay-birdwatching-northumberland-part-2","title":{"rendered":"A day in the Bay, Birdwatching Northumberland (part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our second day out with the winners of last year&#8217;s Birdwatching Northumberland\u00a0 competition, was a day in Druridge Bay.\u00a0 It provided a real contrast with our earlier trip to the Harthope Valley.<\/p>\n<p>After collecting Jean and Andy from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bamburghcastlehotel.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bamburgh Castle Inn<\/a>\u00a0we headed down to Embleton to collect Helen, our third client on this trip, pausing for a few minutes to watch a very obliging <strong><em>Brown Hare<\/em><\/strong> in a field near Chatton.\u00a0 As we toured our usual sites the weather was more like the caribbean than Northumberland \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 <strong><em>Tufted Ducks<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>Shovelers<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>Herons<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>Mute Swans<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>Lapwings<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and <strong><em>Coots<\/em><\/strong> were around the coastal pools, <strong><em>Sedge<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>Reed<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>Willow<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Warblers<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>Whitethroats<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>Reed Buntings<\/em><\/strong> were singing from hedgerows,\u00a0sedges, reeds and willows\u00a0and <strong><em>Fulmars<\/em><\/strong> were arcing gracefully along the cliffs at Cresswell.\u00a0 On a woodland walk along the River Blyth we heard more than we saw (as you would expect in mid-May) with <strong><em>Nuthatch<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>Chiffchaff<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and <strong><em>Great Spotted Woodpecker<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0all being particularly vocal.\u00a0 Eventually the two days of the Birdwatching Northumberland prize were over and I returned all of our clients to their respective holiday accommodation.<\/p>\n<p>The day wasn&#8217;t finished for NEWT though; as dusk approached we were out on the coast, at separate locations, checking for <strong><em>Otters<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 I did have one brief sighting, and on the journey home we began the process of redeveloping our Otter Safaris to make them an even better experience than they already are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our second day out with the winners of last year&#8217;s Birdwatching Northumberland\u00a0 competition, was a day in Druridge Bay.\u00a0 It provided a real contrast with our earlier trip to the Harthope Valley. 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