{"id":558,"date":"2010-06-02T07:34:53","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T07:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/?p=558"},"modified":"2012-05-03T03:15:09","modified_gmt":"2012-05-03T03:15:09","slug":"2-out-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/birdwatching\/2-out-of-3","title":{"rendered":"2 out of 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the damp, dreary weather of yesterday\u00a0was giving\u00a0way to brighter conditions I found myself heading up the coast to collect clients from Craster.\u00a0 Our targets for the evening were <strong><em>Red Squirrel<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>Otter<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>Badger<\/em><\/strong>; in that order of priority, so an evening safari in Southeast Northumberland had been planned to try and encompass all three species.\u00a0 A walk along the River Blyth produced what could well be a &#8216;must see&#8217; for natural history enthusiasts over the coming years.\u00a0 Scampering along branches and leaping through the canopy, our first target entertained as it made it&#8217;s way through the trees &#8211; causing agitation in\u00a0two <strong><em>Great Spotted Woodpeckers<\/em><\/strong> which had been feeding quietly before the squirrel&#8217;s appearance.\u00a0 A\u00a0<strong><em>Jay<\/em><\/strong> allowed us an unusually close approach before it vanished into the trees and\u00a0<strong><em>Dippers<\/em><\/strong> were zipping back and forth along the river as we returned to the Land Rover, and we set out to search for <strong><em>Otters<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 It wasn&#8217;t to be, although some compensation came in the shape of a <strong><em>Barn Owl<\/em><\/strong>, drifting along the dunes and then catching a vole before revealing the location of it&#8217;s nest by taking the food back to the waiting mouths.\u00a0 That&#8217;s the great thing about running birdwatching and wildlife tours; it may be unpredictable, but there&#8217;s always something to enjoy and appreciate.<\/p>\n<p>With heavy drizzle hampering visibility, we made our way to a site where <strong><em>Badgers <\/em><\/strong>would hopefully be out and about.\u00a0 Sure enough, James spotted one as soon as we arrived, and a second movement on the hillside was probably another one, although it slipped out of sight in the undergrowth soon after being spotted.<\/p>\n<p>Finding 2 out of 3 elusive mammals that we were looking for was a good success rate and, with some new sites for <strong><em>Otters<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 that we&#8217;ve been monitoring, our bespoke &#8216;multi-mammal&#8217; 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