Yellow-browed Warbler<\/em><\/strong> gave us a heard-only garden tick.<\/p>\nThis morning we had to be out well before dawn to count Pink-footed Geese<\/em><\/strong> at East Chevington as part of the Icelandic Goose Census.\u00a0 The air over the dunes was filled with the calls of Redwings<\/em><\/strong>, Song Thrushes<\/em><\/strong>, Blackbirds<\/em><\/strong>, Chaffinches<\/em><\/strong>, Bramblings<\/em><\/strong> and Goldcrests<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Eventually, nearly 3000 geese departed their overnight roost and we drove to Cresswell, ready for our second survey of the day.\u00a0 This time it was our regular WeBS count.\u00a0 After a brisk walk\u00a0north along the beach of Druridge Bay\u00a0we arrived at East Chevington for the second time this morning, where there were flocks of Chaffinches<\/em><\/strong> and Goldcrests<\/em><\/strong> in the hedgerows and Sarah spotted a ‘ringtail’ harrier, but it quickly passed through.\u00a0 After taking both cars back home, and deciding how to spend the rest of the weekend (although most of that is predetermined), Sarah’s just gone to do some shopping, and I’ve just had a call about a Red-flanked Bluetail<\/em><\/strong> at Newbiggin…decisions, decisions \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\nOur October tours will concentrate on the coast and birdwatching will feature heavily.\u00a0 Give us a call on 01670 827465 to find out what’s on offer and what we can do to enhance your Northumberland birdwatching experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
With a good breeze coming from the east and misty drizzle on the coast, conditions have been looking good for a fall of migrants since yesterday morning.\u00a0 Some of the most exciting birdwatching available on the Northumberland coast happens in conditions like these… As we left the house last night to walk down to The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9,107,5,141,104],"tags":[133,118,102,135,392,404,22,145,403],"class_list":["post-734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birdwatching","category-druridge","category-family-and-friends","category-northumberland","category-northumberland-coast","category-surveys","tag-blackbird","tag-brambling","tag-chaffinch","tag-goldcrest","tag-pink-footed-geese","tag-red-flanked-bluetail","tag-redwing","tag-song-thrush","tag-yellow-browed-warbler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734","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=734"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":735,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734\/revisions\/735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}