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Patience and persistence
Tuesday’s North Pennines Prestige tour was a complete contrast to Wednesday’s Otter Safari. The weather was much nicer than on Tuesday as I collected Mark and Clare from Alnwick. Our Otter Safaris,...
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As the damp, dreary weather of yesterday was giving way to brighter conditions I found myself heading up the coast to collect clients from Craster. Our targets for the evening were Red Squirrel, Otter...
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On the trail of the otter…and then some
Yesterday was the first of several forthcoming days where we’re running multiple trips on the same day, and with 6 clients during the day, and 2 of them joining us for an evening safari as well, it was...
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An eventful evening
Thursday was my 3rd consecutive late finish. Before setting off for a ’Red Squirrel and Badger Safari’ I had a few admin things to get done including some more planning for the Birdwatching...
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Patience pays off
Finding Red Squirrels on a Bank Holiday Monday had the potential to be a tricky task. With a good weather forecast, all of our local woodlands were likely to be filled with visitors. I headed up to...
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Red Squirrels
Now, we’ve never made a secret of our love for Red Squirrels; we regularly take clients to see and/or photograph them and we have them as a garden visitor. Northumberland's iconic mammal Red Squirrel...
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A hunch pays off
Days out with a specific target in mind for our clients can be very good, or very frustrating and, as I drove across the snow and ice coated roads towards Elsdon to collect George, Tam, Ken and Kath, I...
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“You should have been here yesterday…”
On days when one species doesn’t appear, the supporting cast can often be equally stunning. An icy breeze was whistling around the car as I collected Matt and Kate for a day searching for Otters and...
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Christmas Eve
It’s become a tradition over the last few years that, on Christmas Eve, the Friends of Choppington Woods have a walk from one end of the reserve to the other. One year we finish at our house and the...
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People watching; Red Squirrel Bespoke Safari 03/06/2014
I love watching wildlife, always have done since I was very young and I love watching wildlife with our clients. Sometimes though, people are just as interesting… I collected Richard and Jan from...
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Planning; Bespoke Otter Safari 03/02/17
In glorious sunshine I arrived in Longframlington to collect Lisa and Lucy ahead of a day searching for Otters, Red Squirrels and Kingfishers around Druridge Bay and the Northumberland coast. I was...
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Last light; Otter Safari 24/02/17
After some wild weather the blue skies and fluffy white clouds, as I set off for a day searching for Otters around Druridge Bay and southeast Northumberland with Jo, Pat, Rachel and Dave, came as a...
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