Scotland Holiday 2018 Day 12 : 24th June Dunoon
We did a lot of driving about this day but did not see any special birds. I have recorded it here for the route which was supposed to be great for birds of prey!
We did a lot of driving about this day but did not see any special birds. I have recorded it here for the route which was supposed to be great for birds of prey!
WWT Caerlaverock : 12th October 2013 Before returning to Manchester we drove over to WWT Caerlaverock to see how the autumn migration was looking on the opposite side of Scotland and that was exactly what we saw. The air was full of Whooper Swans and Barnacle Geese flying in skeins all over the sky flying…
We went up to Burton Mere Wetlands in the hope of seeing the Long-billed Dowitcher which had arrived and settled among the Black-tailed Godwits, sometimes showing on the main scrape and sometimes at the Border Hide. We went to both and, as it transipred, it failed to show up. We were very disappointed with the…
If Santon Downham and the other sites around Thetford were a little disappointing the previous day, our visit to BTO Nunnery Lakes made up for it this day. We parked at the side of the river, crossed the bridge and and walked along the side of the Little Ouse River until we reached the next…
After a sunny day we were hopeful of a another one the following day when we decided to go up to the Wirral and visit some of the sites we rarely visit. Thes first stop was Leosowe Lighthouse but it was so windy and there tide was so far out that we soon abandoned that…
Highland Birding Holiday Day 4 : 11th October 2013 Our debriefing session with our guide, John Poyner, on the evening of the 10th was not the last time we saw him because the next morning after we checked out we returned to the Anagach Forest, near the hotel, where saw the Crested Tit on the…