RSPB Ham Wall and NE Shapwick Heath : 27th April 2014 Another unpromising day weather-wise but we did not let this put us off. We decided to go back to RSPB Ham Wall and NE Shapwick Heath but this time we started at the far end of the Shapwick Heath reserve, first dropping into the…
RSPB Radipole Lake : 26th April 2014 The weather forecast was none too promising but by the time I got to Radipole the rain had stopped and apart from the wind the weather was quite good and eventually sunny. I started off down the path where my first sighting was a Cetti’s Warbler that jumped…
Shapwick Heath and Ham Wall 25th April 2014 Although we drove through a number of heavy showers, by the time we got to Shapwick it was fairly bright and it got brighter and warmer as the day progressed. We stopped at the Avalon Centre but it was a very basic collection of portacabins rather than…
WWT Slimbridge 25th April 2014 In the morning we checked out early from the hotel and headed off to Slimbridge for early doors. The official opening time is 9.30am but if you are a member you are allowed to access the hides along the right hand side of the reserve (all the way down to…
WWT Slimbridge 24th April 2014 On the first day of our holiday to Somerset and Hampshire we stayed over at the village of Slimbridge. We didn’t have too much time by the time we got there so we drove straight up to WWT Slimbridge before checking in at the Tudor Arms hotel. Went straight to…
Summary of Scottish Birding 4th – 12th October 2013 Our Scottish holiday took in a quick stopover at Montrose Basin, a visit to Loch of Strathbeg and environs and on our return a stopover at WWT Caerlaverock. In between we had three great days of birding in the Highlands in Inverness-shire, Ross and Cromarty and…
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…
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…
Highland Birding Holiday Day 3 : 10th October 2013 The last day of our birding break was to be devoted to a bit more sea watching so we headed off for the coast first thing taking in some other sites en route. We took the A939 out north out of Grantown-on-Spey and turned off for …
Highland Birding Holiday Day 2 : 9th October 2013 Our second day was characterised by high winds and some heavy showers. John had Scheduled us to to drive up to the Black Isle and we started off by taking the A95 south-west out of Grantown-on-Spey and then turning on to the A938 – the…
