Scotland Holiday Day 4: Strathdearn and Loch Ruthven, 1st June 2016 We started the day off going to the Findhorn Valley (actually Strathdearn) with the idea that we might see some Eagles. On our way down the valley a Roe Deer jumped out in front of our car from our right, turned and looked at…
Summary May 2016 Species this month = 132 New Species added to 2016 Year List in May= 41 Barn Owl at Thornham on 8th May, Bar-tailed Godwit at Minsmere on 3rd May, Bearded Tit at Titchwell on 7th, Blackcap and Common Tern at Rutland Water on 13th, Black-throated Diver and Common Sandpiper at Lochindorb on…
Scotland Holiday Day 3: Anagach Forest, Lochindorb, Carrbridge, Avielochan and Cairngorm, 31st May 2016 I started off the day with an early walk from 5.45am – 7.15am in the Anagach Forest. This time the first animal I encountered was a Roe Deer and in the woods the bird feeders were dominated by Red Squirrels –…
Scotland Holiday Day 2: Laggan and Anagach Forest, 30th May 2016 On our way to Grantown on Spey we saw a Raven, a pair of Red-legged Partridge, a Buzzard and a few other birds. We were in plenty of time arriving at the hotel so we came off the main road to Grantown on Spey…
Scotland Holiday Day 1: WWT Caerlaverock : 29th May 2016 On our way up to Dumfries we stopped off at WWT Caerlaverock. It was a lovely day but there wasn’t anything special on show just a smattering of ducks and hedgerow birds. We took the path down to the Avenue Tower and diverted, halfway down,…
Summary of East Anglia Holiday Our holiday was to be roughly as follows; a travel day with an overnight stop at Peterborough Ferry Meadows Premier Inn. with a visit to Rutland Water reserve en route. The next day we headed for Halesworth in Suffolk where we stayed at Poachers Cottage, a place we had found…
Hambleton Woods : 14th May 2016 After breakfast we fancied a bit of a walk and we had wanted to check out the nearby Hambleton Woods which is famous for its Nightingales. We really didn’t fancy our chances of hearing or seeing Nightingales as late in the morning as it was but it was a…
Thornham 7th May 2016 I took an early morning walk on my own through the reed beds to the old, silted up, harbour. The reed bed was alive with the sound of Reed and Sedge Warblers and the sound of Oystercatchers and Redshanks is always in the air, more, or less, distant depending upon the…
Thornham 6th May 2016 After our stop over at Horsey Mere, we stopped of at NWT Cley Marshes for a cup of tea and then ploughed on to Thornham where we were due to stay for a week. It was quite late by the time we got there so we cleaned up and then went…
Covehithe 5th May 2016 Thursday was not a “birding day” for us as we had arranged to meet friends for a walk to the coast at Covehithe and then a spot of lunch at Southwold. Even then, though, we still managed to see plenty of birds and even added a few “year ticks” to our…
