Scotland Holiday Day 11: Bass Rock 8th June 2016 After we left St Andrews, we drove to Musselburgh, our next family destination, but we were early enough that we decided to drive down to the Scottish Seabird Centre at North Berwick. Totally out of the blue Inoticed that there was a boat trip out to…
Scotland Holiday Day 10: Isle of May 7th June 2016 We had booked a trip out to the Isle of May with Anstruther Pleasure Cruises some time prior to our holiday. I had, been on a couple of RIBs out to the island before but this makes photography a bit tricky when out at sea….
Scotland Holiday Day 9: RSPB Fowlsheugh 6th June 2016 We left New Deer on the 6th and, as usual, we dropped in at RSPB Fowlsheugh which is a convenient stopping point once you have got south of Aberdeen. It was another fine day and this place never ceases to astonish. It surely must be one…
Scotland Holiday Day 8: Ythan Estuary at Newburgh 5th June 2016 Again this was a family day but, again, we got some birding in. My family, despite living just a few miles alay from Newburgh, had never been to this part of the estuary and on a blazingly hot day they were captivated by it….
Scotland Holiday Day 7: Loch of Strathbeg 4th June 2016 At this stage of our holiday we were more oriented to family than birding but, of course, we always manage to find a way to introduce a little bit so we dragged the family to Loch of Strathbeg. The whole place is being done up…
Scotland Holiday Day 6: Bullers of Buchan 3rd June 2016 We left Grantown rather regretting the missed birds, Crested Tit, Ptarmigan, Capercaillie, Black Grouse but we had got some nice birds and, indeed, a life tick so we couldn’t really complainn; especially since the weather had been so good almost all of the time. One…
Scotland Holiday Day 5: Anagach Forest, Loch Garten, Lochindorb and Nethy Bridge 2nd June 2016 I started off the day with a walk in Anagach Forest but didn’t get any Cresties. I did get a lot of pictures of Red Squirrels, some of which should be OK. I also got a couple of longer distance…
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 –…
