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!
Red-footed Falcon 24th July 2015 Having watched the postings about a Red-footed Falcon being seen regularly just outside the gates of Chatterley Whitfield Colliery near Stoke the temptation was eventually too much and armed with a post code we set off one morning wondering if we stood any chance of finding it. As it happened,…
Despite some predicted rain, the birding group braved a trip to North Wales with visites to RSPB Conwy and Little Orme. The former was pretty much as expected with a good range of, mostly, small numbers of ducks and waders but Little Orme turned out to be exceptional with a good number of year ticks,…
Summary September 2013 Garden September continued in a largely pleasant way and there were even a few balmy days towards the end of the month. The Goldfinches have returned in good numbers and there are quite a few Tits around and a Dunnock is spotted occasionally. Still no Robin, though, and Blackbirds are still only…
Mallorca : 22nd October 2015 : C’an Curassa and the Boquer Valley Although the day started with rain, that eventually stopped and the clouds also started to dissipate so that some sun started to show for the first time in three days. There was, however, still a lot of wind and this meant our little…
Visit to Slimbridge WWT : 30th June 2011 From the New Forest we drove to Bristol on the 29th where we stayed overnight. This enabled us to break our return journey up into stages and in Bristol we caught up with an old friend of ours. Next morning we just had a short drive to…
RSPB Marshside : 15th March 2016 The first birding group day out we could attend since coming back from holiday was to RSPB Marshside on what was a gloriously sunny day with no wind at all, which must be an absolute first for MArshside which is usually freezing cold and blowing a gale. There was…