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Highland Birding Holiday Day 4 : 11th October 2013
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 first day. As we arrived, John was conduction a little…
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Highland Birding Holiday Day 3 : 10th October 2013
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 Lochindorb (Loch of the Minnows) where we hoped to perhaps…
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Highland Birding Holiday Day 2 : 9th October 2013
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 “Carr Road” before returning to the A9 just past Carrbridge…
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Highland Birding Holiday Day 1 : 8th October 2013
Highland Birding Holiday Day 1 : 8th October 2013 We arrived at the Grant Arms Hotel early afternoon on Monday the 7th October and we were pleased to find that our room was already prepared for us so we could check in early. We were pleased that we had been given quite a nice room on the first floor and, although it didn’t have much…
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Loch of Strathbeg and Rattray Head : 6th October 2013
Loch of Strathbeg RSPB and Rattray Head : 6th October 2013 Our trip to the north of Scotland started off with a visit to family in New Deer and on one of these days we all took a family walk out to RSPB Loch of Strathbeg. It was a nice day and we started off at the visitor centre. The first thing we noticed was…
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Montrose Basin : 4th October 2013
Montrose Basin : 4th October 2013 Our annual visit to the family in Scotland saw us drop in on Montrose Basin Nature Reserve, a site we usually stop at for a break from driving and also because it can be really good for birds. Unfortunately we got there at high tide rather than a couple of hours before it so the shore birds had already…
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Summary September 2013
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 occasionally. The weather has been good and there is probably…
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