Fritham and Eyeworth Pond 23rd August 2016 We had a fairly long drive this day as we were taking the scenic route from Montacute to Lyndhurst where we were spending the night at The Crown Hotel. We drove the route via Shatesbury, Cranborne Chase, Sixpenny Handley and Fordinbridge which was lovely but we missed the…
Shapwick Heath and Ham Wall 21st August 2016 We left WWT Slimbridge in the early afternoon and then we drove down towards Montacute but first stopping off at Shapwich Heath and Ham Wall nature reserves. I had seen on the bird alert sites that Glossy Ibis and Osprey had been around and we tried our…
WWT Slimbridge 21st August 2016 Before we headed off to Montacute, we took advantage of an early doors visit to WWT Slimbridge again. The bird list was pretty much the same but we did get another “year tick” in the shape of Curlew Sandpiper. I have to admit that I was not 100% convinced but…
WWT Slimbridge 20th August 2016 We started our 10-day holiday driving from Manchester to Slimbridge which we usually use as a convenient break stop on our way to Montacute in Somerset. We stayed at The Tudor Arms near to the WWT Slimbridge reverve which is our favoured hostelry in the area. It is also just…
Spoonbills, Spotted Crake and Redshank at Burton Mere Wetlands : 28th July 2016
Marbury Park 21st June 2016 Despite not having much time between our Scotland holiday and our Canada holiday, I managed to squeeze in the last day of the birding group term. The had been going to Tittisworth but a recce indicated that it was too flooded to be much good. Accordingly the penultimate date at…
Scottish Birding Holiday May / June 2016 Our holiday to Scotland was really to go to my brother’s for his 70th birthday. In 2014 when we went to Scotland birding at about the same time (perhaps 4 days earlier) we felt that we had done rather better but then we were guided by John Poyner;…
Scotland Holiday Day 13: Moffat Community Nature Reserve 10th June 2016 This was technically the last day of our holiday and it was all returning home now. We had decided to break the trip from Musselburgh to Manchester by staying at a pub in Penrith so as not to arrive on a Friday night in…
Scotland Holiday Day 12: Aberlady Bay 9th June 2016 With a bit of time to spare on our second day in the Musselburgh area, we decided to drive down the coast to Aberlady. We parked in the small car park near the boardwalk and walked the mile and a half each way out to the…
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…
