Highlands Day 5 : 18th October 2016 For my last morning in the Highlands I took a walk with John Poyner through the Anagach Woods, down to the River and back. The approaches to the woods were full of migrant Blackbirds all flighty and calling, probably ready to go further afield after feeding up at…
Highlands Day 4 : 17th October 2016 We started off the day with a drive up past Nethy Bridge to Dorbach to the area of moorland that holds the Black Grouse lek we have seen before. The last time we tried here the rain was so heavy and the mist was so impenetrable that we…
Highlands Day 3 : 16th October 2016 We stared out at 8am and drove down to the main car park at Abernethy Forest. This proved unproductive so we changed plan and went on to the RSPB Loch Garten visitor centre where we had more success. After the Osprey season they actually mothball the visitor centre…
Highlands Day 2 : 15th October 2016 We had the idea that the Black Isle might not be as wet as the rest of the immediate area which turned out to be a rather optimistic outlook as it actually rained non-stop everywhere we went and often quite heavily. We started out for the Black Isle…
Highlands Day 1 : 14th October 2016 John Poyner, my guide for the weekend, picked me up from the airport and drove me to the hotel at Grantown-on-Spey. After checking in and unpacking, I decided to go for a walk in the Anagach Woods nearby. I was hoping for Crested Tits but I didn’t have…
Birding Group Visit to Leighton Moss : 11th October 2016 At this time of year the birding group likes to go to Leighton Moss as it is at this time of year that the resident Bearded Tits turn from insect eaters into seed eaters. This change necessitates the ingestion of grit to aid in the…
Birding Group : Burton Mere Wetlands : 4th October 2016 The second birding group outing f the sutumn term was to Burton Mere Wetlands. The best birds were again the Black Swans and Little Stints, the latter both from the reception hide and Inner Marsh Farm. As with our previous visit a few days before…
Birding Group Schedule for Autumn 2016
High Tide at Hoylake, Riverbank Road and Burton Mere Wetlands : 1st October 2016 The weekend of the 1st and 2nd of October was “Wirral Wader Festival” with lots of events at Thurstaston, Hoylake and Red Rocks etc. With a “low” high tide, only 9.2 metres, at 12.30pm we thought that Hoylake was probably the…
Summary September 2016 Species this month = 60 New Species added to 2016 Year List in September= 1 Little Stint at Inner Marsh Farm on 8th September 2016 New UK Life List Birds In June = 0 Running Total for the 2016 UK So Far = 185
