Glossy Ibises Bolton : 20th October 2013 I had been following the presence of four juvenile Glossy Ibises on “Bird News Anywhere” for a few weeks and we even went to the fields at the back of Bob’s Smithy Inn (at 1448 Chorley Old Rd, Bolton BL1 7PX ) on our way up to Scotland…
Neumann’s Flash and Haydn’s Pool : 15th October 2013 Although we had just got back from holiday in Scotland, I was still keen to go to the birding group visit to Neumann’s Flash and Haydn’s Pool. Unfortunately, I seem to have lost my notebook so have to recall the birds from memory. We took the…
Summary of Scottish Birding 4th – 12th October 2013 Our Scottish holiday took in a quick stopover at Montrose Basin, a visit to Loch of Strathbeg and environs and on our return a stopover at WWT Caerlaverock. In between we had three great days of birding in the Highlands in Inverness-shire, Ross and Cromarty and…
WWT Caerlaverock : 12th October 2013 Before returning to Manchester we drove over to WWT Caerlaverock to see how the autumn migration was looking on the opposite side of Scotland and that was exactly what we saw. The air was full of Whooper Swans and Barnacle Geese flying in skeins all over the sky flying…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
