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Day 1 - March 15th On day one, the group met up at 2 o'clock down at the Grant Arms hotel’s reception, where we got to know each other and set up a plan for the week. Shortly afterwards, we set off for the area around Nethy Bridge in the hopes of spotting Dipper, Crested Tit and Red Squirrel. Upon arrival, we took a path along the river where we spotted a female Goosander and a pair of Dipper’s that were feeding relatively close to the bank. After a stroll along the river, we

23rd evening - day 1 We all met up at our accommodation at Oakfield House before heading out for the afternoon. A wet and windy afternoon to start the trip. On our way to our first stop we had Goosander and Red-breasted Merganser, Bar-tailed Godwit and other common waders plus a few Harbour Seals and 2 showy Red-throated Divers from the roadside. Red and Fallow deer were ticked off next from the van. Sadly, the weather really turned when we arrived at the sea loch, but we saw

9th - first afternoon We all met at the Kennacraig ferry terminal and started with the ferry trip to Port Askaig. Through West Loch Tarbert on the ferry, we had Great-Northern and Red-throated Divers, Black Guillemots, Red-breasted Mergansers, a Slavonian Grebe, a few Goldeneye, Eiders, a few Harbour Seals and best of all Ewan spotted an Otter on a rocky island near the shoreline Down the Sound of Islay there was a small flock of pale-bellied Brent Geese and a fair few Red De

Norfolk Winter Expedition with Iolo Williams and Theo de Clermont : 16th-20th February Wildlife Summary: 16th - first afternoon We met at our base, the Lodge hotel in Old Hunstanton and headed straight off in the early afternoon to RSPB Titchwell, to our surprise in the sun! A detour on the way into Titchwell, to see a flock of Geese in lovely light containing Greylags, over 100 White-fronted Geese and a Tundra Bean Goose. The UK has seen a huge influx of these scarcer grey g

TOUR REPORT Day One We all met outside the hotel at 12noon and headed straight for the English side of the Solway. It was a high spring tide, so the waders were pushed in close to the shore and getting ready to roost. It was lovely to see groups of Pintail and Shoveler just offshore near Bowness and wader species consisted of Oystercatcher, Curlew, Lapwing and Redshank. Large numbers of Wigeon and Teal were also offshore, and a group of Common Scoters flying west. As we made

From the 27th - 31st of October, Mull had 8 new residents, 7 were our wonderful guests and the other was the one and only Megan McCubbin. Together we embarked on a week to remember, experiencing Mull's autumn wildlife at its very best. On the Monday afternoon, we welcomed everyone at our beautiful accommodation in Tobermory with fantastic views down the Sound of Mull looking south-east with spectacular sunrises from the living room windows all week. The tour began at 2pm, and

Day 1 We all met up at our accommodation house before heading out for the afternoon, a windy and rainy afternoon was on the cards and high tide, so we headed to moorland areas of NW Mull, on the way we saw Snipe and Little Grebes. Coming into Calgary bay in a flooded field there were lots of Oystercatchers and Common Gulls and a sizable Greylag Goose flock, hidden amongst them were 10 Greenland White-fronted Geese, a species becoming a very v rare sight on Mull and with 4 of

16th - first afternoon Jack and the group met at the Kennacraig ferry terminal and started with the ferry trip to Port Askaig. Through West Loch Tarbert we had several summer plumage Great-Northern and Red-throated Divers, R-b Mergansers, a Little Egret, Eiders and a few Harbour Seals. Heading into open water, we spotted 2 pods of Common Dolphins and 8 Harbour Porpoise with Gannets, Kittiwakes and Guillemots also around. Down the Sound of Islay there were a fair few Red Deer

10th - day 1 We all met at the Kennacraig ferry terminal and started with the ferry trip to Port Askaig. Through West Loch Tarbert we had several summer plumage Great-Northern Diver, Red-breasted Mergansers, Wigeon, a Little Egret, several Little Grebe, a drake Common Scoter, Eiders and a few Harbour Seals. Down the Sound of Islay there were a fair few Red Deer on the moors of Jura. A pair of White-tailed Eagles were sitting on top of an island with an immature WTE flying ove

Our final tour of the festival and we met two guests in Carlisle before heading up the motorway to meet the rest of the group in Moffat....