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The Highlands and Islands Thread
Get Gordon Hamletts book - it is essential. Caper due to disturbance issues should only be sought at Loch Garten. I had lots of crossers a few years ago in Boat of Garten woods. Carn ban Mor held Ptarmigan and Dotterel. Osprey are everywhere. Try Lochindorb for Divers and obviously Ruthven for... -
The Highlands and Islands Thread
Indeed. I should have mentioned I was boat based, apologies. -
The Highlands and Islands Thread
Nice trip to the outer moray firth. 4 Minke's, lots of Arctic & Great Skuas, many Arctic Terns, 2 Tysties and to cap it a Storm Petrel. Nice. -
The Highlands and Islands Thread
Had 14 Long-tailed Ducks around the entrance to Buckie harbour and just outside yesterday. About 2/3 males. There was a couple of pairs just outside the entrance and a female inside which showed down to a few feet from the boat. Sadly I didnt have my camera. -
The Highlands and Islands Thread
Had a similar sized one in the outer Moray firth last week along with 4 Basking Sharks off Wick -
The Highlands and Islands Thread
Had a great week and a bit working on a moray firth and islay with a few stops inbetween. On the way up we managed a few Ospreys including one over the fish farm at Aviemore. Goshawk was the next highlight. When we were out on the firth we managed 120 Bonxies and 10 Arctic Skuas over 2 days plus... -
The Highlands and Islands Thread
had about 50 gn divers and 25 black throats on the ferry to islay yesterday plus 4 lesser redpoll, 5 willow warbler and a couple of crossbill at the ferry port on kintyre. Today about 30 manxies to the west but little else. -
The Highlands and Islands Thread
just returning from 4 days on islay surveying offshore. Good birds seen all over with plenty of great northern and black throated divers about. A golden eagle over the oa yesterday was nice as were 200 greenland white fronts. Nothing unusual on the survey front but calm conditions led to some... -
The Highlands and Islands Thread
You, cars, winter and highlands obviously dont mix - i reckon you should act like a migrant and bugger off back to yorkshire in winter otherwie you'll kill ya's'en. At what member of the tetronidae was it you flushed last time?