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Scotland: Perthshire, the Highlands and Outer Hebrides, 11-26 June 2017 2017
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<blockquote data-quote="3Italianbirders" data-source="post: 3608052" data-attributes="member: 116922"><p><strong>June 12</strong></p><p><strong>Aviemore, Forvie Sands, Blackdog</strong></p><p></p><p>Before breakfast we walk for a while in the Craigellachie NR, ticking off the first <strong>Osprey, Wren, Song Thrush, Willow Warbler, Common Sandpiper, <strong>various</strong> Tits <strong>and</strong> Great Spotted Woodpecker.</strong></p><p></p><p>Since the forecast for the Cairngorms doesn’t look too promising we decide to head to the coast and pay a visit to Elvis the King Eider. Driving along, the first Rooks, always a welcome sight for us southerners and the first Yellowhammer.</p><p></p><p>We had been to Forvie Sands on our previous trip in 2005 and the place looks just as fantastic as it did then, with the bonus of a <strong>King Eider</strong> showing very well. Plus <strong>4 species of terns (Common, Arctic, Sandwich and Little</strong>), <strong>waders, Sand Martins, various gulls <strong>including</strong> Great Black-backed</strong>, and both <strong>Common and Grey Seals</strong>. A local birder tells us about the <strong>Black Scoter</strong> at Blackdog, so with a last look at the scenery we decide to head south and give it a try.</p><p></p><p>The Scoter flock can easily be seen with our scope some distance off the coast, but it’s too far away to pick out the western “intruder”. Still we enjoy the many <strong>Gannets</strong> and get good views of a group of <strong>Bottlenose Dolphins</strong>, much to the delight of our daughter.</p><p></p><p>Back in Aviemore, we pay an after-dinner visit to Loch Morlich, but the pickings are scarce, apart from a female <strong>Goldeneye</strong> with chicks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="3Italianbirders, post: 3608052, member: 116922"] [B]June 12 Aviemore, Forvie Sands, Blackdog[/B] Before breakfast we walk for a while in the Craigellachie NR, ticking off the first [B]Osprey, Wren, Song Thrush, Willow Warbler, Common Sandpiper, [B]various[/B] Tits [B]and[/B] Great Spotted Woodpecker.[/B] Since the forecast for the Cairngorms doesn’t look too promising we decide to head to the coast and pay a visit to Elvis the King Eider. Driving along, the first Rooks, always a welcome sight for us southerners and the first Yellowhammer. We had been to Forvie Sands on our previous trip in 2005 and the place looks just as fantastic as it did then, with the bonus of a [B]King Eider[/B] showing very well. Plus [B]4 species of terns (Common, Arctic, Sandwich and Little[/B]), [B]waders, Sand Martins, various gulls [B]including[/B] Great Black-backed[/B], and both [B]Common and Grey Seals[/B]. A local birder tells us about the [B]Black Scoter[/B] at Blackdog, so with a last look at the scenery we decide to head south and give it a try. The Scoter flock can easily be seen with our scope some distance off the coast, but it’s too far away to pick out the western “intruder”. Still we enjoy the many [B]Gannets[/B] and get good views of a group of [B]Bottlenose Dolphins[/B], much to the delight of our daughter. Back in Aviemore, we pay an after-dinner visit to Loch Morlich, but the pickings are scarce, apart from a female [B]Goldeneye[/B] with chicks. [/QUOTE]
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