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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: 3608053" data-attributes="member: 116922"><p><strong>June 13</strong></p><p><strong>Aviemore, Cairngorm</strong></p><p></p><p>Back to Craigellachie before breakfast, then off to the Osprey Centre. No Ospreys and no Crested Tits, but we have a nice chat with the RSPB wardens and buy souvenirs from the shop. We head towards Cairngorm, where we see <strong>Tree Pipit and Ring Ouzel</strong> from a lay-by just passed the tree-line, and <strong>Common Snipe</strong> and, second lifer for the trip, <strong>Red Grouse</strong> from the funicular car park. It’s too late to go up the mountain so we leave that for tomorrow and drive to Loch An Eilein, where we don’t see any new species, but we DO see two splendid <strong>red squirrels</strong> in the trees around the car park!</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>June 14</strong></p><p><strong>Cairngorm, Carrbridge</strong></p><p></p><p>Up Cairngorm we get lucky as soon as we step onto the restaurant viewing terrace: a splendid <strong>Snow Bunting</strong> in full breeding plumage just a few meters away. Then we join one of the guided walks and we see <strong>Mountain Hares, Ptarmigan and Dotterel</strong>, plus various <strong>Meadow Pipits</strong> and another Ptarmigan as we approach the restaurant (aptly named) on the way back. A truly enjoyable morning!</p><p>Since it is our last day in the area we decide to look for the forest species, based on recommendations from other birders at Cairngorm we walk around the Forest Lodge in the Abernethy Forest. But we have no luck, so we decide on a complete change of scenery and drive to the moor at the end of the little road that heads west from Carrbridge, south of the river. There we tick <strong>Golden Plover, Curlew and Greylag Goose</strong>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="3Italianbirders, post: 3608053, member: 116922"] [B]June 13 Aviemore, Cairngorm[/B] Back to Craigellachie before breakfast, then off to the Osprey Centre. No Ospreys and no Crested Tits, but we have a nice chat with the RSPB wardens and buy souvenirs from the shop. We head towards Cairngorm, where we see [B]Tree Pipit and Ring Ouzel[/B] from a lay-by just passed the tree-line, and [B]Common Snipe[/B] and, second lifer for the trip, [B]Red Grouse[/B] from the funicular car park. It’s too late to go up the mountain so we leave that for tomorrow and drive to Loch An Eilein, where we don’t see any new species, but we DO see two splendid [B]red squirrels[/B] in the trees around the car park! [B]June 14 Cairngorm, Carrbridge[/B] Up Cairngorm we get lucky as soon as we step onto the restaurant viewing terrace: a splendid [B]Snow Bunting[/B] in full breeding plumage just a few meters away. Then we join one of the guided walks and we see [B]Mountain Hares, Ptarmigan and Dotterel[/B], plus various [B]Meadow Pipits[/B] and another Ptarmigan as we approach the restaurant (aptly named) on the way back. A truly enjoyable morning! Since it is our last day in the area we decide to look for the forest species, based on recommendations from other birders at Cairngorm we walk around the Forest Lodge in the Abernethy Forest. But we have no luck, so we decide on a complete change of scenery and drive to the moor at the end of the little road that heads west from Carrbridge, south of the river. There we tick [B]Golden Plover, Curlew and Greylag Goose[/B]. [/QUOTE]
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