
Up on the high top it was pretty windy, but our quarry was tracked down - Dotterel - a trip of 3 and a pair busy feeding. We also saw Golden Plovers and Dunlin up there, but no sign of Ptarmigan. A very satisfying trip.
![]() Our first decent day of the week, so despite not feeling that fit we braved the high ground on the Perthshire & Angus border with three friends to look for some mountain birds. As we ascended there were Wheatears, Meadow Pipits, Ravens and Red Grouse as well as plenty Mountain Hares now in their summer brown coats. Up on the high top it was pretty windy, but our quarry was tracked down - Dotterel - a trip of 3 and a pair busy feeding. We also saw Golden Plovers and Dunlin up there, but no sign of Ptarmigan. A very satisfying trip.
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![]() Just returned home from very rewarding trip to Catalonia (Spain). Hide photography with early starts and late finishes. Siesta time balanced things out a bit. Highlights included Montagu's Harrier, Little Bustard and four species of Vulture with Lammergeier the star. More images are now displayed in a trip-specific gallery but here is a taster - the male Little Owl enjoying the morning sun. My new favourite bird! ![]() There are certain birds that are extra difficult - Hawfinch is one due to its rarity in Britain and general secretiveness. So it was a great pleasure to have got a photo at last. With waders, for years my bogey bird has been Woodcock. I am delighted to have, as it were, broken my duck. An early morning trip up an Angus Glen and there was the bird at the roadside. A fenceline hampered the photography but I am pleased with the result. |
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