Minsmere

I didn’t see the Montague’s Harrier that had been there all week, but I did take some pictures of the over stuff I saw. Best birds seen were the Little Terns.

          

Oriental Pratincole

Went to see the Oriental Pratincole at Frampton Marsh in Lincolnshire. My dad took this picture…

I got good views of it and then walked around the reserve. There were four Curlew Sandpipers, as well as Dunlin, Avocets, Oystercatchers, Little Ringed Plovers, Ringed Plovers, Ruff (including two summer plumage males), Brent Geese, Yellow Wagtails, and Wheatears. I took quite a few photos…

 

Scotland (day 3)

Went to Loch Garten to see Scottish Crossbill and there was one at the car park. Also there were four Common Sandpipers and three Goldeneyes, as well as more Red Squirrels. There was also this very friendly Chaffinch.

A few Ravens were also seen on the drive home.

Scotland (day 2)

Went to the Cairngorm Mountains in the snow in May! Didn’t see a Ptarmigan at the top, but there was one further down.

Later I went to Findhorn Valley where we found a Black Stork! Amazing thing to find in Scotland!!! Also there were six Buzzards, a probable Golden Eagle, two Dippers, six Common Sandpipers, ten Wheatears, a Raven, and a heard of Red Deer.

On the drive away down Farr Road there were six Red Grouse. I took a picture of one of them and made a drawing...

Also there was a Whinchat and a Sparrowhawk.

At Loch Ruthvern there was a pair of Slavonian Grebes.

Scotland (day 1)

We drove through the night to Speyside and got up very early to see Capercaillie. I saw one male and possibly two fly-by females. There were also some Red Squirrels and some Siskins close to the hide as well as some nesting Ospreys further back. 

After going fishing in the afternoon (we caught Brown Trout and Rainbow Trout which we later cooked!) we went to a nice heated hide to see Pine Martin. We saw one very late, along with Red Deer and Roe Deer. When I got out the hide the temperature was -1 and we were camping!!!