Wildlife trips around the world or in the UK. Mostly birding.
Shetland – where Scotland meets Scandinavia and the North Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean. In June 2012 Carol, John and I went on Mike Grimshaw’s Shetland trip. There were 12 of us in total and Mike had hired a mini-bus which we drove round in. We stayed at the annex to Sumburgh hotel. Day 1 – Saturday June 23 We arrived in a rather small plane at the airport with the runway sticking out at sea. After collecting the mini-bus…
This journey to southern Brittany was my first trip with the RSPB Guildford group. We set off very early on Sunday 8 May in our own bus. Our first stop was Parc du Marquenterre where we had a picnic lunch before spending the afternoon looking at all the great birds on offer. We then continued on to Le Havre where we spent the first night. On the second day we stoped at Pont de Normandie where we had great views…