Wildlife trips around the world or in the UK. Mostly birding.
I have always wanted to visit the Cairngorms so when my local RSPB group arranged a holiday with Speyside I was eager to join them. Normally Speyside has their own place, the Steadings, but there were too many of us to fit so we were staying at the Grant Arms Hotel in Grantown on Spey instead. John, Carol and I made our own way there and met with the leaders and the other people in our group in the evening….
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…