Scotland 8/5/12

A weeks trip with Jake and Mick was very successful with a whole batch of yearticks for our UK yearlist. The areas we concentrated on were the Cairngorms and Mull. We flew up to Aberdeen airport and hired a car. The total number of bird species seen was 137.

Tonight and tomorrow night were spent at Mondhuie B&B in Nethy Bridge and is well recommended.

Ythan Estuary
King Eider - 1 drk
Green-winged Teal - 1 drk
Lots of different Terns, mainly Arctic.

Burghead
White-billed Diver - 1 adult s/p
Great Northern Diver - 1
Red-throated Diver - 4 s/p
Great Skua - 1

Nr Lochindorb
Red Grouse - 2

Loch Garten RSPB
Capercaillee - 2 (both males displaying at 4pm!!!)
Osprey - 1
Crested Tit - 1
Red Squirrel - 1

 King Eider with Eider

 Capercaillee

 Slightly better views

Red Squirrel