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Dec 2022
6:52pm, 8 Dec 2022
22,573 posts
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Red Squirrel
I'd like to do a Scottish birdwatching holiday this year. Any recommendations?
I found Heatherlea and the Grant Arms in Speyside. My family live near the Cairngorms, so could tie in a visit to them.
Also happy to go further afield inc islands.
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Dec 2022
7:24pm, 8 Dec 2022
4,523 posts
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J2R
Scribbler, envy you your sparrows. Could you send some my way?  They always make me smile.
I did a race at Holkham on the north Norfolk coast on Sunday, and the marshes behind the dunes there are a great place for wigeon - there were hundreds of them there, and much whistling was heard.
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Dec 2022
7:38pm, 8 Dec 2022
5,991 posts
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TheScribbler
They make me smile too J2R. When we moved in, we would see 2 fairly regularly. We put food and nest boxes out and now look where we are!
A pair did nest in the box and we saw one brood fledging.
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Dec 2022
12:25pm, 9 Dec 2022
2,610 posts
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Surelynot
I'd like to do a Scottish birdwatching holiday this year. Any recommendations?
I would recommend a trip to Mull. Fantastic place and a great variety of birds to be seen.
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Dec 2022
12:34pm, 9 Dec 2022
30,246 posts
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HellsBells
Youngest did a fantastic day wildlife tour on Mull, saw golden and white tailed eagles as well as otters
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Dec 2022
3:22pm, 9 Dec 2022
4,524 posts
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J2R
Mull gets my thumbs up, too. Cairngorms area holds a number of specialities, too, which you're unlikely to see anywhere else - crested tits, ptarmigan, dotterel, Scottish crossbill. I was there in early September (staying in Aviemore), and although I didn't see all I was hoping to, I did see crested tits, and had a great time all round.
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Dec 2022
11:46pm, 9 Dec 2022
22,574 posts
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Red Squirrel
Mull. Thanks!
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Dec 2022
11:39am, 11 Dec 2022
30,277 posts
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HellsBells
17 species so far this morning either on the feeders or feeding on the ground outside my kitchen window!
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Dec 2022
1:28pm, 11 Dec 2022
3,571 posts
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flyingfinn
That's a good number HellsBells. I can currently manage a dozen on a daily basis with another couple of regulars and 3 or 4 occasionals.
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Dec 2022
1:53pm, 11 Dec 2022
22,578 posts
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Red Squirrel
Heatherlea, who I’ve already looked at, do birding holidays. I’d been considering Cairngorms with them and then spending time with family who live in Morayshire. It looks like I can do a double trip starting at Cairngorms and staying in their hotel and then heading off to Mull with them. Oooh.
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