OUTER Hebrides birders' tour

Sat 11 October - Fri 17 October 2008

Price £975 pp. Single supplement £105. Deposit £100pp
Includes all ferries and transfers from and back to Nethybridge.

Sat 10 October - Fri 16 October 2009

Price £1095 pp. Single supplement £105. Deposit £100pp
Includes all ferries and transfers from and back to Nethybridge.

Maximum ten guests plus leader from our resident team.

Everyone knows the Outer Hebrides are becoming famous for rarities, and Heatherlea visit the key spots regularly during our Scottish holidays. This is a  real birders’ treat as we seek rarities at the best time of year. Possibilities are many and varied from Snowy Owl to Dusky Warbler as we travel the length of the islands from the Butt of Lewis to Barra.

Just look at the mouthwatering list of rarities found on these islands since 1990; we hope to find at least one or two to add to this list! Pectoral Sandpiper, Upland Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, American Golden Plover, Lapland Bunting, Ring-necked Duck, Snowy Owl, Grey Phalarope, Sooty Shearwater, Pomarine Skua, Yellow-browed Warbler, White-rumped Sandpiper, Green-winged Teal, Olive-backed Pipit, Waxwing, Glaucous Gull, Hawfinch, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Pallas’ Warbler, Baird’s Sandpiper, Ring-billed Gull, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Common Rosefinch, Yellow Warbler, Hoopoe, Sabine’s Gull, American Wigeon, Surf Scoter, Barred Warbler, Dusky Warbler, Siberian Chiffchaff, Bonelli’s Warbler, White’s Thrush, Mealy Redpoll, Arctic Redpoll, Solitary Sandpiper, Red-eyed Vireo, Rustic Bunting, Laughing Gull, Pacific Golden Plover, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Swainson’s Thrush, Veery, Marsh Sandpiper, Killdeer and Purple Martin.

Golden and White-tailed Eagle, Merlin, rafts of scoter, Eider, Long-tailed Duck and divers, Hebridean races of several commoner birds including Song Thrush and Wren, searching the thickets around Stornoway or racing down to Barra to catch a rarity in someone’s garden, the thrills should come thick and fast on this exciting birding adventure. Our exact itinerary and even overnight accommodation is impossible to confirm at this stage, we will be flexible and move around (within reason!) according to the best birding.

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Please note: all itineraries are given as a guide only. Actual holiday content may vary according to the judgement of your guide, and elements beyond our control (eg weather).