OUTER HEBRIDES in spring -

Corncrakes, eagles and more

Sat 16 May - Tues 19 May, Sat 23 May - Tues 26 May 2009

Price £745 pp.  Single supplement £45. Deposit £100pp
Maximum guests eight plus Leader from our resident team.

This cracking little holiday is a unique tour covering all the principal islands of the southern Outer Hebrides and a wealth of birdlife. Enjoy the very best birding in South Uist, Benbecula, and North Uist, including Corncrake, both eagles, Hen Harrier, Short-eared Owl, four Skuas, waders in summer colours, Otter and even Red-necked Phalarope, all in four days! You will return with marvellous memories having thoroughly explored this remote paradise.

We cross the famous Skye Bridge, travelling across the island to Uig. Birding as we cross The Little Minch to Lochmaddy might include skuas; Manx Shearwater are usually seen, and Fulmar, Gannet, Black Guillemot and other auks are expected.

Everyone who has joined this holiday has seen Corncrake. Lots of Corn Bunting, Ringed Plover, Meadow Pipit and Skylark make the machair of North Uist a special habitat - full of song! Summer plumaged Great Northern Diver are likely, as are ‘real’ Rock Dove and Raven. Arctic Skua breed, Great Skua are usually seen, and we often see passage of hundreds of Pomarine and Long-tailed Skua - this experience can be unforgettable! Mountainous parts hold both Golden and White-tailed Eagle, and we often watch Otters playing on the coastline whilst an adult Sea Eagle circles above against a stunning mountain backdrop. Rare and delicate Red-necked Phalarope are expected, and other summer-plumaged waders should include good numbers of Whimbrel, both godwits, many Dunlin and Sanderling, and Dotterel if we are lucky. Hen Harrier and Short-eared Owl are present in good numbers, and recent trips have seen Gyr Falcon, Snowy Owl, Arctic Redpoll and American Wigeon. A feast of birds! We stay in comfortable en-suite hotel accommodation.

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