Since 17 December we have had about 6.5 ft of snow in Nethy Bridge. More than most of us in the village have ever seen, and certainly more than Heatherlea has experienced since we began running holidays in 1991. During our Mountview birding weeks we have spent a total of three days during all that [...]

Sorry about the recent lack of entries to our blog, May and june are so busy ……
Last week produced a cracking bird on our ‘High Season across the Highlands’ holiday - adult Red-backed Shrike! Seen in the findhorn valley by our group, but now apparantly moved on, hey-ho.
Happy birding!
Kevin

What a great day on Thursday (19 March) on our Highland Winter Birding holiday. We have been watching favoured waters here for some weeks, and finally got our reward - a lovely White-billed Diver! With over forty Great Northerns and a few Black-throats too, it was very much a day for divers, in varying plumages. [...]

The 2009 Heatherlea Birdrace began at 0630 hrs on Sunday 1 March, with three teams whizzing off in different directions to see how many birds they could find in a single day. Before the event, a score of 80 – 90 was considered to be a good target, and although this is a low total [...]