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Common Rosefinch in Nethy Bridge
Posted by Kevin - 12:44 on 20 July 2011
A lovely and enthusiastic male Common Rosefinch was in Nethy for about a week during June. The bird was first found by Dave Pullan, taking a day off from his Heatherlea guiding duties on our 'High Season across the Highlands' holiday. Using his day wisely...
Waxwings at Mountview Hotel
Posted by Kevin - 11:06 on 11 November 2010
A hard day's work in the office is interrupted......
Extreme weather in Nethy Bridge!
Posted by Kevin Shaw - 12:13 on 06 April 2010
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 ...
Highland Winter Birding (6-13 March)
Posted by John Poyner - 12:08 on 13 March 2010
After the Bird Race week, when we had to contend with a lot of snow and interesting driving conditions, a big thaw began to set in with high pressure dominating for the early part of this Winter birding week resulting in excellent weather through to Wedne...
Red-backed Shrike
Posted by Kevin Shaw - 11:15 on 18 June 2009
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 g...
Spring into Scotland!
Posted by Ian Ford - 11:28 on 10 April 2009
What a busy time we’ve been having at Heatherlea. Our Spring into Scotland holidays are in full swing and last weeks group enjoyed the return of the Ospreys at Loch Garten.
Wed 1st April ...
White-billed in the west!
Posted by John Poyner - 11:26 on 20 March 2009
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 to...
Waxwings in Strathspey
Posted by Heatherlea - 11:21 on 18 February 2009
We seem to have more than our fair share of these beautiful birds in the strath at the moment, and all our groups this year to date have seen them. Perhaps the strangest sighting came from Kevin, visiting the dentist in Aviemore for a check-up.
‘We...
The Last & First Birds of the Year
Posted by Ian Ford - 11:12 on 12 January 2009
Last & First Birds of the Year
The Last of the Old Year
We had two days local birding with stunning scenery in a frosty landscape before we bade farewell to 2008. With overnight temperatures falling to –15C and creeping up to about –4C b...
Heatherlea Birdrace 2
Posted by Kevin Shaw - 11:10 on 21 January 2008
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, a...
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