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GUIDING IN SCOTLAND... Expert guiding for a day, a week or longer. Based in Speyside I am available to guide birdwatchers, wildlife enthusiasts and photographers anywhere in the Scottish Highlands and Islands, specialising in tailor-made itineraries for individuals and small groups. The Highlands and Islands of Scotland contain a wealth of wildlife in beautiful wild surroundings at any time of year. Just a few examples include Crested Tit, Crossbills and Capercaillie in the Speyside pine forests, Ptarmigan, Dotterel and Snow Bunting on the high mountain tops, Golden and White-tailed Eagles, fishing Osprey, lekking Black Grouse, Black-throated and Red-throated Divers, Slavonian Grebe, breeding colonies of large numbers of seabirds including Puffins and Gannets, wintering Geese, Whooper Swans and flocks of Velvet Scoter and Long-tailed Duck. Then there are the mammals too, such as Red Squirrel, Mountain Hare, Pine Marten, rutting Red Deer, Otter, Bottlenose Dolphin and Minke Whale. If any of this appeals to you then please contact me and take advantage of local knowledge. Price for Day Guiding: £90 per day for up to 2 people. Extra £30 per person above 2 (e.g. 3 people would pay total of £120). Advice can be given regarding local accommodation.
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GUIDING ABROAD... With over 25 years travel experience, including more than 12 years of worldwide guiding experience, I am able to put together tailor-made trips to suit the requirements of small groups. Please get in touch to discuss your ideas or to join a group of like-minded people.
Places are available on the following trips: 2008
An excellent trip for getting that life-changing view of a breaching, fin-slapping, tail-fluking Whale, and for getting to know migrant birds that only turn up as vagrants in Europe. The Bay Of Fundy, tucked in on Canadas Atlantic seaboard, has the largest tidal range in the world and also has one of the most important Whale feeding grounds in the world, especially for Humpbacks and endangered Northern Right Whales. Several boat trips are included, when we will look at the flocks of hundreds of Red-necked and Grey Phalaropes feeding along lines of floating seaweed, hundreds of Great Shearwaters, and smaller numbers of Wilsons Petrels as well as the Cetaceans. Migrants, even as small as Monarch butterflies and Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, are often seen from the boats as they cross the open sea on their journey south. On dry land one of our bases, on Brier Island, is well-suited for watching mixed flocks of American Warblers (such as Black and White, Blackburnian, Myrtle, Black-throated Green and Northern Parula) pass through. Waders, such as Least , Semi-palmated and White-rumped Sandpipers, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs and Short-billed Dowitchers, fuel-up along the shorelines. And on top of all this a wide range of other more resident birds include Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Gray Jay and Boreal Chickadee.
WHAT THEY SAID... "Achieved a lifetime ambition of photographing the most charismatic feline in the world. Thanks for a memorable well organised trip and good company." Nigel S., March 2007 (INDIA/ Tigers).
"Trip of a lifetime, so very well organised." Richard G., March 2007 (INDIA).
"Thank you for a great birdwatching trip. I thoroughly enjoyed it and much appreciated your help in finding the birds. All the best for the future." Jean E. , June 2007 (MULL).
"A big thank you for organising yesterdays events, the day was simply great, so much was seen, certainly a lot more than we had hoped for." Sue S., July 2007 (SKYE).
"Thanks for excellent guidance today." Max W., July 2007 (SPEYSIDE/ filming Dotterel and Ptarmigan for Birdguides).
"What a GREAT trip, thank you very much. Would have seen so little without your amazing skills of observation." Jill S., August 2007 (BAY OF FUNDY, CANADA).
" Thanks for your expertise in helping with the identification features on the great birds we saw!" Sue and Ron M., September 2007 (CYPRUS).
CONTACT... +44 (0)1479 821718
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