It was a surprise driving to Grantown-on-Spey this morning and encountering a blizzard! The roads weren't too bad though and armed with my new snow tyres I decided to attempt my Eagle Special up the Findhorn Valley.
I picked Pauline and Ian up from their guest house and headed due west. The Valley was snow covered but in a very picturesque way.
Once again we were lucky and ended up with two sightings, of possibly the same individual Golden Eagle, as was to be expected it was an immature, this bird showing quite a lot of white on the underwing. On the second sighting it was being dive bombed by a Peregrine!
A slow and snowy drive over Dava moor via Lochindorb gave brilliant close up views of the many Red Grouse, their dark plumage making them stand out like sore thumbs against the snowy background.
Another great day in the field with lots of laughs and some cracking birds, what a fine way to spend the day!
I picked Pauline and Ian up from their guest house and headed due west. The Valley was snow covered but in a very picturesque way.
Once again we were lucky and ended up with two sightings, of possibly the same individual Golden Eagle, as was to be expected it was an immature, this bird showing quite a lot of white on the underwing. On the second sighting it was being dive bombed by a Peregrine!
Another great day in the field with lots of laughs and some cracking birds, what a fine way to spend the day!
Red Grouse
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