Spent most of the day driving up to Scotland. Our first destination for the day was Belach-na-Bah (The Pass of the cattle) which is the road to Applecross, Wester Ross. I had read that it was possible to see Ptarmigan here at the highest point by walking a fairly short distance towards the transmitter on the peak. This proved to be correct and I saw two Ptarmigan just below the transmitter. It was an exciting drive along the windy,steep road to the summit. We then stayed the night at the Kyle Hotel in Kyle near the Skye Bridge.I did about 600 miles and drove for about 12 hours.If you look closely there is a ptarmigan in the last photo.
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Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and Otter 30/3/2013
Went to Thetford Forest for the day. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker seen at around 8am at Santon Downham in snow storm!!. It was a female that was drumming and calling. A Woodlark was seen at Mayday Farm and an Otter in Thetford. I have added a couple of low quality pictures of the woodpecker and a video where it can be seen it was snowing at the time. There is also a poor picture of the otter taken on my Iphone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTtz7omgUuo&feature=youtu.be
Siskin and Muntjac in the garden 29/3/2013
Jays in the garden 24/03/2013
Day trip to Paris 20/3/2013
Dungeness, Stodmarsh and Lighthouses.
Started the weekend by going to Eastbourne for the Bonapartes Gull but unfortunately it was not seen. Went to Dungeness where the highlights were 1st winter Caspian Gull, 3 Smew including 1 male, 3 Great White Egrets, Tree Sparrows and a very tame Fox. On Sunday we went to Stodmarsh to see a Penduline Tit. We also visited a few lighthouses and a lightship in Gillingham.

Caspian Gull
League Cup Final
As today is the final of the League Cup (Capital Cup) between Bradford City and Swansea City I thought it would be a good idea to post a picture of the League Cup ( Littlewoods Cup) that Luton Town won in the best final ever when they beat Arsenal 3-2 at Wembley on 24/8/1988. With seven minutes left to play Luton were losing 2-1 , but with goals from Danny Wilson and Brian Stein we went on to win the game. What a great day!.














































