Loch of Strathbeg RSPB and Rattray Head : 6th October 2013
Our trip to the north of Scotland started off with a visit to family in New Deer and on one of these days we all took a family walk out to RSPB Loch of Strathbeg. It was a nice day and we started off at the visitor centre. The first thing we noticed was a pair of Swallows which seemed quite late in the year – perhaps they were migrating from further north ? From the hide we could see a few wading birds, Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew and Redshank as well as some Mute and Whooper Swans. As we were leaving this hide a chap mentioned to us that he had just been to Rattray Head, just a few miles away, and he said that a Firecrest had been showing well in the lighthouse keeper’s garden but since we were with family we decided to continue with our visit to Loch of Strathbeg and see if we had time to go there after we had finished our walk.