Featuring Mull, Islay, Argyll and The Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park

This is a six day tour aiming to see White-tailed Eagle, Golden Eagle, Chough, Hen Harrier,
Black throated Diver, Great northern Diver, Barn Owl, Black Grouse, Barnacle and Greenland White fronted Goose. Possible bird list of 130 species. Maximum of 8 persons and 2 leaders. Larger groups by arrangement.

Date: 5th - 10th November 2010.

Hotels: Salen Hotel, Mull and an excellent comfortable hotel on Islay on a Dinner,
Bed and Breakfast basis with lunch included. 

Cost: £755.00 per person. 

Just £100 deposit per person secures your place.

A fantastic holiday which combines all the west coast speciality species together in the one holiday! 

Friday mid morning - arrival in Glasgow. You will be picked up and transferred free of charge to the Salen Hotel, Mull. Mull has a worldwide reputation and is widely regarded as a wildlife paradise. Whilst on this wildlife-rich island our main objective is White-tailed Eagle. For those who will see White-tailed Eagles for the first time, it is without doubt a jaw dropping experience! The Sea Eagles, as they are better known are the highlight for many on our trips and Mull has probably the best population of these remarkable raptors. Mull has a fantastic range of species and we expect to see Golden Eagle, Hen Harrier and Short eared Owl. Mull has one of the best and most successful populations of Golden Eagles and we will visit a number of sites to enjoy spectacular views of these wonderful raptors.

Without question our holiday is the closest guarantee you can get. Every holiday has always enjoyed remarkable views of White tailed and Golden Eagle as well as a real Mull speciality...Otter! We specialise in getting you close to these wonderful mammals and getting the views of a lifetime. The supporting pictures tell the tale and you too could be on the shores of a sea loch watching these endearing mammals. The island also plays host to a healthy population of Red Deer and specimen stags can often be seen roadside giving great views whilst posing for the camera.

On returning to the mainland we will disembark at Oban, the gateway to the Hebrides. Here we hope to see Black Guillemot in their winter garb in the harbour. We will then make our way to Islay via some of our secret sites for Golden Eagle and scanning through the goose flocks. Last year we were luck enough to find Snow Geese at two different locations. En route we will also pass through the release site for Britiain’s latest high profile conservation project, the re-introduction of the European Beaver. If you wish, we can spend some time in the area and well, you never know.

Like Mull, Islay has a wonderful reputation and deservedly so. Once on the island we will see Chough feeding and flying over the coastal dune complexes and marvel at the spectacle of tens of thousands of wintering Barnacle, Greenland White fronted and Greylag Geese .Islay has its fair share of rarities with a few examples of Canada Goose sub species and with such a westerly position, an excellent chance of early wintering white winged gulls like Glaucous and Iceland. The island has a wonderful Hen Harrier and Short eared Owl population and we are sure to enjoy excellent views of both with Common and Atlantic Grey Seals and on the wide sweeping sandy shores, wintering high arctic waders like Turnstone, Dunlin, Sanderling and Knot, it proves to be an irresistible combination.  Sharing the bays there are often tens of Great northen Divers with accompanying Red and Black throats .The Argyll coast plays host to wintering Slavonian Grebes, Long tailed Duck, Common and Velvet Scoters.   With a marvellous range of RSPB reserves to pick from, Loch Gruinart and The OA, this holiday is a fantastic birding break with distilleries, local craft shops and so many experiences.

So book your place now and look forward to next year’s holiday.

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