Great Knot, not a "Great Dot" .........

June 30 - Good views of the stunning summer-plumaged Great Knot at Titchwell, with the large flock of non-breeding Knot - a larger bird, chestnut and black upperparts, black chest and shoulders and flank spots. Privileged to see this rapidly declining species so well - one of those species from the East Asian Flyway that is suffering dramatically from the reclamation of the Yellow Sea mudflats. This superb, proper photo was taken by, copyright, John Richardson.

Mull and Outer Hebrides........

4-22 June - amazing trip, with a list including the following - all 3 Divers in summer plumage, Golden and White-tailed Eagles, Hen Harriers, Merlin, Short-eared Owls, many breeding waders with chicks including Red-necked Phalaropes and lekking Ruff, Puffins at point-blank range on Staffa, many Black Guillemots, Storm Petrels and Manx Shearwaters, numerous Cuckoos, Whinchats and Wheatears, Arctic Tern colonies and odd Little Terns, also good views of several Otters, Grey and Common Seals and Red Deer. Not to mention amazing landscapes and sunsets........