Birding Holidays – Bempton Cliffs

Finally the reason for the trip to this ulu place. Bempton Cliffs. We woke up bright and early and after breakfast drove straight there. It wasn’t as far as we expected and so we reached before the official opening time. We were not the first though. Many other visitors had already arrived. There was supposed…

Birding Holidays – Bridlington, East Yorkshire, England

had seen seals before on previous trips to the UK but never this close. Even though we were on top of the cliff while they were like about 50 metres below – this was awesome. I went as close as I dare closer t the edge, the wind was raging here, and with my zoom lens managed to zoom in and get some details.

Birding – Broadwood Loch, Scotland

In the past, we have seen Roe Deer, foxes and of course different birds although mainly the water fowl – usually the Mute Swan, seagulls, Mallard and a small family of Great Cormorants. Occasionally we see the Great crested Grebe and Tuft Ducks and that’s about it.

Good Food in London

Other than the usual fish and chips and Italian food, I didn’t really know what was good and inexpensive. But hailing from Singapore, a lot of people had told me about this place Burger and Lobster and so we dutifully found our way to out of its outlet one day. Everyone was raving about this…

London

After a long haul in Scotland, we finally made it to London, the last stop before we fly back to Singapore. By then, I was tired and the glam of London wasn’t really my thing. I wanted to go Stonehenge, Kew Garden but the schedule we had didn’t permit us to go that far and…

Birds & Butterflies of Scotland

Beside the birds in the zoo and bird parks, we saw many wild birds on top of the countless sea gulls and ducks. Here are some of those that I managed to take a picture of. A magpie. They are supposed to be pretty common but I only saw them in a few places.  Another…

Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland

Our last main stop before we move over to London was to the Edinburgh Zoo. It seems we must make a pit stop at a zoo in every major place that we visit. There are quite of marine park and zoo in Scotland but Edinburgh is one of the bigger and better zoo in UK…

Edinburgh

Edinburgh has got to be the most boring place so far in our visit to Scotland. Other than Arthur’s Seat, there wasn’t really much to see. The famed Royal Mile is just a stretch of old restored buildings that caters mainly to tourist selling food and tourist trinkets much like our restored Chinatown back in…

Camus House, Onich, Scotland

During our sojourn through Scotland, we stayed at quite a few places. Mostly bed and breakfast but the place that stand out the most was the Victorian style Camus House at Onich, Fort William run by Alastair and Louise. Not only did these lovely couple made us feel welcome, they also gave us many tips on…

Isle of Mull, Scotland

One of the thing that we decided to do before we go over was to go on a “wildlife expedition” trip. So after some research, we signed up for one on the Isle of Mull, a place that is renown for its wildlife. The trip to the Isle of Mull was an adventure by itself…