This morning we began by having breakfast followed by tidying the bunk house ready for our departure. After packing up we boarded the bus to Kildonnen. Once arriving in the coastal village, Lucy explained to use about watching marine life without disturbing the animals in the ecosystem. We were primarily looking for Eurasian otters and Common seals. Upon looking through our binoculars we managed to catch sight of seals and finally the elusive otter. Most of our group had never seen otters in the wild so this was quite a sighting, even from such a distance. following this we decided to walk along the beach in search of another otter family in the area. We spotted a variety of birds, resting seals and some otter tracks. just as we were giving up hope of finding anymore otters, Lucy caught sight of one swimming in a sheltered in-let.
Then we continued on to our new bunk house, Shore Lodge, situated in the surroundings of Brodick Castle. We decided to explore the gardens which housed a variety of both native and exotic plant. We even saw the rangers efforts to control the invasive Rhododendrons and seeing the damage this species causes, we felt inspired for Wednesday when we will join the rangers in "Rhodey bashing". We then saw the castle and ambled round the gardens taking in all of the wildlife and scenery.
Then we continued on to our new bunk house, Shore Lodge, situated in the surroundings of Brodick Castle. We decided to explore the gardens which housed a variety of both native and exotic plant. We even saw the rangers efforts to control the invasive Rhododendrons and seeing the damage this species causes, we felt inspired for Wednesday when we will join the rangers in "Rhodey bashing". We then saw the castle and ambled round the gardens taking in all of the wildlife and scenery.
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Seal Spotting
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After a very unnecessary early start we caught the bus to do some otter watching with the renowned wild life explorer Lucy Wallace. We had the delightful pleasure of seeing seals,otters and lots of birds.
We then caught the bus to Brodick Castle and had lunch at the adventure playground. We then proceeded to do what is described as Rhodie bashing. Which involves cutting down rhododendrons plants. This is the best fun we have had so far. And we were introduced to Richard, the Ranger.
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| Sophie and Tom having a nice time |
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| Lucy's amazing photography through the telescope. In case you are wondering it is an otter |
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| As you can see there's nothing but smiles! |
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| Look at that cheesy grin! |
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| Hard at work. |
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| The whole group |
We tried to get the mighty Richard in the photo but unfortunately he didn't want to be in, but the rest of us decided to go in the picture anyway.
Laura and John
Otter Watching and cutting down Rhodedendrons
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