Friday 1 April 2022
The pair of Garganey still on River Clyde upstream of Carstairs Junction Bridge.
A Red-necked Grebe still showing well at Hogganfield Loch.
The pair of Lesser Scaup displaying on Woodend Loch, Coatbridge.
The Green Sandpiper continues at Carbarns Pool.
A Barnacle Goose with Pink-feet still at Millichen.
302 Greylag Geese including two neck-collared birds, ringed off the west coast of Iceland, at East Kerse, Lochwinnoch.
500 Pink-footed Geese at Slateford, Bishopton.
A Sandwich Tern on the water off Coronation Park, Port Glasgow.
A male Common Crossbill in Linn Park.
A Blackcap in song at RSPB Loch Lomond.
Saturday 2 April 2022
An adult White-tailed Eagle drifting east over observer's garden at Denholm Terrace, Greenock.
A pair of Garganey still on River Clyde upstream of Carstairs Junction Bridge.
A Red-necked Grebe still showing well at Hogganfield Loch.
The pair of Lesser Scaup displaying on Woodend Loch, Coatbridge.
Two Red Kites over Lamington.
A pair of Ring Ouzels in Culter Glen.
A Little Ringed Plover continues at Balgray Reservoir, also still two Barnacle Geese.
A Little Ringed Plover still at Douglas Water Pool/Loudon Pond, also 100 Fieldfares and 900 Pink-footed Geese in the area.
The two neck-collared Icelandic Greylag Geese still part of the 390 strong flock at East Kerse, Lochwinnoch.
A good count of 27 Gadwall at Frankfield Loch.
Sunday 3 April 2022
An immature White-tailed Eagle drifting east over Helensburgh Reservoirs.
An adult Little Gull and a 1st-winter Iceland Gull at Strathclyde Loch.
The pair of Garganey still on River Clyde upstream of Carstairs Junction Bridge.
A Red-necked Grebe still showing well at Hogganfield Loch.
A female Ring Ouzel in Culter Glen.
A Green Sandpiper still at Carbarns Pool; nearby, a Swallow at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
Monday 4 April 2022
An adult Little Gull and a 1st-winter Iceland Gull still at Strathclyde Loch.
The pair of Garganey still on River Clyde upstream of Carstairs Junction Bridge.
The pair of Lesser Scaup still showing well on Woodend Loch, Coatbridge.
A Green Sandpiper continues at Carbarns Pool.
Tuesday 5 April 2022
An adult Little Gull and a 1st-winter Iceland Gull still at Strathclyde Loch, also a female Scaup.
A Greenshank at Balgray Reservoir, also still two Barnacle Geese.
Wednesday 6 April 2022
The 1st-winter Iceland Gull showing well at Strathclyde Loch, also a female Scaup.
The two Lesser Scaup remain at Woodend Loch, Coatbridge.
The Green Sandpiper lingers at Carbarns Pool; nearby, three pairs of Shoveler at RSPB Baron's Haugh and now three Swallows.
RSPB Lochwinnoch's first Osprey of the year flying over Aird Meadow in direction of Barr Loch.
Now two Greenshank at Balgray Reservoir.
Thursday 7 April 2022
A Mediterranean Gull on the new scrapes at RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A 1st-winter Iceland Gull at South Medwin Pools, Dunsyre.
The 1st-winter Iceland Gull showing well at Strathclyde Loch, also a female Scaup.
The two Lesser Scaup remain at Woodend Loch, Coatbridge.
Two Green Sandpipers at Carbarns Pool.
A Common Sandpiper briefly on River Clyde at Uddingston.
The pair of Garganey still on River Clyde upstream of Carstairs Junction Bridge.
A Red-necked Grebe still showing well at Hogganfield Loch.
The pair of Lesser Scaup displaying on Woodend Loch, Coatbridge.
The Green Sandpiper continues at Carbarns Pool.
A Barnacle Goose with Pink-feet still at Millichen.
302 Greylag Geese including two neck-collared birds, ringed off the west coast of Iceland, at East Kerse, Lochwinnoch.
500 Pink-footed Geese at Slateford, Bishopton.
A Sandwich Tern on the water off Coronation Park, Port Glasgow.
A male Common Crossbill in Linn Park.
A Blackcap in song at RSPB Loch Lomond.
Saturday 2 April 2022
An adult White-tailed Eagle drifting east over observer's garden at Denholm Terrace, Greenock.
A pair of Garganey still on River Clyde upstream of Carstairs Junction Bridge.
A Red-necked Grebe still showing well at Hogganfield Loch.
The pair of Lesser Scaup displaying on Woodend Loch, Coatbridge.
Two Red Kites over Lamington.
A pair of Ring Ouzels in Culter Glen.
A Little Ringed Plover continues at Balgray Reservoir, also still two Barnacle Geese.
A Little Ringed Plover still at Douglas Water Pool/Loudon Pond, also 100 Fieldfares and 900 Pink-footed Geese in the area.
The two neck-collared Icelandic Greylag Geese still part of the 390 strong flock at East Kerse, Lochwinnoch.
A good count of 27 Gadwall at Frankfield Loch.
Sunday 3 April 2022
An immature White-tailed Eagle drifting east over Helensburgh Reservoirs.
An adult Little Gull and a 1st-winter Iceland Gull at Strathclyde Loch.
The pair of Garganey still on River Clyde upstream of Carstairs Junction Bridge.
A Red-necked Grebe still showing well at Hogganfield Loch.
A female Ring Ouzel in Culter Glen.
A Green Sandpiper still at Carbarns Pool; nearby, a Swallow at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
Monday 4 April 2022
An adult Little Gull and a 1st-winter Iceland Gull still at Strathclyde Loch.
The pair of Garganey still on River Clyde upstream of Carstairs Junction Bridge.
The pair of Lesser Scaup still showing well on Woodend Loch, Coatbridge.
A Green Sandpiper continues at Carbarns Pool.
Tuesday 5 April 2022
An adult Little Gull and a 1st-winter Iceland Gull still at Strathclyde Loch, also a female Scaup.
A Greenshank at Balgray Reservoir, also still two Barnacle Geese.
Wednesday 6 April 2022
The 1st-winter Iceland Gull showing well at Strathclyde Loch, also a female Scaup.
The two Lesser Scaup remain at Woodend Loch, Coatbridge.
The Green Sandpiper lingers at Carbarns Pool; nearby, three pairs of Shoveler at RSPB Baron's Haugh and now three Swallows.
RSPB Lochwinnoch's first Osprey of the year flying over Aird Meadow in direction of Barr Loch.
Now two Greenshank at Balgray Reservoir.
Thursday 7 April 2022
A Mediterranean Gull on the new scrapes at RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A 1st-winter Iceland Gull at South Medwin Pools, Dunsyre.
The 1st-winter Iceland Gull showing well at Strathclyde Loch, also a female Scaup.
The two Lesser Scaup remain at Woodend Loch, Coatbridge.
Two Green Sandpipers at Carbarns Pool.
A Common Sandpiper briefly on River Clyde at Uddingston.
Little Gull © Andrew Russell
Friday 8 April 2022
A Little Gull again and the 1st-winter Iceland Gull showing well at Strathclyde Loch.
The Red-necked Grebe again at Hogganfield Loch.
Two Green Sandpipers still at Carbarns Pool.
An Osprey over Newlands Glen, Tannochside.
An Osprey catching a fish at new scrapes at Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch, also yesterday at dusk a Greenshank and 44 Curlews.
Movement of Sand Martins noted at Uddingston (approx 120) and Carbarns (45).
240 Pink-footed Geese in two flocks north over BAE Systems, Bishopton.
Saturday 9 April 2022
A Little Gull and the 1st-winter Iceland Gull both showing well at Strathclyde Loch.
The pair of Lesser Scaup continue at Woodend Loch, Coatbridge.
The Red-necked Grebe still at Hogganfield Loch.
Two different Ospreys within five minutes of each other (one with a fish, the other catching a fish) at Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch,
An Osprey, carrying a fish, over the observer's garden on the east side of Paisley.
Sunday 10 April 2022
A Little Gull and the 1st-winter Iceland Gull both still showing well at Strathclyde Loch.
The pair of Lesser Scaup continue at Woodend Loch, Coatbridge.
A Great Northern Diver and 13 Red-throated Divers off Ardmore Point, also eight Gannets.
A Green Sandpiper continues at Carbarns Pool.
Up to three Green Woodpeckers in the Overtoun House-Lang Craigs area.
A good count of 33 Gadwall at Frankfield Loch.
Visible migration north of Pink-footed Geese included 2,000 over Balmore Pool and 550 over Ardmore Point, also 22 Whooper Swans resting on the Clyde estuary, and 500 over Great Cumbrae.
Four Sandwich Terns on the rocks at Blackwaterfoot, Isle of Arran.
Swallows are still scarce with only one recorded at Bardowie.
Monday 11 April 2022
A female type Marsh Harrier briefly over Gartloch Pools in the direction of Bishop Loch in the morning.
A Little Gull and the 1st-winter Iceland Gull both still showing well at Strathclyde Loch, also a female Scaup.
The pair of Lesser Scaup continue at Woodend Loch, Coatbridge, also a singing Willow Warbler.
An Osprey at Lilly Loch, Airdrie, also two Willow Warblers.
Migrants on Isle of Arran include a House Martin at Kildonan on 9 April and a Swallow at Sliddery on 10 April
Tuesday 12 April 2022
A Little Gull and the 1st-winter Iceland Gull both still showing well at Strathclyde Loch, also a female Scaup.
The pair of Lesser Scaup continue at Woodend Loch, Coatbridge.
A Little Egret and eight Black-tailed Godwits at Longhaugh Point, also an early Common Tern.
Records from Great Cumbrae included a Greenshank at White Bay, two Twite at Wine Bay and a Swallow at Bell Bay.
An Osprey over Croftamie
Migrants, in spite of the bleak weather, were recorded singing today with Blackcaps and Willow Warblers now widespread, also Common Sandpipers back on territory at various locations, but still only a handful of Swallows, including five at Dargavel Ponds, Bishopton and five at Balgray Reservoir, with them a few early House Martins including seven at Castle Semple Loch moving north in the evening, but an afternoon congregation of 900 Sand Martins at Strathclyde Loch and 100 at Castle Semple Loch is a welcome return; Tree Pipit at RSPB Loch Lomond is new.
Wednesday 13 April 2022
A Black-tailed Godwit on the new scrapes at Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A Redstart at RSPB Loch Lomond.
A White Wagtail at Kildonan, Isle of Arran.
An Osprey north over RSPB Baron's Haugh.
120 Fieldfares briefly at Strathclyde University playing fields, Stepps.
A Whimbrel on Cleats Shore, Isle of Arran.
A drake Mandarin Duck on Kirk Dam, Isle of Bute (present for a number of days).
A Short-eared Owl hunting at Town of Inchinnan.
Thursday 14 April 2022
Two Great Northern Divers, ten Slavonian Grebes and 75 Red-throated Divers counted between Ardmore and Greenock.
An adult Little Gull at Carbarns Pool, also still two Green Sandpipers yesterday evening.
A drake Ring-necked Duck still/again on Bingham's Pond, Glasgow and also on Gadloch.
On the Isle of Bute, migrants included first Swallows, 12 Wheatears and a Tree Pipit at Gortans; a Whimbrel with around 70 Golden Plovers at St Ninian's saltmarsh, also a mixed flock of Twite and Linnets,
Pink-footed Geese still migrating north over Drymen and Lochend Loch.
A Little Gull again and the 1st-winter Iceland Gull showing well at Strathclyde Loch.
The Red-necked Grebe again at Hogganfield Loch.
Two Green Sandpipers still at Carbarns Pool.
An Osprey over Newlands Glen, Tannochside.
An Osprey catching a fish at new scrapes at Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch, also yesterday at dusk a Greenshank and 44 Curlews.
Movement of Sand Martins noted at Uddingston (approx 120) and Carbarns (45).
240 Pink-footed Geese in two flocks north over BAE Systems, Bishopton.
Saturday 9 April 2022
A Little Gull and the 1st-winter Iceland Gull both showing well at Strathclyde Loch.
The pair of Lesser Scaup continue at Woodend Loch, Coatbridge.
The Red-necked Grebe still at Hogganfield Loch.
Two different Ospreys within five minutes of each other (one with a fish, the other catching a fish) at Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch,
An Osprey, carrying a fish, over the observer's garden on the east side of Paisley.
Sunday 10 April 2022
A Little Gull and the 1st-winter Iceland Gull both still showing well at Strathclyde Loch.
The pair of Lesser Scaup continue at Woodend Loch, Coatbridge.
A Great Northern Diver and 13 Red-throated Divers off Ardmore Point, also eight Gannets.
A Green Sandpiper continues at Carbarns Pool.
Up to three Green Woodpeckers in the Overtoun House-Lang Craigs area.
A good count of 33 Gadwall at Frankfield Loch.
Visible migration north of Pink-footed Geese included 2,000 over Balmore Pool and 550 over Ardmore Point, also 22 Whooper Swans resting on the Clyde estuary, and 500 over Great Cumbrae.
Four Sandwich Terns on the rocks at Blackwaterfoot, Isle of Arran.
Swallows are still scarce with only one recorded at Bardowie.
Monday 11 April 2022
A female type Marsh Harrier briefly over Gartloch Pools in the direction of Bishop Loch in the morning.
A Little Gull and the 1st-winter Iceland Gull both still showing well at Strathclyde Loch, also a female Scaup.
The pair of Lesser Scaup continue at Woodend Loch, Coatbridge, also a singing Willow Warbler.
An Osprey at Lilly Loch, Airdrie, also two Willow Warblers.
Migrants on Isle of Arran include a House Martin at Kildonan on 9 April and a Swallow at Sliddery on 10 April
Tuesday 12 April 2022
A Little Gull and the 1st-winter Iceland Gull both still showing well at Strathclyde Loch, also a female Scaup.
The pair of Lesser Scaup continue at Woodend Loch, Coatbridge.
A Little Egret and eight Black-tailed Godwits at Longhaugh Point, also an early Common Tern.
Records from Great Cumbrae included a Greenshank at White Bay, two Twite at Wine Bay and a Swallow at Bell Bay.
An Osprey over Croftamie
Migrants, in spite of the bleak weather, were recorded singing today with Blackcaps and Willow Warblers now widespread, also Common Sandpipers back on territory at various locations, but still only a handful of Swallows, including five at Dargavel Ponds, Bishopton and five at Balgray Reservoir, with them a few early House Martins including seven at Castle Semple Loch moving north in the evening, but an afternoon congregation of 900 Sand Martins at Strathclyde Loch and 100 at Castle Semple Loch is a welcome return; Tree Pipit at RSPB Loch Lomond is new.
Wednesday 13 April 2022
A Black-tailed Godwit on the new scrapes at Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A Redstart at RSPB Loch Lomond.
A White Wagtail at Kildonan, Isle of Arran.
An Osprey north over RSPB Baron's Haugh.
120 Fieldfares briefly at Strathclyde University playing fields, Stepps.
A Whimbrel on Cleats Shore, Isle of Arran.
A drake Mandarin Duck on Kirk Dam, Isle of Bute (present for a number of days).
A Short-eared Owl hunting at Town of Inchinnan.
Thursday 14 April 2022
Two Great Northern Divers, ten Slavonian Grebes and 75 Red-throated Divers counted between Ardmore and Greenock.
An adult Little Gull at Carbarns Pool, also still two Green Sandpipers yesterday evening.
A drake Ring-necked Duck still/again on Bingham's Pond, Glasgow and also on Gadloch.
On the Isle of Bute, migrants included first Swallows, 12 Wheatears and a Tree Pipit at Gortans; a Whimbrel with around 70 Golden Plovers at St Ninian's saltmarsh, also a mixed flock of Twite and Linnets,
Pink-footed Geese still migrating north over Drymen and Lochend Loch.
Common Sandpiper © John Chapman
Friday 15 April 2022
A Sedge Warbler singing at Castle Semple Loch.
A Grasshopper Warbler reeling at Aber Bog and a Tree Pipit in song at Pentagonal Wood, RSPB Loch Lomond.
A Grasshopper Warbler at Hogganfield Loch.
A Greenshank and 12 White Wagtails at Balgray Reservoir.
35 Whooper Swans on the loch at Garelochhead.
An Osprey over the Gadloch.
A Merlin at Carron Valley.
A steady passage north of Pink-footed Geese through the area, reports totalling over 2500 birds.
Saturday 16 April 2022
Two Common Sandpipers in the Fruin Water, also two Tree Pipits in Inverlauren Wood.
Three Black-tailed Godwits on the new scrape at RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A Cuckoo, and a Brambling at Kirk o'Shotts.
A Willow Warbler trapped at the Manse, Kirk o'Shotts today was ringed there as a juvenile on 6/8/2020.
A Wood Warbler singing in birch trees at the confluence of the Allander Water and the River Kelvin.
The two Lesser Scaup still on Woodend Loch.
Grasshopper Warblers reported from several locations-one at RSPB Baron's Haugh, three at RSPB Loch Lomond, three at Millichen, and one yesterday at Kirk o'Shotts.
Sunday 17 April 2022
Two Whimbrel at Ardmore South Bay.
A Long-tailed Duck (female) at Lochcraig Reservoir and a White Wagtail at Bennan Loch.
A Little Gull at Carbarns Pond this morning.
An Osprey over Aird Meadow-RSPB Lochwinnoch, one over Finlaystone Point, one near Kilmacolm, and one at Loch Fad-Bute.
Four White Wagtails at White Bay, Great Cumbrae.
Four Gannets and 12 Sandwich Terns between Cardross and Ardmore Point.
Grasshopper Warblers again widespread with two at East Craigend, Erskine (AJR), one at Lochranza, Isle of Arran, one at Scoulag Moo, Isle of Bute, and one at Palacerigg Country Park.
A Cuckoo near Kilmacolm.
Monday 18 April 2022
A Whitethroat at Hogganfield Loch.
A Cuckoo in Kelly Glen and one calling at Neilston Pad.
Five Redstarts on Inchcailloch.
Two Red Kites over Leadhills.
Two Greenshanks at Newshot Island.
At Longhaugh Point, one Whimbrel, one Bar-tailed Godwit, nine Black-tailed Godwits and two White Wagtails.
A Whimbrel on the scrape at RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A Ring Ouzel in South Lanarkshire.
Tuesday 19 April 2022
On east Loch Lomond between Rowardennan and Rowchoish 54 Willow Warblers, 33 Blackcaps, four Chiffchaffs, four Wood Warblers, three Redstarts, and 11 Nuthatches. SPM
Also on east Loch Lomond, four Wood Warblers and a Redstart in Ross Wood, a Wood Warbler in Sallochy Wood, a Cuckoo at Cashel, and two Redstarts in Auchingyle Wood. IF
A Wood Warbler in Ring Wood at RSPB Loch Lomond.
A Knot on Ring Point at RSPB Loch Lomond.
Approx 500 Pink-footed Geese flying north over Gartloch Pools.
Four Crossbills at the Manse, Kirk o'Shotts.
At St Ninian's Bay saltmarsh on Bute, two Whimbrel, 60 Golden Plovers, a mixed flock of approx 200 Twite and Linnets, 10 Wheatear, and up to 20 White Wagtails.
Three Wood Warblers in Ring Wood at RSPB Loch Lomond.
Cuckoos back at Palacerigg CP.
Wednesday 20 April 2022
A Garden Warbler at Campsie Glen.
A Sedge Warbler at Cathkin Marsh.
A Pair of Mandarin Ducks at South Gilmourton Pool.
The 1st-winter Iceland Gull still at Strathclyde Loch.
Three male Pied Flycatchers between Ross Wood and Sallochy Wood, five Wood Warblers, a Cuckoo and a male Redstart at Sallochy Wood.
A female Scaup on the Barr Loch.
Thursday 21 April 2022
A female Marsh Harrier at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
A Green Woodpecker calling in Backmuir Woods, Hamilton.
The 1st-wintr Iceland Gull still at Strathclyde Loch.
A Whinchat at Balcorrach Wood by Campsie Glen.
Two Greenshanks at Balgray Reservoir, also three Shelduck and 17 White Wagtails.
Up to three Ring Ouzels and a Whinchat in Culter Glen.
Five Greenland Wheatears at Shieldhill Farm, near Eaglesham
An adult Little Gull briefly and a Green Sandpiper on the wader scrape at RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A male Pied Flycatcher at RSPB Inversnaid.
A Sedge Warbler singing at Castle Semple Loch.
A Grasshopper Warbler reeling at Aber Bog and a Tree Pipit in song at Pentagonal Wood, RSPB Loch Lomond.
A Grasshopper Warbler at Hogganfield Loch.
A Greenshank and 12 White Wagtails at Balgray Reservoir.
35 Whooper Swans on the loch at Garelochhead.
An Osprey over the Gadloch.
A Merlin at Carron Valley.
A steady passage north of Pink-footed Geese through the area, reports totalling over 2500 birds.
Saturday 16 April 2022
Two Common Sandpipers in the Fruin Water, also two Tree Pipits in Inverlauren Wood.
Three Black-tailed Godwits on the new scrape at RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A Cuckoo, and a Brambling at Kirk o'Shotts.
A Willow Warbler trapped at the Manse, Kirk o'Shotts today was ringed there as a juvenile on 6/8/2020.
A Wood Warbler singing in birch trees at the confluence of the Allander Water and the River Kelvin.
The two Lesser Scaup still on Woodend Loch.
Grasshopper Warblers reported from several locations-one at RSPB Baron's Haugh, three at RSPB Loch Lomond, three at Millichen, and one yesterday at Kirk o'Shotts.
Sunday 17 April 2022
Two Whimbrel at Ardmore South Bay.
A Long-tailed Duck (female) at Lochcraig Reservoir and a White Wagtail at Bennan Loch.
A Little Gull at Carbarns Pond this morning.
An Osprey over Aird Meadow-RSPB Lochwinnoch, one over Finlaystone Point, one near Kilmacolm, and one at Loch Fad-Bute.
Four White Wagtails at White Bay, Great Cumbrae.
Four Gannets and 12 Sandwich Terns between Cardross and Ardmore Point.
Grasshopper Warblers again widespread with two at East Craigend, Erskine (AJR), one at Lochranza, Isle of Arran, one at Scoulag Moo, Isle of Bute, and one at Palacerigg Country Park.
A Cuckoo near Kilmacolm.
Monday 18 April 2022
A Whitethroat at Hogganfield Loch.
A Cuckoo in Kelly Glen and one calling at Neilston Pad.
Five Redstarts on Inchcailloch.
Two Red Kites over Leadhills.
Two Greenshanks at Newshot Island.
At Longhaugh Point, one Whimbrel, one Bar-tailed Godwit, nine Black-tailed Godwits and two White Wagtails.
A Whimbrel on the scrape at RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A Ring Ouzel in South Lanarkshire.
Tuesday 19 April 2022
On east Loch Lomond between Rowardennan and Rowchoish 54 Willow Warblers, 33 Blackcaps, four Chiffchaffs, four Wood Warblers, three Redstarts, and 11 Nuthatches. SPM
Also on east Loch Lomond, four Wood Warblers and a Redstart in Ross Wood, a Wood Warbler in Sallochy Wood, a Cuckoo at Cashel, and two Redstarts in Auchingyle Wood. IF
A Wood Warbler in Ring Wood at RSPB Loch Lomond.
A Knot on Ring Point at RSPB Loch Lomond.
Approx 500 Pink-footed Geese flying north over Gartloch Pools.
Four Crossbills at the Manse, Kirk o'Shotts.
At St Ninian's Bay saltmarsh on Bute, two Whimbrel, 60 Golden Plovers, a mixed flock of approx 200 Twite and Linnets, 10 Wheatear, and up to 20 White Wagtails.
Three Wood Warblers in Ring Wood at RSPB Loch Lomond.
Cuckoos back at Palacerigg CP.
Wednesday 20 April 2022
A Garden Warbler at Campsie Glen.
A Sedge Warbler at Cathkin Marsh.
A Pair of Mandarin Ducks at South Gilmourton Pool.
The 1st-winter Iceland Gull still at Strathclyde Loch.
Three male Pied Flycatchers between Ross Wood and Sallochy Wood, five Wood Warblers, a Cuckoo and a male Redstart at Sallochy Wood.
A female Scaup on the Barr Loch.
Thursday 21 April 2022
A female Marsh Harrier at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
A Green Woodpecker calling in Backmuir Woods, Hamilton.
The 1st-wintr Iceland Gull still at Strathclyde Loch.
A Whinchat at Balcorrach Wood by Campsie Glen.
Two Greenshanks at Balgray Reservoir, also three Shelduck and 17 White Wagtails.
Up to three Ring Ouzels and a Whinchat in Culter Glen.
Five Greenland Wheatears at Shieldhill Farm, near Eaglesham
An adult Little Gull briefly and a Green Sandpiper on the wader scrape at RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A male Pied Flycatcher at RSPB Inversnaid.
Wood Warbler © Scott Jones
Friday 22 April 2022
A Whitethroat singing in Duchray Park, Riddrie.
A Garden Warbler at Merryton Haugh.
Sedge Warblers at Millichen, Cathkin Marsh and at Bishop Loch.
A Cuckoo calling at Loch Ardinning.
A Green Sandpiper at BAE Bishopton, also an Osprey.
Saturday 23 April 2022
A male Ruff coming into breeding plumage on the wader scrape at RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Up to 12 Whimbrel in Ardmore South Bay, also a Greenshank, a summer plumage Slavonian Grebe, and two Sandwich Terns. J
Off Ardmore Point nine Red-throated Divers, five Black Guillemot, four Scaup, and 30 Great Crested Grebes.
One Whimbrel, five Common Terns and several Sandwich Terns just west of Cardross Bay.
At least six Wood Warblers on Inchcailloch. AS
A Red Kite over Muirshiel Country Park, also a Cuckoo.
A Whitethroat at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
Sunday 24 April 2022
Seven Whimbrel this evening at East Kerse, Lochwinnoch in field south of the road.
A Whimbrel on the wader scrape at RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Two Pied Flycatchers at RSPB Inversnaid.
Two Whitethroats at Gartloch (DFW) and one at Merryton.
The Ring-necked Duck again at Bingham's Pond.
Three Ring-necked Parakeets flew over Kinfauns Drive, Bearsden.
Monday 25 April 2022
A Wood Sandpiper and a Green Sandpiper at Balmore Pool, also at least four White Wagtails.
A Wood Sandpiper at Carbarns Pool, also four White Wagtails.
A pair of Garganey on Gartloch Pool, also a Green Sandpiper briefly.
Three Whimbrel at White Bay, Great Cumbrae, also a Garden Warbler at Sheriff's Point.
New arrivals on Isle of Arran yesterday included single Tree Pipits at Brodick Hill and Glen Rosa and two Whinchats at Glen Rosa.
Tuesday 26 April 2022
A 2cy Mediterranean Gull at Fisherman's Walk, Brodick, Isle of Arran, also a Whimbrel, fitted with flag A2 in 2017, which has been sighted for five years in a row, has appeared on the shores around Kildonan; and yesterday an Osprey at Lamlash Bay.
16 Whimbrel at East Kerse Farm, Lochwinnoch, also still five tardy Pink-footed Geese.
From Great Cumbrae, four Whimbrel in White Bay and two Purple Sandpipers in Wine Bay.
Yesterday's sightings from Isle of Bute included 50 Golden Plovers and 15 White Wagtails in Ettrick Bay.
An Osprey at Antermony Loch, Milton of Campsie.
Three Green Woodpeckers at Lang Craigs, Kilpatrick Braes.
Wednesday 27 April 2022
An Osprey at Lamington and now 11 Shelducks at their inland breeding site at South Medwin Pools.
Unusually a Golden Plover and a pair of Gadwall at Town of Inchinnan.
16 Pink-footed Geese still lingering at Bridgend Farm Pool, also yesterday a pair of Pintail.
A Speckled Wood at Greenhead Moss, Wishaw (see below) is a rare sighting as this butterfly is only starting to move into Lanarkshire.
Thursday 28 April 2022
17 Whimbrels at Ardmore and five Bar-tailed Godwits, also about 100 migrating Pink-footed Geese; nearby one Whimbrel and a good count of 27 Grey Herons at Cardross.
On the south side of the estuary, 10 Whimbrel at West Ferry, also 93 migrating Pink-footed Geese over Longhaugh Point and 32 Common Terns offshore.
Six Whimbrels at Skate Point, Great Cumbrae.
An Osprey at Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch, also an excellent inland count of 13 Great Crested Grebes.
A Garden Warbler in song at Kilmardinny Woods, Bearsden.
A male Whinchat at Glespin, near Douglas.
A Whitethroat singing in Duchray Park, Riddrie.
A Garden Warbler at Merryton Haugh.
Sedge Warblers at Millichen, Cathkin Marsh and at Bishop Loch.
A Cuckoo calling at Loch Ardinning.
A Green Sandpiper at BAE Bishopton, also an Osprey.
Saturday 23 April 2022
A male Ruff coming into breeding plumage on the wader scrape at RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Up to 12 Whimbrel in Ardmore South Bay, also a Greenshank, a summer plumage Slavonian Grebe, and two Sandwich Terns. J
Off Ardmore Point nine Red-throated Divers, five Black Guillemot, four Scaup, and 30 Great Crested Grebes.
One Whimbrel, five Common Terns and several Sandwich Terns just west of Cardross Bay.
At least six Wood Warblers on Inchcailloch. AS
A Red Kite over Muirshiel Country Park, also a Cuckoo.
A Whitethroat at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
Sunday 24 April 2022
Seven Whimbrel this evening at East Kerse, Lochwinnoch in field south of the road.
A Whimbrel on the wader scrape at RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Two Pied Flycatchers at RSPB Inversnaid.
Two Whitethroats at Gartloch (DFW) and one at Merryton.
The Ring-necked Duck again at Bingham's Pond.
Three Ring-necked Parakeets flew over Kinfauns Drive, Bearsden.
Monday 25 April 2022
A Wood Sandpiper and a Green Sandpiper at Balmore Pool, also at least four White Wagtails.
A Wood Sandpiper at Carbarns Pool, also four White Wagtails.
A pair of Garganey on Gartloch Pool, also a Green Sandpiper briefly.
Three Whimbrel at White Bay, Great Cumbrae, also a Garden Warbler at Sheriff's Point.
New arrivals on Isle of Arran yesterday included single Tree Pipits at Brodick Hill and Glen Rosa and two Whinchats at Glen Rosa.
Tuesday 26 April 2022
A 2cy Mediterranean Gull at Fisherman's Walk, Brodick, Isle of Arran, also a Whimbrel, fitted with flag A2 in 2017, which has been sighted for five years in a row, has appeared on the shores around Kildonan; and yesterday an Osprey at Lamlash Bay.
16 Whimbrel at East Kerse Farm, Lochwinnoch, also still five tardy Pink-footed Geese.
From Great Cumbrae, four Whimbrel in White Bay and two Purple Sandpipers in Wine Bay.
Yesterday's sightings from Isle of Bute included 50 Golden Plovers and 15 White Wagtails in Ettrick Bay.
An Osprey at Antermony Loch, Milton of Campsie.
Three Green Woodpeckers at Lang Craigs, Kilpatrick Braes.
Wednesday 27 April 2022
An Osprey at Lamington and now 11 Shelducks at their inland breeding site at South Medwin Pools.
Unusually a Golden Plover and a pair of Gadwall at Town of Inchinnan.
16 Pink-footed Geese still lingering at Bridgend Farm Pool, also yesterday a pair of Pintail.
A Speckled Wood at Greenhead Moss, Wishaw (see below) is a rare sighting as this butterfly is only starting to move into Lanarkshire.
Thursday 28 April 2022
17 Whimbrels at Ardmore and five Bar-tailed Godwits, also about 100 migrating Pink-footed Geese; nearby one Whimbrel and a good count of 27 Grey Herons at Cardross.
On the south side of the estuary, 10 Whimbrel at West Ferry, also 93 migrating Pink-footed Geese over Longhaugh Point and 32 Common Terns offshore.
Six Whimbrels at Skate Point, Great Cumbrae.
An Osprey at Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch, also an excellent inland count of 13 Great Crested Grebes.
A Garden Warbler in song at Kilmardinny Woods, Bearsden.
A male Whinchat at Glespin, near Douglas.
Grasshopper Warbler © John Williams
Friday 29 April 2022
Unusually a Green Sandpiper in a field opposite the forest centre at Cashel.
Ten Whimbrels at East Kerse Farm, Lochwinnoch.
A Green Woodpecker at Kingshill Local Nature Reserve, Allanton.
East Loch Lomond continues to be very popular as observers report good numbers of Wood Warblers and Redstarts with Nuthatches now ubiquitous, although Tree Pipits seem a tad scarce; of note 13 reeling Grasshopper Warblers at Low Mains, Loch Lomond NNR.
Pink-footed Geese still migrating north with 110 over Inversnaid,
Saturday 30 April 2022
The drake Ring-necked Duck again on Bingham's Pond, Glasgow.
A Lesser Whitethroat in song at Merryton.
Three Swifts at Strathclyde Loch, also good numbers of hirundines hawking, including 12 House Martins, 30 Swallows and 300 Sand Martins.
50 Swallows at Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Seven Whimbrel at West Ferry, also five Common Terns.
Unusually a Cuckoo calling briefly by River Clyde near Celtic Supporters Club.
Unusually a Green Sandpiper in a field opposite the forest centre at Cashel.
Ten Whimbrels at East Kerse Farm, Lochwinnoch.
A Green Woodpecker at Kingshill Local Nature Reserve, Allanton.
East Loch Lomond continues to be very popular as observers report good numbers of Wood Warblers and Redstarts with Nuthatches now ubiquitous, although Tree Pipits seem a tad scarce; of note 13 reeling Grasshopper Warblers at Low Mains, Loch Lomond NNR.
Pink-footed Geese still migrating north with 110 over Inversnaid,
Saturday 30 April 2022
The drake Ring-necked Duck again on Bingham's Pond, Glasgow.
A Lesser Whitethroat in song at Merryton.
Three Swifts at Strathclyde Loch, also good numbers of hirundines hawking, including 12 House Martins, 30 Swallows and 300 Sand Martins.
50 Swallows at Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Seven Whimbrel at West Ferry, also five Common Terns.
Unusually a Cuckoo calling briefly by River Clyde near Celtic Supporters Club.