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Swallow @ Zul Bhatia

Articles

31/12/2049

 
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We have started to source articles from various journals & publications that will be of interest to those interested in the birds of the Clyde area. A few have been uploaded so far and we will be adding to these regularly. You can use the filters to see articles related to specific topics.  If you come across an article that you think would be of interest to others visiting this website, please get in touch with us.  We also have a full, summary, list of the articles uploaded so far.  

Whooper XLJ

14/11/2022

 
Read the story of Whooper Swan 'XLJ' in this illustrated article
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Whooper Swan © Scott Maxwell

Boxes for Barnies - project update

25/8/2022

 
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Read an illustrated update from the Boxes for Barnies project - a collaborative effort funded by the local group and Garnock Connections Landscape Partnership (supported by a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund). 

Frankfied Loch Lesser Yellowlegs - June 2022

21/6/2022

 
Donald Wilson has kindly sent through his first hand report of finding the first ever Clyde area Lesser Yellowlegs at Frankfield Loch in June 2022
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Lesser Yellowlegs © Andrew Russell

The Clyde Ringing Group - 2020 report

2/2/2022

 
The 2020 report from the Clyde Ringing Group is now available to read. 2020 was a year like no other and the report shares a summary of the year, its highs and lows, record and ground breaking ringing totals and a summary of the best recoveries.

A Year in the Blane Valley

29/1/2022

 
PictureDipper © John Chapman
Back in April 2021, Judith Chapman began to enter her wildlife sightings in Bird Track. Then, earlier this month, on receiving her personalised version of Bird Track's 2021 summary stats email, it inspired Judith and her husband John to look back at their own observations from their top ranking site, the Blane Valley. You can read their write up of what they saw - Judith's drawings and John's photographs illustrate what is an excellent example of the magic of regularly visiting a local patch and keeping records of what you see from month to month.  

Birds of Conservation Concern 5

15/12/2021

 
British Birds
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The bird species that breed or overwinter in the UK have been assessed against a set of objective criteria and placed on the Green, Amber or Red lists to indicate an increasing level of conservation concern.   At 70 species, the Red list is now longer than ever before, and is almost double the length of that in the first review in 1996. Read the summary leaflet.  The full report is referenced at the end of the leaflet

Black-headed Gull surveys in Glasgow

1/12/2021

 
Private study (2019-21)
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Black-headed Gull © Paul Baker
The Black headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) is a common sight in the parks of the UK, but is currently an amber listed bird of conservation concern.  Paul Baker wanted to understand them better. He had been ringing Black headed gulls in Glasgow during the winter.  Following two reports of ringed birds being seen in Victoria and Knightswood Parks, then two hours later at other parks in Glasgow he realised if he wanted to find out what proportion of the gulls present in Glasgow were being ringed it would require the simultaneous counting of all locations to avoid double counting.  Read more about Paul's research.

Lockdown in Lochwinnoch

1/3/2021

 
Scottish Birds 41:1 (2021) p50-54
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Lochwinnoch Village © Zul Bhatia
During the first part of the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, being unable to drive anywhere, Zul Bhatia did a lot of bird watching in Renfrewshire, in and around his home village of Lochwinnoch on the banks of Castle Semple Loch and the River Calder.  With a few volunteers to assist him he set about finding evidence of birds breeding in Lochwinnoch.  Read more about what they found when locked down in Lochwinnoch. 

Locked down in Milngavie

1/9/2020

 
Private project
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Fox © John and Judith Chapman
Restricted by the Covid-19 pandemic, John and Judith Chapman spent their spring 2020 lockdown identifying and recording the birds in their local area of Milngavie. You can read their illustrated report of the birds and mammals seen.
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