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Lockdown in Lochwinnoch

1/3/2021

Scottish Birds 41:1 (2021) p50-54

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

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.

The birds of Glasgow Botanic Gardens

1/6/2020

The Glasgow Naturalist 27:3 (2020)

Nuthatch © Chris McInerny

A summary is presented of the bird species recorded in Glasgow Botanic Gardens, in the period 1998-2020. Comparisons are made against similar bird lists made over the past 100 years, with trends and changes described and discussed. A few observations of unusual and rarely seen species are included. The Birds of Glasgow Botanic Gardens is from the Glasgow Naturalist and authored by Chris McInerny.

Rock Pipit or Water Pipit?

1/1/2020

Ayrshire Birds (2020)

Rock Pipit © Dave Grant

Want to brush up on the differences between Rock Pipit and Water Pipit? This handy cut-out-and-keep poster by Dave Grant from Ayrshire Birding will be a great help

Building public engagement in Linn Park, Glasgow

1/12/2019

Scottish Birds 39:4 p336-338

Michael receiving his award © Isobel Sinclair

In Building public engagement in Linn Park Reserve, Glasgow, Mike Sinclair (aged 13 at the time) describes how this inspiring project began with the "100 Nestbox Challenge" in 2017 and now involes so many people in building & putting up boxes, sponsorship, monitoring, etc

Submitting your bird records

1/12/2019

Scottish Birds 39:4 p343

Although written by two members of the Lothian Branch of the SOC, the information and advice is relevant to everyone. This short article explains why submitting records is good, what to submit and how.

Ivory Gull rescue and release

1/6/2019

Scottish Birds 39:2 (2019) p184-186

Ivory Gull © Andrew Russell

A sick Ivory Gull rescued from a garden in Dumfries and Galloway draws a large crowd after it is returned to good health at Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue Centre. Over a hundred people watched the release of this rare high-arctic gull in Ayrshire. Click here to read.

Bird surveying for all

1/3/2019

Scottish Birds 39:1 (2019) p24-27

Tetrads, Transects and Squares! David Palmar explains how even inexperienced bird watchers can get involved in bird surveying in this article from 2018.

Engaging Young Birders Project

1/3/2019

Scottish Birds 39:31 p47-48

Eleven young people interested in birds together with some facilitators met in November 2018 in Glasgow with the general aim of aim of how can SOC reach more young birders? Fruitful discussions led to the birth of SOC Youth Connect and a closed Facebook page was launched soon afterwards. Read more here.

Identifying 'Siberian Chiffchaff'

1/1/2019

Ayrshire Birds (2019)

Handy one-page guide for identifying this subspecies of Chiffchaff from an article by Dave Grant in Ayrshire Birding

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