Clyde Big Birding Day - May 14th 2022
We hope that you enjoyed our Clyde Big Birding Day and managed to get out in the Clyde area on May 14th as part of Global Birding Day. In 2021, over 7,000 species were recorded worldwide on that day by over 50,000 participants from 192 countries.
We were delighted to see so many of you were able to take part whether you
We were delighted to see so many of you were able to take part whether you
- Just spent a few minutes watching and recording birds in your garden or in a park
- Thoroughly birded your local patch on the day
- Tried to see how many species you could record in 24 hours in the Clyde area on 14th May.
- Thanks to those who set out to locate one of the scarce species in the Clyde (e.g. Ptarmigan, Green Woodpecker, Long-eared Owl, etc)
The Results
Species recorded - total 131
1 Black Grouse
2 Red Grouse 3 Pheasant 4 Canada Goose 5 Greylag Goose 6 Pink-footed Goose 7 Mute Swan 8 Shelduck 9 Shoveler 10 Gadwall 11 Wigeon 12 Mallard 13 Teal 14 Ring-necked Duck 15 Tufted Duck 16 Eider 17 Goldeneye 18 Goosander 19 Red-breasted Merganser 20 Swift 21 Cuckoo 22 Feral Pigeon 23 Stock Dove 24 Woodpigeon 25 Collared Dove 26 Water Rail 27 Moorhen 28 Coot 29 Little Grebe 30 Great Crested Grebe 31 Oystercatcher 32 Lapwing 33 Golden Plover 34 Ringed Plover 35 Little Ringed Plover 36 Whimbrel 37 Curlew 38 Turnstone 39 Dunlin 40 Woodcock 41 Snipe 42 Common Sandpiper 43 Green Sandpiper 44 Redshank |
45 Black-headed Gull
46 Common Gull 47 Great Black-backed Gull 48 Herring Gull 49 Lesser Black-backed Gull 50 Sandwich Tern 51 Common Tern 52 Guillemot 53 Black Guillemot 54 Red-throated Diver 55 Black-throated Diver 56 Gannet 57 Shag 58 Cormorant 59 Grey Heron 60 Osprey 61 Sparrowhawk 62 Hen Harrier 63 Red Kite 64 Buzzard 65 Barn Owl 66 Tawny Owl 67 Long-eared Owl 68 Short-eared Owl 69 Kingfisher 70 Great Spotted Woodpecker 71 Green Woodpecker 72 Kestrel 73 Peregrine 74 Ring-necked Parakeet 75 Jay 76 Magpie 77 Jackdaw 78 Rook 79 Carrion Crow 80 Hooded Crow 81 Raven 82 Coal Tit 83 Blue Tit 84 Great Tit 85 Skylark 86 Sand Martin 87 Swallow 88 House Martin |
89 Long-tailed Tit
90 Willow Warbler 91 Chiffchaff 92 Wood Warbler 93 Sedge Warbler 94 Reed Warbler 95 Grasshopper Warbler 96 Blackcap 97 Garden Warbler 98 Lesser Whitethroat 99 Whitethroat 100 Goldcrest 101 Wren 102 Nuthatch 103 Treecreeper 104 Starling 105 Blackbird 106 Song Thrush 107 Mistle Thrush 108 Robin 109 Pied Flycatcher 110 Redstart 111 Whinchat 112 Stonechat 113 Wheatear 114 Dipper 115 House Sparrow 116 Tree Sparrow 117 Dunnock 118 Grey Wagtail 119 Pied/White Wagtail 120 Meadow Pipit 121 Tree Pipit 122 Chaffinch 123 Bullfinch 124 Greenfinch 125 Linnet 126 Lesser Redpoll 127 Common Crossbill 128 Goldfinch 129 Siskin 130 Yellowhammer 131 Reed Bunting |
Scarce species we were aiming to see:
Barn Owl
Black Grouse Black-throated Diver Gannet Garganey Golden Eagle Golden Plover Goshawk Green Woodpecker |
Hen Harrier
Hooded Crow Jay Kingfisher Long-eared Owl Lesser Redpoll Mandarin Merlin Ptarmigan |
Red Grouse
Red Kite Red-throated Diver Reed Warbler Ring Ouzel Short-eared Owl Water Rail White-tailed Eagle Woodcock |
key: green = species recorded red = species not recorded