Smew © Ian Fulton
Wednesday 1 December
Only the drake Smew on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch, also a male Hen Harrier over on a couple of occasions.
A female Common Scoter at Newshot Island.
A Little Egret by the River Clyde at Lamington.
A Slavonian Grebe off Craigendoran Pier, also now three Twite on the pier.
A Jack Snipe at Hogganfield Marsh.
Thursday 2 December
Still the drake Smew on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A 1st-winter Mediterranean Gull at the Balgray Reservoir gull roost, also 112 Goosanders disturbed by paddle boarders.
At Blackstoun Farm, Linwood, at least four Brambling with 250 Chaffinches and Twite heard amongst 200 Linnets, also 150 Skylarks.
!3 Whooper Swans and 400 Greylag Geese at East Kerse Farm, Lochwinnoch.
Friday 3 December
From a rainy Isle of Bute, a White-tailed Eagle chasing a Little Egret over St Ninian's Bay; later two Great Northern Divers in Ettrick Bay and two Black-throated Divers off shore
A wintering Black-throated Diver back in Whiting Bay, Isle of Arran.
A Little Egret at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
A Green Sandpiper still at Douglas Water Pool/Loudon Pond.
Wintering Blackcaps back in their preferred gardens, a male in Giffnock and a female in Bearsden (please report all wintering Blackcaps).
Saturday 4 December
A drake Smew on Castle Semple Loch in the morning, before flying to join a redhead on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A Grey Plover still at Ardmore, also two Pintail.
Sunday 5 December
A redhead Smew back on Hogganfield Loch.
The drake and redhead Smew again on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Five Purple Sandpipers at Silver Sands, Kildonan, Isle of Arran.
A Little Egret and a Greenshank in White Bay, Great Cumbrae.
A female Long-tailed Duck still off Ardmore, also unusually a female Tufted Duck.
A different adult Greenland White-fronted Goose with 1,200 Pink-feet just west of Hyndford Bridge, Lanark.
Three Green Sandpipers at RSPB Baron's Haugh, also a Barn Owl flying along the bank beside the River Clyde on the Merryton side.
Eight Crossbills in Douglas Estate.
Monday 6 December
An adult Little Gull on Strathclyde Loch.
A redhead Smew again on Hogganfield Loch.
A Little Egret in West Bay, Great Cumbrae.
Two Woodcocks in separate locations, rising form the roadside, between Sallochy and Rowardennan just after dusk.
A male Blackcap in an Inchinnan garden, also seven Tree Sparrows and five Yellowhammers.
At Balgray Reservoir, unusually a Greenland White-fronted Goose with Greylags and a 1st-winter Mediterranean Gull, flying off at 15.00, also at the roost 140 Lesser Black-backed Gulls and 77 Goosanders.
Tuesday 7 December
The redhead Smew still on Hogganfield Loch.
A Barnacle Goose with 1,000 Pink-feet at Low Moss, Bishopbriggs.
Only the drake Smew on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch, also a male Hen Harrier over on a couple of occasions.
A female Common Scoter at Newshot Island.
A Little Egret by the River Clyde at Lamington.
A Slavonian Grebe off Craigendoran Pier, also now three Twite on the pier.
A Jack Snipe at Hogganfield Marsh.
Thursday 2 December
Still the drake Smew on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A 1st-winter Mediterranean Gull at the Balgray Reservoir gull roost, also 112 Goosanders disturbed by paddle boarders.
At Blackstoun Farm, Linwood, at least four Brambling with 250 Chaffinches and Twite heard amongst 200 Linnets, also 150 Skylarks.
!3 Whooper Swans and 400 Greylag Geese at East Kerse Farm, Lochwinnoch.
Friday 3 December
From a rainy Isle of Bute, a White-tailed Eagle chasing a Little Egret over St Ninian's Bay; later two Great Northern Divers in Ettrick Bay and two Black-throated Divers off shore
A wintering Black-throated Diver back in Whiting Bay, Isle of Arran.
A Little Egret at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
A Green Sandpiper still at Douglas Water Pool/Loudon Pond.
Wintering Blackcaps back in their preferred gardens, a male in Giffnock and a female in Bearsden (please report all wintering Blackcaps).
Saturday 4 December
A drake Smew on Castle Semple Loch in the morning, before flying to join a redhead on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A Grey Plover still at Ardmore, also two Pintail.
Sunday 5 December
A redhead Smew back on Hogganfield Loch.
The drake and redhead Smew again on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Five Purple Sandpipers at Silver Sands, Kildonan, Isle of Arran.
A Little Egret and a Greenshank in White Bay, Great Cumbrae.
A female Long-tailed Duck still off Ardmore, also unusually a female Tufted Duck.
A different adult Greenland White-fronted Goose with 1,200 Pink-feet just west of Hyndford Bridge, Lanark.
Three Green Sandpipers at RSPB Baron's Haugh, also a Barn Owl flying along the bank beside the River Clyde on the Merryton side.
Eight Crossbills in Douglas Estate.
Monday 6 December
An adult Little Gull on Strathclyde Loch.
A redhead Smew again on Hogganfield Loch.
A Little Egret in West Bay, Great Cumbrae.
Two Woodcocks in separate locations, rising form the roadside, between Sallochy and Rowardennan just after dusk.
A male Blackcap in an Inchinnan garden, also seven Tree Sparrows and five Yellowhammers.
At Balgray Reservoir, unusually a Greenland White-fronted Goose with Greylags and a 1st-winter Mediterranean Gull, flying off at 15.00, also at the roost 140 Lesser Black-backed Gulls and 77 Goosanders.
Tuesday 7 December
The redhead Smew still on Hogganfield Loch.
A Barnacle Goose with 1,000 Pink-feet at Low Moss, Bishopbriggs.
Greenfinch © John Chapman
Wednesday 8 December
A Great Northern Diver on Balgray Reservoir (second record for site) and still a Greenland White-fronted Goose with Canada Geese.
An adult Little Gull briefly on River Clyde between Havoc and Levengrove Park, Dumbarton.
The drake Smew on Castle Semple Loch in the morning; later with redhead on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
The redhead Smew still showing well on Hogganfield Loch.
A Goshawk again at BAE Systems, Bishopton.
At west Loch Lomond, a female Scaup at Carrick Golf Club, also a Woodcock, and a drake Scaup off Ross Park.
Thursday 9 December
A female Velvet Scoter on Balgray Reservoir (second record for site) and still a Greenland White-fronted Goose with Canada Geese, also unusually two Shags with the Cormorants and 98 Goosanders.
A Green-winged Teal on a field pool at Waterlands Farm, Law (NS8352), please view from road and do not enter field.
The two Smew (a drake and redhead) on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch, also a ringtail Hen Harrier.
Friday 10 December
The two Smews still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
180 Greenland White-fronted Geese in a field SW of Meikle Finnery Farm, Gartocharn.
A Greenshank at Erskine Ferry slipway.
Seven Red-throated Divers off Newark Castle, Port Glasgow.
138 Goosanders (record count for the site) on Balgray Reservoir.
A male Blackcap in a Newlands garden.
Saturday 11 December
The two Smews still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Sunday 12 December
The two Smews still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A redhead Smew continues at Hogganfield Loch.
On the Isle of Arran, a record flock of 40 Brambling at Cnoc na Dail between Brodick and Lamlash.
51 Barnacle Geese with 900 Pink-feet at Longhaugh Point.
25 Barnacle Geese with 1,200 Pink-feet in a field near South Medwin Pools, also still 28 Curlew.
A Barn Owl hunting at Merryton at 17.00.
Monday 13 December
At Ardmore, two Barnacle Geese in the north bay and 40 Knot and 40 Bar-tailed Godwits in the south bay.
A 1st-winter Glaucous Gull at Fisherman's Walk, Brodick, Isle of Arran.
Tuesday 14 December
The drake Smew still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A Barn Owl flying over Ave End Road, Garthamlock early morning.
A Great Northern Diver on Balgray Reservoir (second record for site) and still a Greenland White-fronted Goose with Canada Geese.
An adult Little Gull briefly on River Clyde between Havoc and Levengrove Park, Dumbarton.
The drake Smew on Castle Semple Loch in the morning; later with redhead on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
The redhead Smew still showing well on Hogganfield Loch.
A Goshawk again at BAE Systems, Bishopton.
At west Loch Lomond, a female Scaup at Carrick Golf Club, also a Woodcock, and a drake Scaup off Ross Park.
Thursday 9 December
A female Velvet Scoter on Balgray Reservoir (second record for site) and still a Greenland White-fronted Goose with Canada Geese, also unusually two Shags with the Cormorants and 98 Goosanders.
A Green-winged Teal on a field pool at Waterlands Farm, Law (NS8352), please view from road and do not enter field.
The two Smew (a drake and redhead) on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch, also a ringtail Hen Harrier.
Friday 10 December
The two Smews still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
180 Greenland White-fronted Geese in a field SW of Meikle Finnery Farm, Gartocharn.
A Greenshank at Erskine Ferry slipway.
Seven Red-throated Divers off Newark Castle, Port Glasgow.
138 Goosanders (record count for the site) on Balgray Reservoir.
A male Blackcap in a Newlands garden.
Saturday 11 December
The two Smews still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Sunday 12 December
The two Smews still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A redhead Smew continues at Hogganfield Loch.
On the Isle of Arran, a record flock of 40 Brambling at Cnoc na Dail between Brodick and Lamlash.
51 Barnacle Geese with 900 Pink-feet at Longhaugh Point.
25 Barnacle Geese with 1,200 Pink-feet in a field near South Medwin Pools, also still 28 Curlew.
A Barn Owl hunting at Merryton at 17.00.
Monday 13 December
At Ardmore, two Barnacle Geese in the north bay and 40 Knot and 40 Bar-tailed Godwits in the south bay.
A 1st-winter Glaucous Gull at Fisherman's Walk, Brodick, Isle of Arran.
Tuesday 14 December
The drake Smew still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A Barn Owl flying over Ave End Road, Garthamlock early morning.
Lesser Redpoll © John Chapman
Wednesday 15 December
The drake Smew still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
The redhead Smew still showing well at Hogganfield Loch.
42 Whooper Swans on Loch Libo, near Neilston.
A male Blackcap continues in a Giffnock garden.
Thursday 16 December
The wintering Green Sandpiper continues at Loudon Pond/Douglas Water Pool.
The drake and redhead Smews still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
The redhead Smew still showing well at Hogganfield Loch.
38 Whooper Swans on Loch Libo, near Neilston.
Friday 17 December
From Great Cumbrae, a Little Egret in Skate Bay.
From Isle of Bute, a minimum of 150 Greenland White-fronted Geese near Ardroscodale and three Great Northern Divers in Ettrick Bay.
At Ardmore, a Long-tailed Duck and ten Pintail, also still a Grey Plover.
The drake Smew still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
The redhead Smew still showing well at Hogganfield Loch.
136 Greenland White-fronted Geese scattered over three fields at Middle Gartocharn Farm, also another 26 at Hillhead Farm, Croftamie.
The wintering Green Sandpiper continues at BAE Systems, Bishopton, also a good count of 300 Redwings.
Still a Greenland White-fronted Goose with Canada Geese at Balgray Reservoir, also still 12 Great Crested Grebes and over 100 Goosanders.
15 Tree Sparrows and nine Yellowhammers visiting an Inchinnan garden.
Two Woodcocks flushed from path edge on Inchcailloch, Loch Lomond.
Seven Woodcocks flushed during a Badger survey along North Calder Water at Carnbroe.
Saturday 18 December
The redhead Smew continues at Hogganfield Loch.
A wintering Green Sandpiper at RSPB Baron's Haugh, also 14 Whooper Swans.
A male Brambling in a Kelvindale, Glasgow garden.
15 Tree Sparrows at the feeders in a Cumbernauld garden.
Sunday 19 December
Clyde Ringing Group reports three Jack Snipe and 45 Snipe at Windlaw Marsh and a single Jack Snipe with 19 Snipe at nearby Cathkin Marsh.
Monday 20 December
A female Long-tailed Duck on Roughrigg Reservoir, near Airdrie.
The redhead Smew still showing well at Hogganfield Loch.
At Ardmore, a Little Egret, a male Long-tailed Duck and four Slavonian Grebes, also the single Grey Plover; nearby, a Greenshank at Cardross Bay.
A female Scaup on Balgray Reservoir, also 92 Goosanders and two Woodcocks over at dusk.
Tuesday 21 December
The two Smews showing well on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A Short-eared Owl being mobbed by two Ravens on Gleniffer Braes at Whittliemuir.
Eight Bramblings at forest edge above Cochno Loch.
15 Tree Sparrows coming to the feeders in a Cumbernauld garden, also 30 Greenfinches.
Five Tree Sparrows coming to seed in garden between Linburn and Millfield, Erskine.
The drake Smew still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
The redhead Smew still showing well at Hogganfield Loch.
42 Whooper Swans on Loch Libo, near Neilston.
A male Blackcap continues in a Giffnock garden.
Thursday 16 December
The wintering Green Sandpiper continues at Loudon Pond/Douglas Water Pool.
The drake and redhead Smews still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
The redhead Smew still showing well at Hogganfield Loch.
38 Whooper Swans on Loch Libo, near Neilston.
Friday 17 December
From Great Cumbrae, a Little Egret in Skate Bay.
From Isle of Bute, a minimum of 150 Greenland White-fronted Geese near Ardroscodale and three Great Northern Divers in Ettrick Bay.
At Ardmore, a Long-tailed Duck and ten Pintail, also still a Grey Plover.
The drake Smew still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
The redhead Smew still showing well at Hogganfield Loch.
136 Greenland White-fronted Geese scattered over three fields at Middle Gartocharn Farm, also another 26 at Hillhead Farm, Croftamie.
The wintering Green Sandpiper continues at BAE Systems, Bishopton, also a good count of 300 Redwings.
Still a Greenland White-fronted Goose with Canada Geese at Balgray Reservoir, also still 12 Great Crested Grebes and over 100 Goosanders.
15 Tree Sparrows and nine Yellowhammers visiting an Inchinnan garden.
Two Woodcocks flushed from path edge on Inchcailloch, Loch Lomond.
Seven Woodcocks flushed during a Badger survey along North Calder Water at Carnbroe.
Saturday 18 December
The redhead Smew continues at Hogganfield Loch.
A wintering Green Sandpiper at RSPB Baron's Haugh, also 14 Whooper Swans.
A male Brambling in a Kelvindale, Glasgow garden.
15 Tree Sparrows at the feeders in a Cumbernauld garden.
Sunday 19 December
Clyde Ringing Group reports three Jack Snipe and 45 Snipe at Windlaw Marsh and a single Jack Snipe with 19 Snipe at nearby Cathkin Marsh.
Monday 20 December
A female Long-tailed Duck on Roughrigg Reservoir, near Airdrie.
The redhead Smew still showing well at Hogganfield Loch.
At Ardmore, a Little Egret, a male Long-tailed Duck and four Slavonian Grebes, also the single Grey Plover; nearby, a Greenshank at Cardross Bay.
A female Scaup on Balgray Reservoir, also 92 Goosanders and two Woodcocks over at dusk.
Tuesday 21 December
The two Smews showing well on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A Short-eared Owl being mobbed by two Ravens on Gleniffer Braes at Whittliemuir.
Eight Bramblings at forest edge above Cochno Loch.
15 Tree Sparrows coming to the feeders in a Cumbernauld garden, also 30 Greenfinches.
Five Tree Sparrows coming to seed in garden between Linburn and Millfield, Erskine.
Goldeneye © John Chapman
Wednesday 22 December
The redhead Smew still on Hogganfield Loch.
The drake Smew still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Now 13 Yellowhammers and eight Tree Sparrows coming to the feeders in an Inchinnan garden.
Three Woodcock at BAE Systems, Bishopton.
Thursday 23 December
Both Smews still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch, also an unconfirmed report of a second redhead there; early evening a redhead Smew on Castle Semple Loch.
Friday 24 December
The wintering adult Ring-billed Gull for its 12th year at least back at Strathclyde Loch.
A Little Egret at its favoured wintering spot at Gruggies Burn mouth, Dumbarton.
A Little Egret continues in West Bay, Great Cumbrae.
Both Smews still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch, also unusually three Red-breasted Mergansers (one male).
The redhead Smew showing well at Hogganfield Loch.
A record 70 Pintail off Parklea, Port Glasgow.
A wintering Green Sandpiper at BAE Systems, Bishopton, also, yesterday, a large flock of 100 Siskins at the Dargavel Burn there.
500 Pink-footed Geese in a field west of Johnston Loch, Gartcosh.
A Merlin flying over the road at Balmore.
Saturday 25 December
A drake Ring-necked Duck has returned to Mugdock Loch.
Both Smews still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Sunday 26 December
A drake Green-winged Teal showing well from the Causeway Hide, RSPB Baron's Haugh, also a Green Sandpiper; later at dusk two Woodcocks flying in.
The adult Ring-billed Gull again at Strathclyde Loch.
Both Smews still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
The redhead Smew continues to show well at Hogganfield Loch.
A Little Egret still in West Bay, Great Cumbrae.
18 Barnacle Geese with 1,600 Pink-footed Geese at Dunsyre.
The wintering Green Sandpiper continues at Loudon Pond/Douglas Water Pool, also a female Merlin north over.
A Red Kite over Gartocharn.
A ringtail Hen Harrier flying towards Barr Loch south early afternoon.
Monday 27 December
The adult Ring-billed Gull again at Strathclyde Loch.
Both Smews still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch; nearby, an unusual record of a Bar-tailed Godwit perched on a pontoon at Castle Semple Loch in the morning.
The redhead Smew continues to show well at Hogganfield Loch, also two Ravens over.
The wintering Green Sandpiper continues at RSPB Baron's Haugh, also a Woodcock flying south over late morning; nearby, a Woodcock in Dalzell Estate.
A male Hen Harrier hunting over Aber Bogs, RSPB Loch Lomond early afternoon.
The female Mandarin Duck back at the bridge over the White Cart Water at Battlefield.
A male Blackcap continues to use the feeders in a Giffnock garden.
Tuesday 28 December
The adult Ring-billed Gull again at Strathclyde Loch early afternoon.
Both Smews still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
The redhead Smew continues to show well at Hogganfield Loch.
The male Long-tailed Duck still at Ardmore, also now two Grey Plovers.
40 Barnacle Geese with Pink-footed Geese opposite Gadloch at Auchinloch is a remarkable local record.
A Short-eared Owl on Fereneze Hills, also two Jack Snipe with 30 Snipe at Harelaw Reservoir, Barrhead, also a Woodcock; nearby, three Woodcocks at Brownside Braes.
The female Mandarin Duck still at the bridge over the White Cart Water at Battlefield.
The redhead Smew still on Hogganfield Loch.
The drake Smew still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Now 13 Yellowhammers and eight Tree Sparrows coming to the feeders in an Inchinnan garden.
Three Woodcock at BAE Systems, Bishopton.
Thursday 23 December
Both Smews still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch, also an unconfirmed report of a second redhead there; early evening a redhead Smew on Castle Semple Loch.
Friday 24 December
The wintering adult Ring-billed Gull for its 12th year at least back at Strathclyde Loch.
A Little Egret at its favoured wintering spot at Gruggies Burn mouth, Dumbarton.
A Little Egret continues in West Bay, Great Cumbrae.
Both Smews still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch, also unusually three Red-breasted Mergansers (one male).
The redhead Smew showing well at Hogganfield Loch.
A record 70 Pintail off Parklea, Port Glasgow.
A wintering Green Sandpiper at BAE Systems, Bishopton, also, yesterday, a large flock of 100 Siskins at the Dargavel Burn there.
500 Pink-footed Geese in a field west of Johnston Loch, Gartcosh.
A Merlin flying over the road at Balmore.
Saturday 25 December
A drake Ring-necked Duck has returned to Mugdock Loch.
Both Smews still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Sunday 26 December
A drake Green-winged Teal showing well from the Causeway Hide, RSPB Baron's Haugh, also a Green Sandpiper; later at dusk two Woodcocks flying in.
The adult Ring-billed Gull again at Strathclyde Loch.
Both Smews still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
The redhead Smew continues to show well at Hogganfield Loch.
A Little Egret still in West Bay, Great Cumbrae.
18 Barnacle Geese with 1,600 Pink-footed Geese at Dunsyre.
The wintering Green Sandpiper continues at Loudon Pond/Douglas Water Pool, also a female Merlin north over.
A Red Kite over Gartocharn.
A ringtail Hen Harrier flying towards Barr Loch south early afternoon.
Monday 27 December
The adult Ring-billed Gull again at Strathclyde Loch.
Both Smews still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch; nearby, an unusual record of a Bar-tailed Godwit perched on a pontoon at Castle Semple Loch in the morning.
The redhead Smew continues to show well at Hogganfield Loch, also two Ravens over.
The wintering Green Sandpiper continues at RSPB Baron's Haugh, also a Woodcock flying south over late morning; nearby, a Woodcock in Dalzell Estate.
A male Hen Harrier hunting over Aber Bogs, RSPB Loch Lomond early afternoon.
The female Mandarin Duck back at the bridge over the White Cart Water at Battlefield.
A male Blackcap continues to use the feeders in a Giffnock garden.
Tuesday 28 December
The adult Ring-billed Gull again at Strathclyde Loch early afternoon.
Both Smews still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
The redhead Smew continues to show well at Hogganfield Loch.
The male Long-tailed Duck still at Ardmore, also now two Grey Plovers.
40 Barnacle Geese with Pink-footed Geese opposite Gadloch at Auchinloch is a remarkable local record.
A Short-eared Owl on Fereneze Hills, also two Jack Snipe with 30 Snipe at Harelaw Reservoir, Barrhead, also a Woodcock; nearby, three Woodcocks at Brownside Braes.
The female Mandarin Duck still at the bridge over the White Cart Water at Battlefield.
Wednesday 29 December
Both Smews still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A Little Egret continues at West Bay, Great Cumbrae.
Five Barnacle Geese with 365 Pink-feet at Red Smiddy Roundabout, Erskine.
Now 21 Yellowhammers feeding on rough grain in an Inchinnan garden, also a female Blackcap.
Nine Gadwall on the small pond at Drumpellier Country Park.
Two Woodcocks flushed at Dalzell Estate; nearby, 17 Whoopers Swans on RSPB Baron's Haugh.
Thursday 30 December
The adult Ring-billed Gull showing well in the afternoon at Strathclyde Loch.
Both Smews still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
The female Smew still on Hogganfield Loch.
On the Isle of Arran. single Little Egrets at Kildonan and Brodick, also two Black-throated Divers in Whiting Bay.
Two Little Egrets by the River Clyde at Lamington.
A Little Egret at Marsh Hide, RSPB Baron's Haugh; across the river a Green Sandpiper at Merryton.
A male Blackcap in a Kelvindale garden.
Friday 31 December
An adult Little Gull in Cardwell Bay, Gourock.
The adult Ring-billed Gull showing well in the afternoon at Strathclyde Loch.
Drake Smew on Castle Semple Loch.
The female Smew still on Hogganfield Loch.
A Little Egret at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
95 Goosanders at dusk at Balgray Reservoir.
Both Smews still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A Little Egret continues at West Bay, Great Cumbrae.
Five Barnacle Geese with 365 Pink-feet at Red Smiddy Roundabout, Erskine.
Now 21 Yellowhammers feeding on rough grain in an Inchinnan garden, also a female Blackcap.
Nine Gadwall on the small pond at Drumpellier Country Park.
Two Woodcocks flushed at Dalzell Estate; nearby, 17 Whoopers Swans on RSPB Baron's Haugh.
Thursday 30 December
The adult Ring-billed Gull showing well in the afternoon at Strathclyde Loch.
Both Smews still on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
The female Smew still on Hogganfield Loch.
On the Isle of Arran. single Little Egrets at Kildonan and Brodick, also two Black-throated Divers in Whiting Bay.
Two Little Egrets by the River Clyde at Lamington.
A Little Egret at Marsh Hide, RSPB Baron's Haugh; across the river a Green Sandpiper at Merryton.
A male Blackcap in a Kelvindale garden.
Friday 31 December
An adult Little Gull in Cardwell Bay, Gourock.
The adult Ring-billed Gull showing well in the afternoon at Strathclyde Loch.
Drake Smew on Castle Semple Loch.
The female Smew still on Hogganfield Loch.
A Little Egret at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
95 Goosanders at dusk at Balgray Reservoir.