Tuesday 1 November 2022
Two Brambling heard and seen at Glebe Farm. Kirk o' Shotts.
32 Whooper Swans over Simshill, Glasgow late afternoon.
Build-up of 30 Goldeneye at Aird Meadow. RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Wednesday 2 November 2022
A drake Ring-necked Duck returning, for its third winter, to Mugdock Loch.
Now 50 Goldeneye on Aird Meadow. RSPB Lochwinnoch, also 20 Goosanders and five Shoveler at the scrape.
Thursday 3 November 2022
A late Osprey over the summit of the String, Isle of Arran.
A Guillemot at Newshot Island.
22 Bar-tailed Godwits at Ballochmartin Bay, Great Cumbrae.
Friday 4 November 2022
The first 12 Greenland White-fronted Geese near Hillhead Farm, Croftamie; later seven in flight over Low Mains.
23 Bar-tailed Godwits and a single Knot at Ballochmartin Bay, Great Cumbrae.
Five Pintail. three Black-tailed Godwits and a Rock Pipit at Longhaugh Point; on the north side two Little Egrets between Milton Island and Dumbarton.
Two female Pintail at Balgray Reservoir, also an outstanding 70 Stock Doves.
Saturday 5 November 2022
Three Green Sandpipers at Carbarns Pool with large numbers of wildfowl, also in the area 28 Tree Sparrows, 26 Stock Doves and 61 Collared Doves.
A Jack Snipe accidently flushed at Gadloch, also 29 Whooper Swans on the water.
Sunday 6 November 2022
A redhead Smew again in Ardmore North Bay, also a Grey Plover.
Up to four Green Sandpipers in the Carbarns area, also now 36 Tree Sparrows at Upper Carbarns.
A single Barnacle Goose with 69 Canada Geese at Douglas Muir Quarry, Milngavie.
A female/immature Pintail on Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A good count of 12 Collared Doves in a Lochwinnoch garden.
Monday 7 November 2022
A drake Green-winged Teal on the scrape at RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A female Merlin chasing Snipe at Town of Inchinnan Farm.
Two Brambling heard and seen at Glebe Farm. Kirk o' Shotts.
32 Whooper Swans over Simshill, Glasgow late afternoon.
Build-up of 30 Goldeneye at Aird Meadow. RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Wednesday 2 November 2022
A drake Ring-necked Duck returning, for its third winter, to Mugdock Loch.
Now 50 Goldeneye on Aird Meadow. RSPB Lochwinnoch, also 20 Goosanders and five Shoveler at the scrape.
Thursday 3 November 2022
A late Osprey over the summit of the String, Isle of Arran.
A Guillemot at Newshot Island.
22 Bar-tailed Godwits at Ballochmartin Bay, Great Cumbrae.
Friday 4 November 2022
The first 12 Greenland White-fronted Geese near Hillhead Farm, Croftamie; later seven in flight over Low Mains.
23 Bar-tailed Godwits and a single Knot at Ballochmartin Bay, Great Cumbrae.
Five Pintail. three Black-tailed Godwits and a Rock Pipit at Longhaugh Point; on the north side two Little Egrets between Milton Island and Dumbarton.
Two female Pintail at Balgray Reservoir, also an outstanding 70 Stock Doves.
Saturday 5 November 2022
Three Green Sandpipers at Carbarns Pool with large numbers of wildfowl, also in the area 28 Tree Sparrows, 26 Stock Doves and 61 Collared Doves.
A Jack Snipe accidently flushed at Gadloch, also 29 Whooper Swans on the water.
Sunday 6 November 2022
A redhead Smew again in Ardmore North Bay, also a Grey Plover.
Up to four Green Sandpipers in the Carbarns area, also now 36 Tree Sparrows at Upper Carbarns.
A single Barnacle Goose with 69 Canada Geese at Douglas Muir Quarry, Milngavie.
A female/immature Pintail on Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A good count of 12 Collared Doves in a Lochwinnoch garden.
Monday 7 November 2022
A drake Green-winged Teal on the scrape at RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A female Merlin chasing Snipe at Town of Inchinnan Farm.
Tuesday 8 November 2022
A 2nd-winter Mediterranean Gull just east of Howwood in field between Corseford School and St Vincent's Hospice; nearby, a Common Sandpiper on the scrape at RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Four Knot and 13 Bar-tailed Godwits in Kilchattan Bay, Isle of Bute.
Wednesday 9 November 2022
Two Scaup off Ross Park, west Loch Lomond.
Thursday 10 November 2022
A Russian/Eurasian White-fronted Geese again with 2,640 Pink-footed Geese below Westraw Mains, Pettinain.
A Brambling with Chaffinches at West Tandlemuir Farm. Lochwinnoch; nearby, at least 70 Goldeneye at roost on Castle Semple Loch.
A Woodcock at BAE Systems, Bishopton.
Friday 11 November 2022
Two Barnacle Geese with Pink-footed Geese at Hillhead Farm, Croftamie, but no sign of Greenland White-fronted Geese.
Saturday 12 November 2022
The returning drake Ring-necked Duck on Bingham's Pond, Glasgow.
An adult Mediterranean Gull at Strathclyde Loch is thought to be returning bird ringed in Belgium 20 years ago, also an Otter; nearby up to six flighty Ring-necked Parakeets at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
Five Greenland White-fronted Geese at Wards Pond, RSPB Loch Lomond, also eleven Whooper Swans.
An outstanding 1,000 Golden Plovers and 700 Lapwing at Drumalbin Farm, Carmichael; nearby 59 Whooper Swans and a good count of 22 Stock Doves feeding on stubble in the Pettinain area, also three feral Swan Geese with Pink-feet and Greylag there.
Three Barnacle Geese with Canadas at East Kerse, Lochwinnoch.
Sunday 13 November 2022
The returning drake Ring-necked Duck still on Bingham's Pond, Glasgow.
Clyde Estuary WeBS included, a late Arctic Tern off Garelochhead and a Slavonian Grebe at Rosneath Point: from Ardmore, seven Little Egrets, four Slavonian Grebes and two Scaup; from the south side, a female Common Scoter off Parklea and six Greenshanks at Finlaystone Point.
A Greenshank, 26 Bar-tailed Godwits and eight Knot at Skate Point, Great Cumbrae.
26 Whooper Swans (including one with orange ring XLJ) on Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Two Common Crossbills at Muirshiel Country Park.
A female Blackcap at Greenhead Moss.
Monday 14 November 2022
A female Long-tailed Duck, four Little Egrets, four Slavonian Grebes and 27 Bar-tailed Godwits at Ardmore; nearby, a Little Egret at Cardross.
Yesterday's colour-ringed Whooper Swan on Barr Loch has already returned this morning to its wintering grounds at Caerlaverock where it was ringed in February 2018.
A 2nd-winter Mediterranean Gull just east of Howwood in field between Corseford School and St Vincent's Hospice; nearby, a Common Sandpiper on the scrape at RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Four Knot and 13 Bar-tailed Godwits in Kilchattan Bay, Isle of Bute.
Wednesday 9 November 2022
Two Scaup off Ross Park, west Loch Lomond.
Thursday 10 November 2022
A Russian/Eurasian White-fronted Geese again with 2,640 Pink-footed Geese below Westraw Mains, Pettinain.
A Brambling with Chaffinches at West Tandlemuir Farm. Lochwinnoch; nearby, at least 70 Goldeneye at roost on Castle Semple Loch.
A Woodcock at BAE Systems, Bishopton.
Friday 11 November 2022
Two Barnacle Geese with Pink-footed Geese at Hillhead Farm, Croftamie, but no sign of Greenland White-fronted Geese.
Saturday 12 November 2022
The returning drake Ring-necked Duck on Bingham's Pond, Glasgow.
An adult Mediterranean Gull at Strathclyde Loch is thought to be returning bird ringed in Belgium 20 years ago, also an Otter; nearby up to six flighty Ring-necked Parakeets at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
Five Greenland White-fronted Geese at Wards Pond, RSPB Loch Lomond, also eleven Whooper Swans.
An outstanding 1,000 Golden Plovers and 700 Lapwing at Drumalbin Farm, Carmichael; nearby 59 Whooper Swans and a good count of 22 Stock Doves feeding on stubble in the Pettinain area, also three feral Swan Geese with Pink-feet and Greylag there.
Three Barnacle Geese with Canadas at East Kerse, Lochwinnoch.
Sunday 13 November 2022
The returning drake Ring-necked Duck still on Bingham's Pond, Glasgow.
Clyde Estuary WeBS included, a late Arctic Tern off Garelochhead and a Slavonian Grebe at Rosneath Point: from Ardmore, seven Little Egrets, four Slavonian Grebes and two Scaup; from the south side, a female Common Scoter off Parklea and six Greenshanks at Finlaystone Point.
A Greenshank, 26 Bar-tailed Godwits and eight Knot at Skate Point, Great Cumbrae.
26 Whooper Swans (including one with orange ring XLJ) on Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Two Common Crossbills at Muirshiel Country Park.
A female Blackcap at Greenhead Moss.
Monday 14 November 2022
A female Long-tailed Duck, four Little Egrets, four Slavonian Grebes and 27 Bar-tailed Godwits at Ardmore; nearby, a Little Egret at Cardross.
Yesterday's colour-ringed Whooper Swan on Barr Loch has already returned this morning to its wintering grounds at Caerlaverock where it was ringed in February 2018.
Tuesday 15 November 2022
Good numbers of wildfowl on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch including 56 Mute Swans and 67 Snipe.
Wednesday 16 November 2022
At least 120 Greenland White-fronted Geese at Gartfairn.
Eleven Ring-necked Parakeets at Millichen Steadings.
A single Brambling over Glebe Farm, Kirk o' Shotts.
Still excellent numbers of wildfowl at RSPB Lochwinnoch, both Barr Loch and Aird Meadow.
Thursday 17 November 2022
A Great White Egret briefly at the scrape at RSPB Lochwinnoch.
20 Whooper Swans back on Loch Libo, Uplawmoor.
350 Canada Geese on Balgray Reservoir.
Friday 18 November 2022
Two Little Egrets in Ettrick Bay, Isle of Bute.
32 Bar-tailed Godwits and seven Knot in Ballochmartin Bay, Great Cumbrae.
A Woodcock flushed at Blacklaw Marsh, near Carstairs.
A Woodcock feeding in a Shandon garden.
A male Blackcap back to a Giffnock garden.
Saturday 19 November 2022
The drake Ring-necked Duck now on Victoria Park Pond, Glasgow, also a male Blackcap in the park.
A White-tailed Eagle on Aber Isle, Loch Lomond, before flying off north, also 80 Greenland White-fronted Geese at Ring Point, RSPB Loch Lomond.
Three Bramblings at Muirshiel Country Park.
Sunday 20 November 2022
The drake Ring-necked Duck still on Victoria Park Pond, Glasgow.
A female Scaup on Ryat Linn Reservoir; on nearby Balgray Reservoir, a good autumn flock of 76 Goosanders and unusually eight adult Shelducks.
51 Kittiwakes flying high upstream past Port Glasgow.
A Green Sandpiper at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
A male Hen Harrier at Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A ringtail Hen Harrier at Whittliemuir.
Monday 21 November 2022
Three Barnacle Geese separate from a mixed flock of approx 300 geese at East Kerse Farm, Lochwinnoch.
Good numbers of wildfowl on Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch including 56 Mute Swans and 67 Snipe.
Wednesday 16 November 2022
At least 120 Greenland White-fronted Geese at Gartfairn.
Eleven Ring-necked Parakeets at Millichen Steadings.
A single Brambling over Glebe Farm, Kirk o' Shotts.
Still excellent numbers of wildfowl at RSPB Lochwinnoch, both Barr Loch and Aird Meadow.
Thursday 17 November 2022
A Great White Egret briefly at the scrape at RSPB Lochwinnoch.
20 Whooper Swans back on Loch Libo, Uplawmoor.
350 Canada Geese on Balgray Reservoir.
Friday 18 November 2022
Two Little Egrets in Ettrick Bay, Isle of Bute.
32 Bar-tailed Godwits and seven Knot in Ballochmartin Bay, Great Cumbrae.
A Woodcock flushed at Blacklaw Marsh, near Carstairs.
A Woodcock feeding in a Shandon garden.
A male Blackcap back to a Giffnock garden.
Saturday 19 November 2022
The drake Ring-necked Duck now on Victoria Park Pond, Glasgow, also a male Blackcap in the park.
A White-tailed Eagle on Aber Isle, Loch Lomond, before flying off north, also 80 Greenland White-fronted Geese at Ring Point, RSPB Loch Lomond.
Three Bramblings at Muirshiel Country Park.
Sunday 20 November 2022
The drake Ring-necked Duck still on Victoria Park Pond, Glasgow.
A female Scaup on Ryat Linn Reservoir; on nearby Balgray Reservoir, a good autumn flock of 76 Goosanders and unusually eight adult Shelducks.
51 Kittiwakes flying high upstream past Port Glasgow.
A Green Sandpiper at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
A male Hen Harrier at Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A ringtail Hen Harrier at Whittliemuir.
Monday 21 November 2022
Three Barnacle Geese separate from a mixed flock of approx 300 geese at East Kerse Farm, Lochwinnoch.
Tuesday 22 November 2022
Six Purple Sandpipers still in Dunagoil Bay, Isle of Bute, also a Great Northern Diver off shore.
A Grey Plover in White Bay, Great Cumbrae.
A Jack Snipe at Ardmore North Bay saltmarsh.
An unusual winter record of a Redshank on RSPB Lochwinnoch scrape.
Wednesday 23 November 2022
From Great Cumbrae, seven Purple Sandpipers and 61 Bar-tailed Godwits at high tide roost at Skate Point, also 12 Razorbills close inshore off White Bay.
Two male Blackcaps in a Netherlee garden.
Several Brambling in a mixed finch flock at Blackwood Estate, near Lanark.
Thursday 24 November 2022
An immature Black-throated Diver on Glanderston Dam, near Barrhead.
An unconfirmed report on social media of an American Wigeon flying on to Balmore Pool; nearby, a male Blackcap in Kilmardinny Wood, Bearsden.
Six male Black Grouse at Stockie Muir lek.
A male Blackcap in a Netherlee garden.
Friday 25 November 2022
A Green Sandpiper and a Chiffchaff at BAE Systems, Bishopton; yesterday six Woodcock.
Now four Bramblings with Chaffinches near the Muirshiel Country Park Visitor Centre.
A male Blackcap in a Bearsden garden.
Saturday 26 November 2022
A drake Green-winged Teal on Waterlands Pool, Law (NS8352). Please view from gate and do not enter field.
A 1cy Kittiwake on Carbarns Pool in the morning and a Green Sandpiper there on the afternoon, also 12 Tree Sparrows nearby.
13 Barnacle Geese with Pink-footed Geese at The Meetings area near Carstairs.
A late Swallow over Uddingston in the morning.
A male Blackcap still in a Netherlee garden.
Sunday 27 November 2022
21 Barnacle Geese with 3,000 Pink-footed Geese at The Meetings area, viewed from Carnwath side.
Up to two Green Sandpipers in the Carbarns/RSPB Baron's Haugh area.
Six Bar-tailed Godwits in Ettrick Bay, Isle of Bute.
An Otter in the White Cart Water at the Pollokshaws entrance to Pollok Country Park.
Monday 28 November 2022
From Great Cumbrae, 41 Bar-tailed Godwits, seven Purple Sandpipers and eleven Knot at Skate Point; also, 74 Razorbill and 31 Guillemots off Keppel Pier.
From Isle of Bute, a Little Egret at Ettrick Bay, 80 Golden Plover on St Ninian’s saltmarsh, also a Great Northern Diver far off St Ninian's Point.
A remarkable 100 Stock Doves at Balgray Reservoir, also good numbers of wildfowl.
Six Purple Sandpipers still in Dunagoil Bay, Isle of Bute, also a Great Northern Diver off shore.
A Grey Plover in White Bay, Great Cumbrae.
A Jack Snipe at Ardmore North Bay saltmarsh.
An unusual winter record of a Redshank on RSPB Lochwinnoch scrape.
Wednesday 23 November 2022
From Great Cumbrae, seven Purple Sandpipers and 61 Bar-tailed Godwits at high tide roost at Skate Point, also 12 Razorbills close inshore off White Bay.
Two male Blackcaps in a Netherlee garden.
Several Brambling in a mixed finch flock at Blackwood Estate, near Lanark.
Thursday 24 November 2022
An immature Black-throated Diver on Glanderston Dam, near Barrhead.
An unconfirmed report on social media of an American Wigeon flying on to Balmore Pool; nearby, a male Blackcap in Kilmardinny Wood, Bearsden.
Six male Black Grouse at Stockie Muir lek.
A male Blackcap in a Netherlee garden.
Friday 25 November 2022
A Green Sandpiper and a Chiffchaff at BAE Systems, Bishopton; yesterday six Woodcock.
Now four Bramblings with Chaffinches near the Muirshiel Country Park Visitor Centre.
A male Blackcap in a Bearsden garden.
Saturday 26 November 2022
A drake Green-winged Teal on Waterlands Pool, Law (NS8352). Please view from gate and do not enter field.
A 1cy Kittiwake on Carbarns Pool in the morning and a Green Sandpiper there on the afternoon, also 12 Tree Sparrows nearby.
13 Barnacle Geese with Pink-footed Geese at The Meetings area near Carstairs.
A late Swallow over Uddingston in the morning.
A male Blackcap still in a Netherlee garden.
Sunday 27 November 2022
21 Barnacle Geese with 3,000 Pink-footed Geese at The Meetings area, viewed from Carnwath side.
Up to two Green Sandpipers in the Carbarns/RSPB Baron's Haugh area.
Six Bar-tailed Godwits in Ettrick Bay, Isle of Bute.
An Otter in the White Cart Water at the Pollokshaws entrance to Pollok Country Park.
Monday 28 November 2022
From Great Cumbrae, 41 Bar-tailed Godwits, seven Purple Sandpipers and eleven Knot at Skate Point; also, 74 Razorbill and 31 Guillemots off Keppel Pier.
From Isle of Bute, a Little Egret at Ettrick Bay, 80 Golden Plover on St Ninian’s saltmarsh, also a Great Northern Diver far off St Ninian's Point.
A remarkable 100 Stock Doves at Balgray Reservoir, also good numbers of wildfowl.
Tuesday 29 November 2022
A female Pintail on Roughrigg Reservoir, Airdrie, also an unseasonal Ringed Plover.
Now 10+ Bramblings with Chaffinches at Muirshiel Country Park, also nine Common Crossbills.
A Chiffchaff at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
Wednesday 30 November 2022
A redhead Smew on Hogganfield Loch.
The drake Ring-necked Duck again on Victoria Park Pond.
From Great Cumbrae, records included a Greenshank at Little Skate Bay, 16 Knot at Skate Point, 23 Kittiwakes feeding off Keppel Pier and a total count around the island of 67 Razorbills.
At RSPB Lochwinnoch, at least 500 wildfowl on Barr Loch, including 107 Tufted Ducks and 52 Goldeneye.
A female Pintail on Roughrigg Reservoir, Airdrie, also an unseasonal Ringed Plover.
Now 10+ Bramblings with Chaffinches at Muirshiel Country Park, also nine Common Crossbills.
A Chiffchaff at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
Wednesday 30 November 2022
A redhead Smew on Hogganfield Loch.
The drake Ring-necked Duck again on Victoria Park Pond.
From Great Cumbrae, records included a Greenshank at Little Skate Bay, 16 Knot at Skate Point, 23 Kittiwakes feeding off Keppel Pier and a total count around the island of 67 Razorbills.
At RSPB Lochwinnoch, at least 500 wildfowl on Barr Loch, including 107 Tufted Ducks and 52 Goldeneye.