Friday 1 November 2024
At Ardmore Point, five Little Egrets in the north bay, five Slavonian Grebes, nine Red-throated Divers and a Great Northern Diver.
12 Greenshanks at Auchendores Reservoir, Kilmacolm.
20 Crossbills near Loch Thom.
Saturday 2 November 2024
A drake Ring-necked Duck on the Barr Loch.
Four Twite over Newshot Island.
A Merlin near Dunsyre, South Lanarkshire.
A Great White Egret over Aird Meadow at RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A Great White Egret in the Clyde downstream from Hyndford Bridge, Lanark
A Great White Egret, three Green Sandpipers and a Little Egret at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
Two Little Egrets in Ardmore North Bay and three Little Egrets at Ardoch.
A Woodcock over Millfield Hill, Erskine.
A report of a Ring Ouzel at Arrochar on RBA.
Sunday 3 November 2024
A drake Green-winged Teal on Balmore Pool; nearby, up to two "Siberian" Chiffchaffs amongst six Chiffchaffs/
A female Scaup on Castle Semple Loch in the morning, later on the Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch, and male Hen Harrier over Aird Meadow in the morning
A Great White Egret, three Green Sandpipers and a Little Egret still at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
Seven Little Egrets in Ardmore North Bay, also Slavonian Grebes and Red-throated Divers offshore with the Peregrine on its usual perch; nearby 50 Pintail at Ardoch.
52 Golden Plovers at Loch Thom.
Monday 4 November 2024
A drake Green-winged Teal still on Balmore Pool.
From the Isle of Bute, a Great Northern Diver in Stravanan Bay and three Purple Sandpipers in Dunagoil Bay.
A Little Egret at Strathclyde Loch in the evening.
Two Green Sandpipers and a Little Egret still at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
Unusually two Grey Plovers at Longhaugh Point field pools, at least 37 Black-tailed Godwits and six Little Egrets in the area, also a flock of 65 Siskins.
Three Mandarin Ducks (two drakes) at Balloch.
Still good numbers of wildfowl at RSPB Lochwinnoch.
200 Redwings flying over Loch Ardinning.
Tuesday 5 November 2024
A Great White Egret still at Wards Pond, RSPB Loch Lomond.
A Scaup on Gartloch Pool, also 17 Whooper Swans.
A Scaup still on Heritage Loch, East Kilbride.
Wednesday 6 November 2024
An adult Kittiwake at Strathclyde Loch.
Three Little Egrets at West Ferry.
A female Merlin on a pylon north of Balmore Pool.
13 Whooper Swans on Woodend Loch, Coatbridge.
A Tree Sparrow back in a Bishopbriggs garden after a six weeks' absence.
Thursday 7 November 2024
An adult Yellow-legged Gull again at Balgray Reservoir.
Two Great White Egrets Great White Egrets at Ring Point, RSPB Loch Lomond.
A "Siberian" Chiffchaff seen and heard by the Allander Walkway, Milngavie
Four Scaup (one drake) on Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
15 Greenshank on their alternative high tide roost from Finlaystone Point at Auchendores Reservoir, Kilmacolm, also four Redshank.
The female Wood Duck continues on the White Cart in Auldhouse Park, Glasgow.
An Otter with two cubs on Allander Water, Milngavie town centre.
At Ardmore Point, five Little Egrets in the north bay, five Slavonian Grebes, nine Red-throated Divers and a Great Northern Diver.
12 Greenshanks at Auchendores Reservoir, Kilmacolm.
20 Crossbills near Loch Thom.
Saturday 2 November 2024
A drake Ring-necked Duck on the Barr Loch.
Four Twite over Newshot Island.
A Merlin near Dunsyre, South Lanarkshire.
A Great White Egret over Aird Meadow at RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A Great White Egret in the Clyde downstream from Hyndford Bridge, Lanark
A Great White Egret, three Green Sandpipers and a Little Egret at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
Two Little Egrets in Ardmore North Bay and three Little Egrets at Ardoch.
A Woodcock over Millfield Hill, Erskine.
A report of a Ring Ouzel at Arrochar on RBA.
Sunday 3 November 2024
A drake Green-winged Teal on Balmore Pool; nearby, up to two "Siberian" Chiffchaffs amongst six Chiffchaffs/
A female Scaup on Castle Semple Loch in the morning, later on the Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch, and male Hen Harrier over Aird Meadow in the morning
A Great White Egret, three Green Sandpipers and a Little Egret still at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
Seven Little Egrets in Ardmore North Bay, also Slavonian Grebes and Red-throated Divers offshore with the Peregrine on its usual perch; nearby 50 Pintail at Ardoch.
52 Golden Plovers at Loch Thom.
Monday 4 November 2024
A drake Green-winged Teal still on Balmore Pool.
From the Isle of Bute, a Great Northern Diver in Stravanan Bay and three Purple Sandpipers in Dunagoil Bay.
A Little Egret at Strathclyde Loch in the evening.
Two Green Sandpipers and a Little Egret still at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
Unusually two Grey Plovers at Longhaugh Point field pools, at least 37 Black-tailed Godwits and six Little Egrets in the area, also a flock of 65 Siskins.
Three Mandarin Ducks (two drakes) at Balloch.
Still good numbers of wildfowl at RSPB Lochwinnoch.
200 Redwings flying over Loch Ardinning.
Tuesday 5 November 2024
A Great White Egret still at Wards Pond, RSPB Loch Lomond.
A Scaup on Gartloch Pool, also 17 Whooper Swans.
A Scaup still on Heritage Loch, East Kilbride.
Wednesday 6 November 2024
An adult Kittiwake at Strathclyde Loch.
Three Little Egrets at West Ferry.
A female Merlin on a pylon north of Balmore Pool.
13 Whooper Swans on Woodend Loch, Coatbridge.
A Tree Sparrow back in a Bishopbriggs garden after a six weeks' absence.
Thursday 7 November 2024
An adult Yellow-legged Gull again at Balgray Reservoir.
Two Great White Egrets Great White Egrets at Ring Point, RSPB Loch Lomond.
A "Siberian" Chiffchaff seen and heard by the Allander Walkway, Milngavie
Four Scaup (one drake) on Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
15 Greenshank on their alternative high tide roost from Finlaystone Point at Auchendores Reservoir, Kilmacolm, also four Redshank.
The female Wood Duck continues on the White Cart in Auldhouse Park, Glasgow.
An Otter with two cubs on Allander Water, Milngavie town centre.
Sparrowhawk © John Agnew
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Yellowhammer © John Chapman
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Friday 8 November 2024
Two Yellow-legged Gulls (an adult and 2nd-winter) at Newshot Island gull roost.
A Common Scoter on Castle Semple Loch at dusk.
A 1st-winter Mediterranean Gull at the Hyndford Quarry, Lanark gull roost.
Two Great White Egrets and a record four Little Egrets together at RSPB Baron's Haugh, also a Black-tailed Godwit and a Green Sandpiper.
At RSPB Loch Lomond, a Great White Egret, 26 Greenland White-fronted Geese and a Red Kite.
A Great White Egret at Lilly Loch, Airdrie.
Five Tree Sparrows back at the feeders in an Inchinnan garden.
The female Wood Duck continues on the White Cart in Auldhouse Park, Glasgow.
Saturday 9 November 2024
A Yellow-legged Gull at the pre-roost at Balgray Reservoir.
A Common Scoter again on Castle Semple Loch in the morning, later, on Barr Loch RSPB Lochwinnoch, also a Bar-tailed Godwit briefly over.
An adult Mediterranean Gull, four Little Egrets and eleven Black-tailed Godwits at Longhaugh Point, also a pair of Shoveler.
A Great White Egret and two Little Egrets at RSPB Baron's Haugh, also two Green Sandpipers and 14 Whooper Swans.
A Great White Egret at Crom Mhin, Loch Lomond NNR.
A Greenshank at White Bay, Great Cumbrae,
A drake Shoveler at Port na Lochan, Isle of Arran is the first record for the island since May 2015.
Unusually three Shoveler at South Medwin Pools, Dunsyre.
The female Wood Duck continues on the White Cart in Auldhouse Park, Glasgow.
Sunday 10 November 2024
Three Mediterranean Gulls (two adults and a 1st-winter) and a juvenile Kittiwake at Strathclyde Loch.
Two Little Egrets at RSPB Baron's Haugh, also a Green Sandpiper and two Pintail.
At least 116 Pintail between Ardoch and Havoc, Dumbarton.
A Peregrine over Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Monday 11 November 2024
A Great White Egret at Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch, also, at least 1102 wildfowl across the reserve, including 431 Wigeon, 217 Tufted Ducks and 44 Goldeneye.
A Black-throated Diver in Millport Bay, Great Cumbrae.
A female Scaup on Ryat Linn Reservoir; nearby, seven Jack Snipe flushed at Balgray Reservoir.
Two Grey Plovers in Ardmore North Bay.
A Twite at Balmore.
14 Crossbills at Douglas Estate East Pond.
Tuesday 12 November 2024
A Great White Egret still at Crom Mhin, Loch Lomond NNR.
A Grey Plover calling over a Kilmacolm garden.
Wednesday 13 November 2024
A Great White Egret still at Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A Lesser Whitethroat in hedge at Brock Burn at Balgray Reservoir.
Thursday 14 November 2024
A colour-ringed Little Egret in West Bay, Great Cumbrae.
A Lesser Whitethroat still in the hedge at Brock Burn at Balgray Reservoir, though mobile.
Five Little Egrets in Cardross Bay.
A ringtail Hen Harrier hunting near Carbeth.
A "Siberian" Chiffchaff by Allander Walkway again.
Three Otters in Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Two Yellow-legged Gulls (an adult and 2nd-winter) at Newshot Island gull roost.
A Common Scoter on Castle Semple Loch at dusk.
A 1st-winter Mediterranean Gull at the Hyndford Quarry, Lanark gull roost.
Two Great White Egrets and a record four Little Egrets together at RSPB Baron's Haugh, also a Black-tailed Godwit and a Green Sandpiper.
At RSPB Loch Lomond, a Great White Egret, 26 Greenland White-fronted Geese and a Red Kite.
A Great White Egret at Lilly Loch, Airdrie.
Five Tree Sparrows back at the feeders in an Inchinnan garden.
The female Wood Duck continues on the White Cart in Auldhouse Park, Glasgow.
Saturday 9 November 2024
A Yellow-legged Gull at the pre-roost at Balgray Reservoir.
A Common Scoter again on Castle Semple Loch in the morning, later, on Barr Loch RSPB Lochwinnoch, also a Bar-tailed Godwit briefly over.
An adult Mediterranean Gull, four Little Egrets and eleven Black-tailed Godwits at Longhaugh Point, also a pair of Shoveler.
A Great White Egret and two Little Egrets at RSPB Baron's Haugh, also two Green Sandpipers and 14 Whooper Swans.
A Great White Egret at Crom Mhin, Loch Lomond NNR.
A Greenshank at White Bay, Great Cumbrae,
A drake Shoveler at Port na Lochan, Isle of Arran is the first record for the island since May 2015.
Unusually three Shoveler at South Medwin Pools, Dunsyre.
The female Wood Duck continues on the White Cart in Auldhouse Park, Glasgow.
Sunday 10 November 2024
Three Mediterranean Gulls (two adults and a 1st-winter) and a juvenile Kittiwake at Strathclyde Loch.
Two Little Egrets at RSPB Baron's Haugh, also a Green Sandpiper and two Pintail.
At least 116 Pintail between Ardoch and Havoc, Dumbarton.
A Peregrine over Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Monday 11 November 2024
A Great White Egret at Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch, also, at least 1102 wildfowl across the reserve, including 431 Wigeon, 217 Tufted Ducks and 44 Goldeneye.
A Black-throated Diver in Millport Bay, Great Cumbrae.
A female Scaup on Ryat Linn Reservoir; nearby, seven Jack Snipe flushed at Balgray Reservoir.
Two Grey Plovers in Ardmore North Bay.
A Twite at Balmore.
14 Crossbills at Douglas Estate East Pond.
Tuesday 12 November 2024
A Great White Egret still at Crom Mhin, Loch Lomond NNR.
A Grey Plover calling over a Kilmacolm garden.
Wednesday 13 November 2024
A Great White Egret still at Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A Lesser Whitethroat in hedge at Brock Burn at Balgray Reservoir.
Thursday 14 November 2024
A colour-ringed Little Egret in West Bay, Great Cumbrae.
A Lesser Whitethroat still in the hedge at Brock Burn at Balgray Reservoir, though mobile.
Five Little Egrets in Cardross Bay.
A ringtail Hen Harrier hunting near Carbeth.
A "Siberian" Chiffchaff by Allander Walkway again.
Three Otters in Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Greenshanks © Alex Ash
Friday 15 November 2024
A ringed adult Mediterranean Gull on Strathclyde Loch.
A Great White Egret still at Wards Pond, RSPB Loch Lomond.
A Little Egret and a Green Sandpiper at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
80 Golden Plovers at South Medwin Pools, Dunsyre, also three Barnacle Geese with Pink-footed Geese.
48 Whooper Swans on Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
12 Ring-necked Parakeets at Millichen; nearby, a Dunlin on Buchley Pool.
Saturday 16 November 2024
A Lesser Whitethroat again with a mobile tit flock at the Brock Burn end of Balgray Reservoir.
The adult Mediterranean Gull ringed in Antwerp, Belgium in 2002 still on Strathclyde Loch, also a possible 1CY Yellow-legged Gull.
A Little Egret and two Green Sandpipers at RSPB Baron's Haugh, also at least 100 Snipe.
The colour-ringed Little Egret in west Bay, Great Cumbrae.
Two Tree Sparrows in a Milngavie garden are observer's first record there.
Sunday 17 November 2024
A Great White Egret back on Kirk Dam, Isle of Bute.
The adult Mediterranean Gull ringed in Antwerp, Belgium in 2002 still on Strathclyde Loch.
A Common Scoter off Parklea and five Pintails at Finlaystone Point.
A Great Northern Diver off Ardmore.
A Scaup amongst 1,593 wildfowl at RSPB Lochwinnoch, including 45 Whooper Swans, 17 Shovelers and 564 Wigeon; nearby, in fields south end of Barr Loch, amongst the 285 Greylags, a Snow Goose.
A Jack Snipe at Newshot Island.
A Little Egret continues at RSPB Baron's Haugh, also 14 Whooper Swans.
42 Goosanders on Balgray Reservoir.
Monday 18 November 2024
A Snow Goose with Greylag Geese at south end of Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch, also a Great White Egret.
A Great White Egret at Crom Mhin, Loch Lomond NNR.
A Great White Egret over RSPB Baron's Haugh, also a Peregrine hunting duck unsuccessfully.
The adult Mediterranean Gull ringed in Antwerp, Belgium in 2002 still on Strathclyde Loch.
From the Isle of Bute, a Great Northern Diver and three Red-throated Divers in Ettrick Bay and a pair of Gadwall on Greenan Loch.
Tuesday 19 November 2024
A Snow Bunting and 24 Twite in West Bay, Great Cumbrae.
A Snow Goose still with Greylag Geese at south end of Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
56 Greenland White-fronted Geese at Meikle Finnery, Gartocharn.
A Great White Egret in flight at Strathclyde Loch.
Two drake Mandarin Ducks at Balloch.
A wintering male Blackcap at feeders in a Hamilton garden (all records of wintering Blackcaps welcome).
Wednesday 20 November 2024
A Snow Goose still with Greylag Geese at south end of Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch, also 50 Whooper Swans on Barr Loch.
Ten Crossbills at Muirshiel Country Park.
A wintering female Blackcap at feeders in an Inchinnan garden (all records of wintering Blackcaps welcome).
Thursday 21 November 2024
A Great White Egret in flight at south end of Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A female Common Scoter off Parklea, Port Glasgow.
A Grey Plover at Longhaugh Point field pools, also 1,300 Pink-footed Geese in the area.
Five Woodcock and a Green Sandpiper at BAE Systems, Bishopton.
A ringed adult Mediterranean Gull on Strathclyde Loch.
A Great White Egret still at Wards Pond, RSPB Loch Lomond.
A Little Egret and a Green Sandpiper at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
80 Golden Plovers at South Medwin Pools, Dunsyre, also three Barnacle Geese with Pink-footed Geese.
48 Whooper Swans on Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
12 Ring-necked Parakeets at Millichen; nearby, a Dunlin on Buchley Pool.
Saturday 16 November 2024
A Lesser Whitethroat again with a mobile tit flock at the Brock Burn end of Balgray Reservoir.
The adult Mediterranean Gull ringed in Antwerp, Belgium in 2002 still on Strathclyde Loch, also a possible 1CY Yellow-legged Gull.
A Little Egret and two Green Sandpipers at RSPB Baron's Haugh, also at least 100 Snipe.
The colour-ringed Little Egret in west Bay, Great Cumbrae.
Two Tree Sparrows in a Milngavie garden are observer's first record there.
Sunday 17 November 2024
A Great White Egret back on Kirk Dam, Isle of Bute.
The adult Mediterranean Gull ringed in Antwerp, Belgium in 2002 still on Strathclyde Loch.
A Common Scoter off Parklea and five Pintails at Finlaystone Point.
A Great Northern Diver off Ardmore.
A Scaup amongst 1,593 wildfowl at RSPB Lochwinnoch, including 45 Whooper Swans, 17 Shovelers and 564 Wigeon; nearby, in fields south end of Barr Loch, amongst the 285 Greylags, a Snow Goose.
A Jack Snipe at Newshot Island.
A Little Egret continues at RSPB Baron's Haugh, also 14 Whooper Swans.
42 Goosanders on Balgray Reservoir.
Monday 18 November 2024
A Snow Goose with Greylag Geese at south end of Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch, also a Great White Egret.
A Great White Egret at Crom Mhin, Loch Lomond NNR.
A Great White Egret over RSPB Baron's Haugh, also a Peregrine hunting duck unsuccessfully.
The adult Mediterranean Gull ringed in Antwerp, Belgium in 2002 still on Strathclyde Loch.
From the Isle of Bute, a Great Northern Diver and three Red-throated Divers in Ettrick Bay and a pair of Gadwall on Greenan Loch.
Tuesday 19 November 2024
A Snow Bunting and 24 Twite in West Bay, Great Cumbrae.
A Snow Goose still with Greylag Geese at south end of Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
56 Greenland White-fronted Geese at Meikle Finnery, Gartocharn.
A Great White Egret in flight at Strathclyde Loch.
Two drake Mandarin Ducks at Balloch.
A wintering male Blackcap at feeders in a Hamilton garden (all records of wintering Blackcaps welcome).
Wednesday 20 November 2024
A Snow Goose still with Greylag Geese at south end of Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch, also 50 Whooper Swans on Barr Loch.
Ten Crossbills at Muirshiel Country Park.
A wintering female Blackcap at feeders in an Inchinnan garden (all records of wintering Blackcaps welcome).
Thursday 21 November 2024
A Great White Egret in flight at south end of Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A female Common Scoter off Parklea, Port Glasgow.
A Grey Plover at Longhaugh Point field pools, also 1,300 Pink-footed Geese in the area.
Five Woodcock and a Green Sandpiper at BAE Systems, Bishopton.
Little Egret © Frank Gibbons
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Great White Egret © Frank Gibbons
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Friday 22 November 2024
A Snow Geese in fields SE of East Kerse, Lochwinnoch.
A Little Egret at RSPB Baron's Haugh, also 12 Whooper Swans.
A Siberian Chiffchaff at Balmore.
At Least 2,000 passerines in flight at Blackstoun Farm, Linwood, also 1,500 Pink-footed Geese in the area.
A Woodcock flushed at Hogganfield Loch, near entrance at Avenue End Road.
Saturday 23 November 2024
A Great White Egret and a Little Egret at Strathclyde Loch, also unusually 14 Meadow Pipits.
Monday 25 November 2024
The adult Ring-billed Gull still at Strathclyde Loch.
A drake American Wigeon at Newshot Island, also an adult Mediterranean Gull.
A Snow Goose still with Greylag Geese at East Kerse Farm, Lochwinnoch, and nearby, an excellent count of 27 Shoveler on the scrape at RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A Little Egret in a field near Boclair Farm, Bearsden.
Tuesday 26 November 2024
Now two Great Northern Divers and an excellent count of 18 Slavonian Grebes off Ardmore, also two Little Egrets and 53 Bar-tailed Godwits in the bays.
A drake American Wigeon still at Newshot Island.
A Great White Egret again at Lilly Loch, Airdrie, also unusually a Red Kite over the hills to the east.
Three Great White Egrets at Wards Pond, RSPB Loch Lomond at dawn, also 144 Greenland White-fronted leaving their roost; later a White-tailed Eagle in the area before flying towards the loch.
94 Greenland White-fronted Geese at Ashcroft Cottage, Meikle Finnery.
Four Purple Sandpipers and a Great Northern Diver at Dunagoil Bay, Isle of Bute.
Three Barnacle Geese at Balgray Reservoir, also two Jack Snipe.
A Snow Goose still with Greylag Geese at East Kerse Farm, Lochwinnoch.
A Little Egret and three Green Sandpipers at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
Wednesday 27 November 2024
A Snow Goose still with Greylag Geese NW of East Kerse Farm, Lochwinnoch; later, at south end of Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch; also 250 Canada Geese east of East Kerse Farm.
Three Barnacle Geese still at Balgray Reservoir.
Thursday 28 November 2024
A Snow Goose still with Greylag Geese by East Kerse Farm, Lochwinnoch; nearby, a Slavonian Grebe at south end of Barr Loch.
A Great White Egret in a drainage ditch at South Medwin Pools, viewed from Dunsyre Road.
A Great White Egret at Ring Point, RSPB Loch Lomond.
Two Woodcock at BAE Systems, Bishopton.
A wintering Chiffchaff at Balmore Pool.
A female Blackcap at feeders in a Barrhead garden.
Three Barnacle Geese still at Balgray Reservoir.
A Snow Geese in fields SE of East Kerse, Lochwinnoch.
A Little Egret at RSPB Baron's Haugh, also 12 Whooper Swans.
A Siberian Chiffchaff at Balmore.
At Least 2,000 passerines in flight at Blackstoun Farm, Linwood, also 1,500 Pink-footed Geese in the area.
A Woodcock flushed at Hogganfield Loch, near entrance at Avenue End Road.
Saturday 23 November 2024
A Great White Egret and a Little Egret at Strathclyde Loch, also unusually 14 Meadow Pipits.
Monday 25 November 2024
The adult Ring-billed Gull still at Strathclyde Loch.
A drake American Wigeon at Newshot Island, also an adult Mediterranean Gull.
A Snow Goose still with Greylag Geese at East Kerse Farm, Lochwinnoch, and nearby, an excellent count of 27 Shoveler on the scrape at RSPB Lochwinnoch.
A Little Egret in a field near Boclair Farm, Bearsden.
Tuesday 26 November 2024
Now two Great Northern Divers and an excellent count of 18 Slavonian Grebes off Ardmore, also two Little Egrets and 53 Bar-tailed Godwits in the bays.
A drake American Wigeon still at Newshot Island.
A Great White Egret again at Lilly Loch, Airdrie, also unusually a Red Kite over the hills to the east.
Three Great White Egrets at Wards Pond, RSPB Loch Lomond at dawn, also 144 Greenland White-fronted leaving their roost; later a White-tailed Eagle in the area before flying towards the loch.
94 Greenland White-fronted Geese at Ashcroft Cottage, Meikle Finnery.
Four Purple Sandpipers and a Great Northern Diver at Dunagoil Bay, Isle of Bute.
Three Barnacle Geese at Balgray Reservoir, also two Jack Snipe.
A Snow Goose still with Greylag Geese at East Kerse Farm, Lochwinnoch.
A Little Egret and three Green Sandpipers at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
Wednesday 27 November 2024
A Snow Goose still with Greylag Geese NW of East Kerse Farm, Lochwinnoch; later, at south end of Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch; also 250 Canada Geese east of East Kerse Farm.
Three Barnacle Geese still at Balgray Reservoir.
Thursday 28 November 2024
A Snow Goose still with Greylag Geese by East Kerse Farm, Lochwinnoch; nearby, a Slavonian Grebe at south end of Barr Loch.
A Great White Egret in a drainage ditch at South Medwin Pools, viewed from Dunsyre Road.
A Great White Egret at Ring Point, RSPB Loch Lomond.
Two Woodcock at BAE Systems, Bishopton.
A wintering Chiffchaff at Balmore Pool.
A female Blackcap at feeders in a Barrhead garden.
Three Barnacle Geese still at Balgray Reservoir.
Snow Goose (with Canada and Greylag geese) © Ian Fulton
Friday 29 November 2024
The drake American Wigeon still at Newshot Island (best viewed from north side).
A Snow Goose still by East Kerse Farm, Lochwinnoch, later at roost with 200 Greylag Geese on Barr Loch, also a Slavonian Grebe at south end of loch and a Great White Egret flying north.
A Little Egret at Lamington.
A Black-tailed Godwit at Ballochmartin Bay, Great Cumbrae.
A Green Sandpiper still at BAE Systems, Bishopton.
Saturday 30 November 2024
The drake American Wigeon still at Newshot Island.
A Snow Goose roosting early morning on Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch, later feeding on fields surrounding the south end of loch, also a Great White Egret flying south over the Aird Meadow scrape.
Two Mediterranean Gulls (the Belgian ringed adult and a 1st-winter) at Strathclyde Loch.
The drake American Wigeon still at Newshot Island (best viewed from north side).
A Snow Goose still by East Kerse Farm, Lochwinnoch, later at roost with 200 Greylag Geese on Barr Loch, also a Slavonian Grebe at south end of loch and a Great White Egret flying north.
A Little Egret at Lamington.
A Black-tailed Godwit at Ballochmartin Bay, Great Cumbrae.
A Green Sandpiper still at BAE Systems, Bishopton.
Saturday 30 November 2024
The drake American Wigeon still at Newshot Island.
A Snow Goose roosting early morning on Barr Loch, RSPB Lochwinnoch, later feeding on fields surrounding the south end of loch, also a Great White Egret flying south over the Aird Meadow scrape.
Two Mediterranean Gulls (the Belgian ringed adult and a 1st-winter) at Strathclyde Loch.