Sunday 1 October 2023
At RSPB Loch Lomond, still at least one Great White Egret at Ring Point, also a ringtail Hen Harrier hunting over Aber Bogs.
At least four Green Sandpipers in the Carbarns/Baron's Haugh area.
Monday 2 October 2023
A probable Yellow-legged Gull at Balmore Pool (photos of open wing pattern is essential which so far has not been achieved), also up to six Barnacle Geese with the Pink-feet in the area.
Still one Great White Egret at RSPB Loch Lomond.
Four Green Sandpipers at RSPB Baron's Haugh; also yesterday at dusk, a Barn Owl hunting.
Tuesday 3 October 2023
A probable Yellow-legged Gull still at Balmore Pool.
Still one Great White Egret at Net Bay, RSPB Loch Lomond.
A male Hen Harrier over Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch in the afternoon.
A Barn Owl over M80 towards Stepps before dawn.
Wednesday 4 October 2023
50 Snipe on scrape at RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Thursday 5 October 2023
17 Whooper Swans at South Medwin Pools, Dunsyre, also 145 Golden Plovers.
60 Lapwings on the scrape at RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Friday 6 October 2023
Two Great White Egrets again at Endrick Mouth, RSPB Loch Lomond.
Two Grey Plovers at Ardmore North Bay.
Saturday 7 October 2023
A single Green Sandpiper in Carbarns area, also ten Gadwall on the pool; nearby, 14 Shovelers at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
At RSPB Loch Lomond, still at least one Great White Egret at Ring Point, also a ringtail Hen Harrier hunting over Aber Bogs.
At least four Green Sandpipers in the Carbarns/Baron's Haugh area.
Monday 2 October 2023
A probable Yellow-legged Gull at Balmore Pool (photos of open wing pattern is essential which so far has not been achieved), also up to six Barnacle Geese with the Pink-feet in the area.
Still one Great White Egret at RSPB Loch Lomond.
Four Green Sandpipers at RSPB Baron's Haugh; also yesterday at dusk, a Barn Owl hunting.
Tuesday 3 October 2023
A probable Yellow-legged Gull still at Balmore Pool.
Still one Great White Egret at Net Bay, RSPB Loch Lomond.
A male Hen Harrier over Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch in the afternoon.
A Barn Owl over M80 towards Stepps before dawn.
Wednesday 4 October 2023
50 Snipe on scrape at RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Thursday 5 October 2023
17 Whooper Swans at South Medwin Pools, Dunsyre, also 145 Golden Plovers.
60 Lapwings on the scrape at RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Friday 6 October 2023
Two Great White Egrets again at Endrick Mouth, RSPB Loch Lomond.
Two Grey Plovers at Ardmore North Bay.
Saturday 7 October 2023
A single Green Sandpiper in Carbarns area, also ten Gadwall on the pool; nearby, 14 Shovelers at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
Sparrowhawk © Heather Kerr
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Little Egret © John Chapman
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Sunday 8 October 2023
Three Scaup on Woodend Loch, Coatbridge.
Two Green Sandpipers on River Clyde at Carbarns; nearby 21 Gadwall on a flooded RSPB Baron's Haugh, also a House Martin with at least 70 Swallows.
In the Carstairs/Pettinain/Libberton area, a total of 36 Barnacle Geese and 5,700 Pink-footed Geese in three flocks.
Four Whooper Swans flying over Kilpatrick, Isle of Arran.
First 22 Redwings over Kilmacolm Meadow in the morning, and 30 chased by a Peregrine SE of Croftamie.
Monday 9 October 2023
Two Green Sandpipers flying over RSPB Baron's Haugh, also at least 33 Gadwall on the haugh.
Seven Barnacle Geese in a mixed goose flock between Newshot Island and Old Mains Farm, also a Guillemot at Newshot Island.
A Red Kite and a Green Woodpecker at Overtoun House, Milton.
15 Whooper Swans on flooded fields near Allander Toll.
A single Fieldfare with Redwings at Glen Moss, Kilmacolm.
Significant passage of Redwings noted over Glasgow, Motherwell, Lanark, East Kilbride, Inverkip, Netherlee, Erskine and Newton Mearns.
Tuesday 10 October 2023
A probable juvenile Pallid Harrier hunting at Merryton at dusk could be the same harrier noted over Orbiston Street, Motherwell two hours earlier, flying towards Dalzell Estate, also a Green Sandpiper on Carbarns Pool.
Wednesday 11 October 2023
The probable juvenile Pallid Harrier hunting at Merryton at dawn and early afternoon, also an Osprey and up to three Green Sandpipers in Carbarns area; nearby a Little Egret and two Black-tailed Godwits at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
A Red Kite and a ringtail Hen Harrier at Twechar Marsh, near Kirkintilloch NS6976.
A ringtail Hen Harrier near Strone, Glen Fruin.
Two Fieldfares over Newton Mearns.
Thursday 12 October 2023
A Brent Goose off Helensburgh; nearby, four Little Egrets, ten Pintail, 40 Bar-tailed Godwits and a single Barnacle Goose at Ardmore.
Three Barnacle Geese with Pink-feet at Millichen Flood.
A Green Sandpiper continues at BAE Systems, Bishopton.
Now 30 Whooper Swans in flooded fields near Allander Toll.
25 Whooper Swans south over Wemyss Bay late morning.
Friday 13 October 2023
The photo below positively identifies the harrier species at Merryton and Baron's Haugh as a very well-marked juvenile female Hen Harrier rather than a Pallid, also still a Green Sandpiper present.
Five Little Egrets and a single Barnacle Goose at Ardmore North Bay,
23 Barnacle Geese with 6,000 Pink-footed Geese at Corbiehall Farm, Ravenstruther.
A female type Scaup on Castle Semple Loch.
Now 59 Whooper Swans in flooded fields near Allander Toll; nearby, four Pintail at Millichen Flood, also a Barnacle Goose with the Pink-footed flock there.
Still a Swallow at Hamilton and Lesmahagow.
Saturday 14 October 2023
Ten Brent Geese on the estuary between West Ferry and Langbank.
Now 58 Barnacle Geese with 5,500 Pink-footed Geese by the River Clyde below Westraw Mains Farm, Pettinain.
A Green Sandpiper at RSPB Baron's Haugh, and a high-flying Osprey from Merryton towards Chatelherault, Hamilton, also, yesterday at dusk a Barn Owl again hunting at Merryton.
Still 54 Whooper Swans in flooded fields near Allander Toll, also a leucistic Herring Gull; nearby, at least two Pintail and two Barnacle Geese at Millichen Flood.
15 Whooper Swans on Balgray Reservoir and eight back on Hogganfield Loch.
Six Swallows at Balmore Pool.
Three Scaup on Woodend Loch, Coatbridge.
Two Green Sandpipers on River Clyde at Carbarns; nearby 21 Gadwall on a flooded RSPB Baron's Haugh, also a House Martin with at least 70 Swallows.
In the Carstairs/Pettinain/Libberton area, a total of 36 Barnacle Geese and 5,700 Pink-footed Geese in three flocks.
Four Whooper Swans flying over Kilpatrick, Isle of Arran.
First 22 Redwings over Kilmacolm Meadow in the morning, and 30 chased by a Peregrine SE of Croftamie.
Monday 9 October 2023
Two Green Sandpipers flying over RSPB Baron's Haugh, also at least 33 Gadwall on the haugh.
Seven Barnacle Geese in a mixed goose flock between Newshot Island and Old Mains Farm, also a Guillemot at Newshot Island.
A Red Kite and a Green Woodpecker at Overtoun House, Milton.
15 Whooper Swans on flooded fields near Allander Toll.
A single Fieldfare with Redwings at Glen Moss, Kilmacolm.
Significant passage of Redwings noted over Glasgow, Motherwell, Lanark, East Kilbride, Inverkip, Netherlee, Erskine and Newton Mearns.
Tuesday 10 October 2023
A probable juvenile Pallid Harrier hunting at Merryton at dusk could be the same harrier noted over Orbiston Street, Motherwell two hours earlier, flying towards Dalzell Estate, also a Green Sandpiper on Carbarns Pool.
Wednesday 11 October 2023
The probable juvenile Pallid Harrier hunting at Merryton at dawn and early afternoon, also an Osprey and up to three Green Sandpipers in Carbarns area; nearby a Little Egret and two Black-tailed Godwits at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
A Red Kite and a ringtail Hen Harrier at Twechar Marsh, near Kirkintilloch NS6976.
A ringtail Hen Harrier near Strone, Glen Fruin.
Two Fieldfares over Newton Mearns.
Thursday 12 October 2023
A Brent Goose off Helensburgh; nearby, four Little Egrets, ten Pintail, 40 Bar-tailed Godwits and a single Barnacle Goose at Ardmore.
Three Barnacle Geese with Pink-feet at Millichen Flood.
A Green Sandpiper continues at BAE Systems, Bishopton.
Now 30 Whooper Swans in flooded fields near Allander Toll.
25 Whooper Swans south over Wemyss Bay late morning.
Friday 13 October 2023
The photo below positively identifies the harrier species at Merryton and Baron's Haugh as a very well-marked juvenile female Hen Harrier rather than a Pallid, also still a Green Sandpiper present.
Five Little Egrets and a single Barnacle Goose at Ardmore North Bay,
23 Barnacle Geese with 6,000 Pink-footed Geese at Corbiehall Farm, Ravenstruther.
A female type Scaup on Castle Semple Loch.
Now 59 Whooper Swans in flooded fields near Allander Toll; nearby, four Pintail at Millichen Flood, also a Barnacle Goose with the Pink-footed flock there.
Still a Swallow at Hamilton and Lesmahagow.
Saturday 14 October 2023
Ten Brent Geese on the estuary between West Ferry and Langbank.
Now 58 Barnacle Geese with 5,500 Pink-footed Geese by the River Clyde below Westraw Mains Farm, Pettinain.
A Green Sandpiper at RSPB Baron's Haugh, and a high-flying Osprey from Merryton towards Chatelherault, Hamilton, also, yesterday at dusk a Barn Owl again hunting at Merryton.
Still 54 Whooper Swans in flooded fields near Allander Toll, also a leucistic Herring Gull; nearby, at least two Pintail and two Barnacle Geese at Millichen Flood.
15 Whooper Swans on Balgray Reservoir and eight back on Hogganfield Loch.
Six Swallows at Balmore Pool.
Knot © John Chapman
Sunday 15 October 2023
An unexpected sighting of up to 200 Knot at Ironotter Point, Greenock, also a Carrion x Hooded Crow.
Eight Greenshanks at the Finlaystone Burn, Langbank.
A Brent Goose at Kingscross Burn, Isle of Arran.
Two Green Sandpipers in flight at Merryton.
Six Barnacle Geese with 515 Pink-footed Geese and 400 Greylag Geese at Newshot Island.
The female type Scaup still on Castle Semple Loch.
Now 69 Whooper Swans at Allander Toll; nearby seven Barnacle Geese and a Pintail at Millichen Flood.
A Brambling over Kilmacolm Meadow in the morning.
Monday 16 October 2023
A Lesser Whitethroat in an Anniesland garden.
The adult White-tailed Eagle back at The Meetiings, Carstairs.
A ringtail Hen Harrier hunting over Aber Bogs, RSPB Loch Lomond.
Two Green Sandpipers still between Carbarns and Merryton.
20 Knot and 40 Bar-tailed Godwits at Ardmore North Bay.
Now 86 Whooper Swans at Allander Toll.
18 Swallows heading south over Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Tuesday 17 October 2023
24 Greenland White-fronted Geese back at Hillhead Farm, Croftamie.
112 Taiga Bean Geese back on Slamannan Plateau, roosting on Fannyside Lochs.
A Lesser Whitethroat still in an Anniesland garden.
The adult White-tailed Eagle still at The Meetiings, Carstairs, also 100 Whooper Swans.
A White-tailed Eagle on Little Cumbrae.
Two Green Sandpipers at RSPB Baron's Haugh, also yesterday a Jack Snipe with 50 Snipe.
A female type Scaup still on Castle Semple Loch.
Five Barnacle Geese at Newshot Island.
Now 89 Whooper Swans (and two Mute Swans) at the flooded fields at Allander Toll; nearby five Barnacle Geese at Millichen Flood.
Influx of Fieldfares noted in all areas.
Wednesday 18 October 2023
A Marsh Harrier over Wards Pond, RSPB Loch Lomond.
22 Greenland White-fronted Geese at Hillhead Farm, Croftamie.
A Lesser Whitethroat for its third day in an Anniesland garden.
Now 86 Whooper Swans with 800 Pink-footed Geese in the flooded fields at Allander Toll; nearby four Barnacle Geese with 1.500 Pink-feet at Millichen Flood.
A Greenshank and eleven Shoveler on Balmore Pool.
Two Green Sandpipers flushed from River Clyde at Carbarns.
A Swallow near Bothwell Castle.
Thursday 19 October 2023
At Millichen Flood, two Pintail, nine Barnacle Geese and approximately 2,200 Pink-footed Geese.
At Allander Toll, 89 Whooper Swans with 300 Pink-footed Geese and 187 Canada Geese in the flooded fields.
Friday 20 October 2023
A male Ring Ouzel north of Glen Falloch.
Saturday 21 October 2023
At RSPB Baron's Haugh – one Green Sandpiper on Clyde upriver of the Centenary Hide; three Green Sandpipers, a Redshank and 13 Shoveler from the Phoenix area.
Also from the Phoenix area, five Red Kites soaring together very high & very distantly towards Carbarns Sewage Works and Merryton.
The Lesser Whitethroat returned again to an Anniesland garden.
At RSPB Lochwinnoch, a Slavonian Grebe and a Pintail on the Barr Loch; nearby, a Long-tailed Duck on Castle Semple Loch.
At Allander Toll, now 62 Whooper Swans, nine Barnacle Geese and c2500 Pink-footed Geese.
At Strathclyde Loch, a drake Common Scoter (briefly) and a Red-throated Diver.
A Brambling in a Lochwinnoch garden.
At Ardmore North Bay, a drake American Wigeon, two Little Egrets, 135 Shelduck. a drake Pintail and ten Bar-tailed Godwits.
At Ardmore South Bay, 46 Knot, unusually 34 Golden Plover, four Bar-tailed Godwits, 50 Dunlin and a Little Egret.
Off Ardmore Point, a Slavonian Grebe, three Red-throated Divers and 45 Great Crested Grebes.
An unexpected sighting of up to 200 Knot at Ironotter Point, Greenock, also a Carrion x Hooded Crow.
Eight Greenshanks at the Finlaystone Burn, Langbank.
A Brent Goose at Kingscross Burn, Isle of Arran.
Two Green Sandpipers in flight at Merryton.
Six Barnacle Geese with 515 Pink-footed Geese and 400 Greylag Geese at Newshot Island.
The female type Scaup still on Castle Semple Loch.
Now 69 Whooper Swans at Allander Toll; nearby seven Barnacle Geese and a Pintail at Millichen Flood.
A Brambling over Kilmacolm Meadow in the morning.
Monday 16 October 2023
A Lesser Whitethroat in an Anniesland garden.
The adult White-tailed Eagle back at The Meetiings, Carstairs.
A ringtail Hen Harrier hunting over Aber Bogs, RSPB Loch Lomond.
Two Green Sandpipers still between Carbarns and Merryton.
20 Knot and 40 Bar-tailed Godwits at Ardmore North Bay.
Now 86 Whooper Swans at Allander Toll.
18 Swallows heading south over Aird Meadow, RSPB Lochwinnoch.
Tuesday 17 October 2023
24 Greenland White-fronted Geese back at Hillhead Farm, Croftamie.
112 Taiga Bean Geese back on Slamannan Plateau, roosting on Fannyside Lochs.
A Lesser Whitethroat still in an Anniesland garden.
The adult White-tailed Eagle still at The Meetiings, Carstairs, also 100 Whooper Swans.
A White-tailed Eagle on Little Cumbrae.
Two Green Sandpipers at RSPB Baron's Haugh, also yesterday a Jack Snipe with 50 Snipe.
A female type Scaup still on Castle Semple Loch.
Five Barnacle Geese at Newshot Island.
Now 89 Whooper Swans (and two Mute Swans) at the flooded fields at Allander Toll; nearby five Barnacle Geese at Millichen Flood.
Influx of Fieldfares noted in all areas.
Wednesday 18 October 2023
A Marsh Harrier over Wards Pond, RSPB Loch Lomond.
22 Greenland White-fronted Geese at Hillhead Farm, Croftamie.
A Lesser Whitethroat for its third day in an Anniesland garden.
Now 86 Whooper Swans with 800 Pink-footed Geese in the flooded fields at Allander Toll; nearby four Barnacle Geese with 1.500 Pink-feet at Millichen Flood.
A Greenshank and eleven Shoveler on Balmore Pool.
Two Green Sandpipers flushed from River Clyde at Carbarns.
A Swallow near Bothwell Castle.
Thursday 19 October 2023
At Millichen Flood, two Pintail, nine Barnacle Geese and approximately 2,200 Pink-footed Geese.
At Allander Toll, 89 Whooper Swans with 300 Pink-footed Geese and 187 Canada Geese in the flooded fields.
Friday 20 October 2023
A male Ring Ouzel north of Glen Falloch.
Saturday 21 October 2023
At RSPB Baron's Haugh – one Green Sandpiper on Clyde upriver of the Centenary Hide; three Green Sandpipers, a Redshank and 13 Shoveler from the Phoenix area.
Also from the Phoenix area, five Red Kites soaring together very high & very distantly towards Carbarns Sewage Works and Merryton.
The Lesser Whitethroat returned again to an Anniesland garden.
At RSPB Lochwinnoch, a Slavonian Grebe and a Pintail on the Barr Loch; nearby, a Long-tailed Duck on Castle Semple Loch.
At Allander Toll, now 62 Whooper Swans, nine Barnacle Geese and c2500 Pink-footed Geese.
At Strathclyde Loch, a drake Common Scoter (briefly) and a Red-throated Diver.
A Brambling in a Lochwinnoch garden.
At Ardmore North Bay, a drake American Wigeon, two Little Egrets, 135 Shelduck. a drake Pintail and ten Bar-tailed Godwits.
At Ardmore South Bay, 46 Knot, unusually 34 Golden Plover, four Bar-tailed Godwits, 50 Dunlin and a Little Egret.
Off Ardmore Point, a Slavonian Grebe, three Red-throated Divers and 45 Great Crested Grebes.
Hen Harrier © Frank Gibbons
Sunday 22 October 2023
The drake American Wigeon still in Ardmore North Bay late morning but flushed by dog walkers and not seen again by 4.30pm. Also 14 Bar-tailed Godwit, 24 Knot, at least four Little Egrets, a Brambling, two Long-tailed Ducks, a Scaup and a late Common Tern.
A Waxwing flew over Muirshiel CP, also two Bramblings and two Crossbills.
A Long-tailed Duck again at Castle Semple Loch.
100 Fieldfares at Barcraigs Reservoir; 50 Fieldfares flew over Carman Muir.
Two Bramblings on the Stoneymollan Road. Balloch; two Bramblings at Overtoun House, Milton.
At least 15 Tree Sparrows on the Allander walkway early morning.
The Lesser Whitethroat again in an Anniesland garden.
At Millichen, ten Barnacle Geese, 1500 Pink-footed Geese and 15 Ring-necked Parakeets.
20 Golden Plovers back at Loch Thom.
At RSPB Baron's Haugh, four Green Sandpipers from Phoenix area; in the evening two Greenshanks flew in viewed from Marsh Hide.
Monday 23 October 2023
A Great White Egret at RSPB Baron's Haugh, present for only an hour.
A Little Egret at Hogganfield Loch¸ only present for a short while (first record for Hogganfield).
A Long-tailed Duck still on Castle Semple Loch.
The Lesser Whitethroat again in an Anniesland garden.
A Black Grouse (male) perched on top of a birch tree on the Stockie Muir.
Two Otters on the River Clyde at Easter Braes at dusk.
Tuesday 24 October 2023
Tree Sparrows visiting an East Kilbride garden and a Bishopbriggs garden.
A Little Egret on the RSPB Lochwinnoch scrape.
Three Green Sandpipers at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
A Peregrine on the City Chambers building in George Square.
Wednesday 25 October 2023
A Brambling in Airey Wood at RSPB Loch Lomond.
A Greenshank at Balmore Pool.
In Fintray Bay, Great Cumbrae, two Long-tailed Ducks and a Red-throated Diver, also two Bottle-nosed Dolphins heading north.
Twelve Golden Plover still visiting Loch Thom
Thursday 26 October 2023
A Lesser Whitethroat in woodland at east side of Hogganfield Loch.
A Green Sandpiper at BAE Bishopton today and yesterday.
A Long-tailed Duck and a Greenshank at Fintray Bay, Great Cumbrae.
Along the Allander Walkway, a Brambling, five Barnacle Geese, 20 Whooper Swans and many Tree Sparrows.
Now two Tree Sparrows coming to an East Kilbride garden.
At Balgray Reservoir, a Jack Snipe, 76 Goosanders and 19 Cormorants, also the first Goldeneye of the season there.
Friday 27 October 2023
A Greenshank at Balmore Pool.
A ringed adult Mediterranean Gull and a Red-throated Diver still at Strathclyde Loch.
Five Tree Sparrows in an Inchinnan garden.
A Water Rail at Kilmardinny Loch.
Five Green Sandpipers at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
21 Gadwall on the marsh pond at Hogganfield Park but only one on the loch.
A Long-tailed Duck again on Castle Semple Loch.
Two Brambling along the Allander Walkway with ten Barnacle Geese in the adjacent field and a flock of at least 20 Tree Sparrows, also two Little Egrets over.
Saturday 28 October 2023
The Long-tailed Duck still on Castle Semple Loch.
Four Green Sandpipers and a Dunlin from the Centenary Hide at RSPB Baron's Haugh, also a Green Sandpiper at Merryton.
A Chiffchaff and a Rock Pipit at Newshot Island.
A group of Crossbills feeding on cones at Palacerigg Golf Course by Cumbernauld.
A female Pintail at Buchley Pool, also a Badger, unusually, active in daytime.
Still two Bramblings along the Allander walkway.
24 Golden Plover at Loch Thom.
53 Whooper Swans at Gadloch.
The drake American Wigeon still in Ardmore North Bay late morning but flushed by dog walkers and not seen again by 4.30pm. Also 14 Bar-tailed Godwit, 24 Knot, at least four Little Egrets, a Brambling, two Long-tailed Ducks, a Scaup and a late Common Tern.
A Waxwing flew over Muirshiel CP, also two Bramblings and two Crossbills.
A Long-tailed Duck again at Castle Semple Loch.
100 Fieldfares at Barcraigs Reservoir; 50 Fieldfares flew over Carman Muir.
Two Bramblings on the Stoneymollan Road. Balloch; two Bramblings at Overtoun House, Milton.
At least 15 Tree Sparrows on the Allander walkway early morning.
The Lesser Whitethroat again in an Anniesland garden.
At Millichen, ten Barnacle Geese, 1500 Pink-footed Geese and 15 Ring-necked Parakeets.
20 Golden Plovers back at Loch Thom.
At RSPB Baron's Haugh, four Green Sandpipers from Phoenix area; in the evening two Greenshanks flew in viewed from Marsh Hide.
Monday 23 October 2023
A Great White Egret at RSPB Baron's Haugh, present for only an hour.
A Little Egret at Hogganfield Loch¸ only present for a short while (first record for Hogganfield).
A Long-tailed Duck still on Castle Semple Loch.
The Lesser Whitethroat again in an Anniesland garden.
A Black Grouse (male) perched on top of a birch tree on the Stockie Muir.
Two Otters on the River Clyde at Easter Braes at dusk.
Tuesday 24 October 2023
Tree Sparrows visiting an East Kilbride garden and a Bishopbriggs garden.
A Little Egret on the RSPB Lochwinnoch scrape.
Three Green Sandpipers at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
A Peregrine on the City Chambers building in George Square.
Wednesday 25 October 2023
A Brambling in Airey Wood at RSPB Loch Lomond.
A Greenshank at Balmore Pool.
In Fintray Bay, Great Cumbrae, two Long-tailed Ducks and a Red-throated Diver, also two Bottle-nosed Dolphins heading north.
Twelve Golden Plover still visiting Loch Thom
Thursday 26 October 2023
A Lesser Whitethroat in woodland at east side of Hogganfield Loch.
A Green Sandpiper at BAE Bishopton today and yesterday.
A Long-tailed Duck and a Greenshank at Fintray Bay, Great Cumbrae.
Along the Allander Walkway, a Brambling, five Barnacle Geese, 20 Whooper Swans and many Tree Sparrows.
Now two Tree Sparrows coming to an East Kilbride garden.
At Balgray Reservoir, a Jack Snipe, 76 Goosanders and 19 Cormorants, also the first Goldeneye of the season there.
Friday 27 October 2023
A Greenshank at Balmore Pool.
A ringed adult Mediterranean Gull and a Red-throated Diver still at Strathclyde Loch.
Five Tree Sparrows in an Inchinnan garden.
A Water Rail at Kilmardinny Loch.
Five Green Sandpipers at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
21 Gadwall on the marsh pond at Hogganfield Park but only one on the loch.
A Long-tailed Duck again on Castle Semple Loch.
Two Brambling along the Allander Walkway with ten Barnacle Geese in the adjacent field and a flock of at least 20 Tree Sparrows, also two Little Egrets over.
Saturday 28 October 2023
The Long-tailed Duck still on Castle Semple Loch.
Four Green Sandpipers and a Dunlin from the Centenary Hide at RSPB Baron's Haugh, also a Green Sandpiper at Merryton.
A Chiffchaff and a Rock Pipit at Newshot Island.
A group of Crossbills feeding on cones at Palacerigg Golf Course by Cumbernauld.
A female Pintail at Buchley Pool, also a Badger, unusually, active in daytime.
Still two Bramblings along the Allander walkway.
24 Golden Plover at Loch Thom.
53 Whooper Swans at Gadloch.
Great White Egret © Alistair Malcolm
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Shoveler © John Agnew
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Sunday 29 October 2023
85 Tree Sparrows at Portnauld Farm, Inchinnan this morning.
The female Long-tailed Duck again on Castle Semple Loch.
Four Green Sandpipers at RSPB Baron's Haugh this morning from Phoenix area, also two Kingfishers in a territorial dispute in the haugh.
Monday 30 October 2023
28 Greenland White-fronted Geese in a field by the Burn of Mar at Gartfairn Farm, east Loch Lomond.
A Great White Egret again in Net Bay at RSPB Loch Lomond this morning, also a Red-throated Diver on the loch towards Aber Isle and two Bramblings at the feeders along the nature trail; later the Great White Egret flying towards Wards Pond but not refound there, but two pairs of Pintail present.
The Long-tailed Duck again on Castle Semple Loch.
Along the Allander Walkway, two Bramblings by the Prescott Bridge, many Tree Sparrows, ten Barnacle Geese with c1000 Pink-footed Geese and 30 Whooper Swans.
Most unusually, a juvenile Gannet flying in the flock of Pink-footed Geese by the Allander Walkway.
Also, by the Allander Walkway, a Peregrine with jesses being mobbed by corvids (mostly young rooks) then eventually turning and catching one of them.
An exceptional passage of c3000 Fieldfares and Redwings over Ashgill, near Lesmahagow.
Four Little Egrets in the North Bay at Ardmore.
30 Waxwings at Coathill Hospital, Whifflet, Coatbridge.
A Swallow over River Clyde at Bothwell Bridge. 3
Three Waxwings in a garden in Newton, Lochranza, Isle of Arran.
28 Golden Plover at Loch Thom.
Tuesday 31 October 2023
Two Waxwings feeding on rowan trees near Balmore Pool.
A Red Kite alongside Balmore Road by the Allander Toll.
A Green Sandpiper at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
A Greenland White-fronted Goose with the Pinkfoot flock by the Allander Walkway.
85 Tree Sparrows at Portnauld Farm, Inchinnan this morning.
The female Long-tailed Duck again on Castle Semple Loch.
Four Green Sandpipers at RSPB Baron's Haugh this morning from Phoenix area, also two Kingfishers in a territorial dispute in the haugh.
Monday 30 October 2023
28 Greenland White-fronted Geese in a field by the Burn of Mar at Gartfairn Farm, east Loch Lomond.
A Great White Egret again in Net Bay at RSPB Loch Lomond this morning, also a Red-throated Diver on the loch towards Aber Isle and two Bramblings at the feeders along the nature trail; later the Great White Egret flying towards Wards Pond but not refound there, but two pairs of Pintail present.
The Long-tailed Duck again on Castle Semple Loch.
Along the Allander Walkway, two Bramblings by the Prescott Bridge, many Tree Sparrows, ten Barnacle Geese with c1000 Pink-footed Geese and 30 Whooper Swans.
Most unusually, a juvenile Gannet flying in the flock of Pink-footed Geese by the Allander Walkway.
Also, by the Allander Walkway, a Peregrine with jesses being mobbed by corvids (mostly young rooks) then eventually turning and catching one of them.
An exceptional passage of c3000 Fieldfares and Redwings over Ashgill, near Lesmahagow.
Four Little Egrets in the North Bay at Ardmore.
30 Waxwings at Coathill Hospital, Whifflet, Coatbridge.
A Swallow over River Clyde at Bothwell Bridge. 3
Three Waxwings in a garden in Newton, Lochranza, Isle of Arran.
28 Golden Plover at Loch Thom.
Tuesday 31 October 2023
Two Waxwings feeding on rowan trees near Balmore Pool.
A Red Kite alongside Balmore Road by the Allander Toll.
A Green Sandpiper at RSPB Baron's Haugh.
A Greenland White-fronted Goose with the Pinkfoot flock by the Allander Walkway.
Brambling - Bob O'Brien