Friday 29th November

Frost. Sunny. -3/4/-4c. N2

F&C CANAL (Ruchill St > Clydebank)

Grey Heron 4

Mute Swan 14

Tufted Duck 40

Goosander 8

Fox 4

Clydebank along with Drumchapel is on the approach (landing) flightpath for Glasgow Airport. So for something different, i always try to get shots of the incoming aircraft.

Thursday 28th November

Sunny. 8/7/2c. NE3

My first time out this week and it was pretty much business as usual.

F&C CANAL ( Ruchill St > Maryhill Locks)

Cormorant 1

Grey Heron 1

Mute Swan 5

Goosander 1

Fox 1

RIVER KELVIN (Maryhill Locks > Garrioch Rd)

Cormorant 6

Dipper 1

LEYDEN GARDENS

Grey Wagtail 1 (feeding in back garden)

Friday 22nd November

Overcast. Showers. 5/7/6c. E/NE2

RIVER KELVIN (Garrioch Rd > Inn Deep)

Grey Heron 1

Goosander 3

Kingfisher 1

Dipper 2

Grey Wagtail 2

Monday 18th November

Frost. Sunny. -7/4/-5c. NE/E1

F&C CANAL (Ruchill St > Clydebank)

Not too bad considering the canal was almost completely frozen over for the 6 miles i walked, with the only open water being at the bottom of the lock gates.

Cormorant 7 (on the old bridge supports, River Kelvin)

Grey Heron 1

Little Grebe 2

Mute Swan 13

Tufted Duck 21

Goosander 4

Black-headed Gull (Red 2ET8)

Sparrowhawk 1

Grey Wagtail 1

Fox 6

Lock 26

Sunday 17th November

Early mist. Frost. Sunny. -1/7/-3c. N/NE1

F&C CANAL (Ruchill St > Lock 27)

Quite a pleasant wee stroll with a handful of highlights.

Cormorant 6 (on the old bridge supports, River Kelvin)

Grey Heron 4

Mute Swan 2

Goosander 4

Black-headed Gull (Red 2AT0)

Great Spotted Woodpecker 1

Raven 1 (calling)

Fox 3

The Small White larva that I found (brought home to rear through) last Thursday sadly had been parasitised by the Wasp "Cotesia glomerata"

Thursday 14th November

Frost. Sunny. -2/6/2c. N2

A much better day with quite a few highlights.

LEYDEN GARDENS

Grey Wagtail 1 (feeding in back garden)

F&C CANAL (Ruchill St > Maryhill Locks)

Mute Swan 2

Goosander 1

Common Buzzard 1

Fox 2

RIVER KELVIN (Maryhill Locks > Garrioch Rd)

Cormorant 6 (on the old bridge supports)

Grey Heron 1

Pink-footed Goose c70 N

Dipper 1

Grey Wagtail 1

Small White (butterfly) 1 larva

Wednesday 13th November

Frost. Bright spells. -3/4/1c. E2

RIVER KELVIN (Garrioch Rd > Inn Deep)

Not a lot seen on this walk but it was good to get out after having a couple of days indoors.

Goosander 1

Dipper 2

Grey Wagtail 3

Over the last few days I have seen there`s quite a few Waxwings arriving at several locations around the UK. Fingers crossed it`s gonna be an invasion year...and i for one will be keeping both my eyes & ears open for any.

Grey Wagtail

Dunnock

Sunday 10th November

Frost. Sunny. -4/5/3c. NE1

F&C CANAL (Ruchill St > Lock 27)

Cormorant 2

Grey Heron 2 (A 1st year bird was watched catching a "Jack" Pike)

Mute Swan 7

Goosander 9

Fox 4

Sunday 3rd November

Bright spells/Showers. 10/11/9c. N2

F&C CANAL (Ruchill St > Lambhill Stables)

Another one of those days where it was extremely quiet, with the only highlights being a single Fieldfare (my first of the Autumn/Winter) & my first "Clydeside" December Moth. The latter being found by one of the external lights of the Café On The Canal.

Fox Fest

All the years i lived in Yorkshire i could count on one hand how many Foxes i saw. Up here it`s totally different and there are days where i don`t have enough fingers on one hand. Thursday (just gone) was one of those days, where i was treated to seeing 7 individuals within a 2hr period.