Monday 30th December

Cloudy/Rain. Sunny from mid-afternoon. 4/11/9c. SW2-4

F&C CANAL (Ruchill St > Clydebank > Ruchill St)

Not a bad wee walk (12.4 miles).

Cormorant 6 (5 River Kelvin)

Grey Heron 6

Mute Swan 10

Tufted Duck 18

Goosander 8

Sparrowhawk 1

Kingfisher 1

Great Spottted Woodpecker 1

Raven 2 (E over Westerton. What was probably the same 2 birds were seen on the gas tanks @ Kelvindale, at dusk)

Fox 1 (dead, Clydebank)

Palmate Newt 2 (same pair as yesterday)

Sunday 29th December

Sunny. 8/9/6c. S3

F&C CANAL (Ruchill St > Loch 27)

More like a Spring day rather than late December and that was evident with one of the highlights.

Cormorant 7 (3 River Kelvin)

Grey Heron 2 (1 caught & ate a Perch)

Mute Swan 2

Fox 3

Palmate Newt 2 (hibernating under a log)

Bumblebee sp 1 (seen flying)

Saturday 28th December

Overcast (am). Sunny 9pm). 8/9/8c. S3

Good to be back home and seeing some decent wildlife, albeit the bread & butter stuff of my local patch, it was much more than i saw last week in South Yorkshire.

RIVER KELVIN (Kelvingrove Park > Garrioch Rd)

Goosander 5

Stock Dove 6

Dipper 2

Nuthatch 1

Raven 3 (blogging around Kelvingrove Park/Glasgow University area)

Stock Dove

Upright Coral Fungus

Glasgow/Rawmarsh

I`ve not been in the right frame of mind to blog over the last couple of weeks but i have taken a few pics (with an emphasis on the few) during that time.

This week i'm away visiting my family for Christmas and this is my last day before i return home to both Glasgow and hopefully back to regular blogging.

So, here's the pics I mentioned. The last 3 are the only ones i managed to get this week from Rawmarsh.

Tuesday 3rd December

Overcast. 7/7/7c. SW3

HOGGANFIELD LOCH

A enjoyable but bitterly cold (due to the wind-chill) circuit produced most of the regular species. Highlights ;

Grey Heron 1

Whooper Swan 16

Goldeneye 3

Great Black-backed Gull 1

Grey Wagtail 2

Roe Deer 1

Roe Deer droppings

Sunday 1st December

Frost. Fog. -6/-2/-4c. NW/W1

F&C CANAL (Ruchill St > Lock 27)

Most definitely the coldest day of the Winter so far...and the only things to mention were a pair of Mute Swans & a single Fox. Nevertheless, i managed to get a few pics.

Common Gull

Saturday 30th November

Frost. Sunny. -7/0/-6c. NE1

LEYDEN GARDENS

Grey Wagtail 1 (feeding in back garden)

F&C CANAL (Ruchill St > Burnhouse St)

Mute Swan 5

Great Spotted Woodpecker 1

Fox 7 (all within 200 metres)

BOTANIC GARDENS

Nuthatch 2