Rain. 7/11/8c. SW4-6
Got invited out with 3 lads from the Clyde Birds Facebook group and despite the truly horrible weather i had a brilliant time with 3 new species* added to my Clydeside list.
MUGDOCK CP
Common Buzzard 1
Ring-necked Duck 1 *
Jay 1 *
HERITAGE LOCH
Greater Scaup 1 (1st Winter drake) *
HOGGANFIELD LOCH
Whooper Swan 9
Roe Deer 3
We visited 3 other sites but dipped on our target species (Black Grouse, Great Grey Shrike & Ring-billed Gull). Think it was asking too much to add 6 new species in the one day.
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| Ring-necked Duck |
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| Greater Scaup |
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| Scarlet Elfcup |
Cool! I’m glad you went out despite the shitty weather! Nice Scarlet elf cups! Saw a beautiful Mandarin drake at Eskrigg Nature reserve (where we saw the red squirrels)
ReplyDeleteThanks Peggy. It really was an awful weather day but the 3 new birds made up for it.
ReplyDeleteI saw pics of the Mandarin on the Scottish Wildlife Community page.
That was a remarkable day, well done for putting up with the weather.
ReplyDeleteThank you Toffeeapple. Despite the weather it was good to be able to go to a few new sites.
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