The week just gone

Just a few pics from last week.

Mute Swans (breeding pair)

Palmate Newts

Devil`s Coach Horse

I have to venture out tomorrow (Tuesday) to collect Linda`s prescriptions from the pharmacy at the Dr`s, so I`ll be going the scenic route along the canal...and therefore hopefully have something else to see/photograph.

Pre-lockdown

A few pictures from Sunday & Monday.

I know we are advised to stay indoors but i will be combining my allowed "outside" exercise & shopping trip for essentials in one go. So, i`m hoping that i can get a few pics from along the Canal/River Kelvin on my way to Tesco.

All that`s left to say is that i hope all the readers of this blog stay safe during these frightening times.

Grey Wagtail

Small Tortoiseshell

Tree Bee

Purple Toothwort

Lesser Celandine

Few-flowered Garlic

Pics....

from the week just gone.

Nice to see a bit of variety creeping in now Spring is officially upon us.

Stock Dove

Woodpigeon

Stonefly

Ichneumon sp

Great Pond Snail

Ramshorn Snail

Frogspawn

Friday 13th March

Sunny. 0/7/5c. E/SE2-4

ARDROSSAN/SALTCOATS

Took the train out to what has become one of my favourite sites on the North Ayrshire coast...and i had a great time pointing my camera at a selection of subjects.

The last pic is of the tubers of Hemlock Water Dropwort aka Sea Parsnips. There`s been a lot of these (the most toxic plant in the UK) washed up along the west coast beaches, after the recent storms.

Shags

Black Guillemot

3rd winter Herring Gull

Redshank

Turnstone

Purple Sandpiper

roosting Waders

Knot & a single Dunlin

Pics from this week

Another poor weather week resulted in not a lot of sightings but i did manage to point the camera at a few subjects.

Northern Iron Blue Mayfly (landed on our living room window, Sunday)

"Worm" Super Moon (Monday)

Cormorant (adult in breeding plumage & a juvenile. F&C, Wednesday)

White Butterbur (F&C, Wednesday)

Friday 6th March

Frost. Sunny spells. -2/7/4c. SW2

F&C CANAL (Clydebank > Bowling)

Another walk i`ve not done for some time and one i was looking forward to doing...and i wasn`t disappointed.

Mute Swan 4 (1 pair nesting)

Tufted Duck 5

Goldeneye 4 (my first record for the canal)

Goosander 3

Common Buzzard 2

Kestrel 1

Fox 9 (all within a distance of 100 metres)

Thursday 5th March

Cloudy. 1/6/2c. SW2

VICTORIA PARK

First visit here for a good few months and it was a lot quieter than previous times but still managed a couple of highlights, which were 4 pairs of Coot nest building and 2 colour-ringed Black-headed Gulls.

Green JPR4 (Norwegian ringed bird) but no other details as yet.

Red 2P36 (rung as a chick at Elvanfoot on 18th June 2019).

Wednesday 4th March

Sunny. 0/8/2c. SW2

F&C CANAL (Ruchill St > Clydebank)

A very enjoyable walk on what was the best weather day of the year so far.

Cormorant 3 (2 River Kelvin)

Grey Heron 1

Mute Swan 9

Tufted Duck 18

Goosander 6

Oystercatcher 1 (over Clydebank Shopping Centre)

Coot 1

Common Buzzard 8 (7 over Drumchapel & 1 over Dawsholm Park)

Fox 9 (inc 1 pregnant Vixen)

Ruby Tiger 1 (larva)

"pregnant" Vixen

Flowering Currant