Late October 2026 and Glasgow Lochs deliver again!

The lochs in north east Glasgow have a reputation for turning up some unusual birds and late October was no exception.

A Great White Egret, a first for Glasgow, was found at Frankfield Loch and a Slavonian Grebe arrived at the nearby Hogganfield Loch.

Photographs of both birds are below:

Top: Slavonian Grebe, Hogganfield Loch, photographed on 29 October 2026; and

Bottom:  Great White Egret, Frankfield Loch, also photographed on 29 October 2026.

Millichen Page Updated on 10 November 2026

I've updated the 'Millichen Selective Sightings and Photographs 2026' section of the Millichen page.

Here is the LINK - Millichen Sightings October 2026 onwards

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Rare Red-footed Falcon in East Lothian

 I travelled through to Aberlady Bay Local Nature Reserve in East Lothian on Friday 7 August 2026 in search of a reported Red-footed Falcon. After a trip involving two trains, a bus and a 4km walk, I got cracking views of the bird. This was only the second time I'd seen this species in Scotland and it was well worth the journey.

Red-footed Falcon - 7 August 2026

General area frequented by the bird - 7 August 2026

Highlights - May 2026

 A few of my birding highlights captured over the past month.

Isle of Iona, Scotland - 25th to 26th May 2026

From top to bottom: Meadow Pipit, Wheatear, Song Thrush, Skylark, Hooded Crow, Sanderlings

Hogganfield Park LNR, Glasgow, Scotland

Great Crested Grebes

RSPB Lochwinnoch Reserve, Aird Meadow, Scotland - 16 May 2026

From top to bottom: Shoveler, Little Ringed Plovers (record/distant shot), Common Sandpiper, Spotted Flycatcher (record shot in poor light)

Bingham's Pond LNR, Glasgow, Scotland

The first breeding pair of Canada Geese at the pond. The local male Mute Swan proved to be aggressive resulting in the geese spending most of their time out of the water. Only one gosling has survived.

Millichen Page Update

The Millichen Selective Sightings for 2025 has been finalised with at least 69 species of bird known to have been recorded in the area. The link can be found within the Millichen section of the web site at Millichen Selective Sightings 2025.

A new link for Sightings for 2026 has also been prepared.

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Hogganfield Park Local Nature Reserve

The Friends of Glasgow's Local Nature Reserves have created a Crowd Funding page to help improve Hogganfield Park LNR for wildlife and people. See this link:

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/foglnrhogganfieldhabitats?utm_medium=CF&utm_source=CL

I know the Group would be extremely grateful for any donation you can make. For more details of the works planned, have a look at their web site.

https://friendsofglasgowlnrs.wordpress.com/

Hogganfield Park LNR

PLEASE DONATE IF YOU CAN

Video Page Updated

 I have updated my 'videos' page.

Hopefully, this will make it easier for people to find what they are looking for!

The videos can be found under the following links and the 'Videos button' above.

Wildlife Videos from Glasgow

- Hogganfield Park Local Nature Reserve

- Bingham's Pond Local Nature Reserve

- Glasgow Other Locations

Wildlife Videos from Other Scottish & English Locations

Scottish Wildlife (general)

English Wildlife

Wildlife Videos from the Rest of the World

World Wildlife - the Americas & Antarctica

World Wildlife - Asia 

World Wildlife - Australasia

World Wildlife - Europe