Bingham's Pond

I visited Bingham's Pond early this afternoon (Saturday) to see how the young wildfowl were doing. I'm pleased to say that the young Coot has reached the stage where it looks like it will survive....

Also there at least 6 young Moorhen, 3 along the northern edge ........

and 3 along the southern edge.............................................................

Meanwhile, some adult Moorhens were not averse to seing off intruders........

On the duckling front there was only 1 Mallard and 1 Tufted duckling (right, below), both associating with a female Mallard (as per previous years!)

Meanwhile the wildflowers around the edges of the pond were still looking very attractive.........................

and attracting at least 3 species of bee (2 of which are shown below)...........................

Red-tailed Bumblebee

White (or Buff)-tailed Bumblebee

There were only 11 male and 2 female Tufted Duck visible today and I would suggest that that means there are some females sitting on eggs. Based on previous years, they will be hatching over the next week or so and perhaps my count of 67 tufted duckling will be broken!

The Pond is a little green oasis in the west end of Glasgow and well worth a visit.