Garden Birds and a trip to Musselburgh

With the recent cold spell, our garden has attracted Siskin, Lesser Redpoll and Chiffchaff over the last few days, as well as the 'usual' species.

Poor record shots, taken through a glass window in bad light (!) follow:

Lesser Redpoll - 10 October 2012

 

Chiffchaff - 9 October 2012

 

Yesterday, 10 October 2012, I led a guided walk to Musselburgh Lagoons for the RSPB Glasgow Local Group. We had glorious weather and a big thank you to the 21 people who attended. Hopefully, you all had an enjoyable day with over 40 birds seen; the highlight for me being an adult winter plumaged Mediterranean Gull at the River Esk.

 

The Group enjoy lunch overlooking the Firth of Forth