Back from 'Down Under' - what have we missed?

Regular readers (all two of you!) will have noticed a lack of postings over the past 4 weeks; well, we have been on a trip of a lifetime, visiting Singapore, Bali and 4 cities/towns in Australia - photos to follow!

In the meantime, I can report that there have been numerous sightings of Waxwings in the Glasgow area with other reports, courtesy of SOC Clyde Grapevine, including:

19 December 2012

22 Brambling and two Tree Sparrows  with a flock of about 350 Linnets in stubble at East Millichen Farm. Nearby, 590 Pink-footed Geese at Summerston Farm.

 

18 December 2012

A 1st-winter Iceland Gull on the island at Balgray Reservoir at 1400 hrs.

 

Thursday 28 November

A Jack Snipe in Hogganfield Marsh, with 19 Whooper Swans and seven Gadwall on the loch.

Mention of the Tree Sparrows at East Millichen gives me an opportunity to post my first photo from our trip - a Tree Sparrow in the heart of the city in Singapore!