Hogganfield Park - almost Spring!

I managed 2 hours at Hogganfield Park Local Nature Reserve today with the highlights being 1 male Ruddy Duck, 2 Gadwall and 18 Whooper Swans. The Whoopers will be leaving shortly so why not pop along to the RSPB Glasgow Local Group's last winter wildfowl feeding session on Sunday 10 March 2013 from 12 noon to 2pm and get really close to these wild swans before they fly back to Iceland - more details at www.rspb.org.uk/groups/glasgow/events

Wildfowl (including 6 Whooper Swans) - Hogganfield Park - 5 March 2013

 

Other highlights included two pairs of Great Crested Grebe offering close views as well as Moorhen and Coot clearly disagreeing with each other!

 

Great Crested Grebe - Hogganfield Park - 5 March 2013

In total, I saw 32 species of bird; not bad for the time of year.

Finally, the previously reported loch edge improvements appear to have been completed and are certainly a vast improvement on what was there previously......................

 Hogganfield Park - 5 March 2013