Recent Sightings Catch-up

I visited Bingham's Pond on Monday for the monthly Webs count; the water level seems to be still falling and so I have contacted the Council to see if there is a problem. The wildfowl were present in their usual numbers but what was surprising was seeing a pair of Moorhen copulating and another pair engaging in 'fisticuffs' though not to the same extent as in my video 'Murder Most Fowl' which can be viewed on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm3TQBYwGXE

This footage can also be viewed in the video 'Bingham's Pond 2013 a breeding Success' at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eqJ8Vj8jMc

As with all my videos please view at the highest resolution possible by clicking on the small 'wheel icon' and resetting the quality to the highest available.

Other recent sightings in the Greater Glasgow area, courtesy of SOC Clyde Grapevine:

15 October 2014
A report of a Red Kite off Crosshill Road, Lenzie, near Gadloch.
30 Tree Sparrows at East Millichen Farm, Glasgow.

13 October 2014
An excellent 39 Shovelers on Frankfield Loch.

9 October 2014
40 Tree Sparrows at East Millichen Farm.
At least two Redwings in a flock of mixed thrushes in Linn Park, Glasgow, also a Nuthatch.

8 October 2014
Two Nuthatches at the White Bridge, Linn Park, Glasgow.

News of sightings of Booted Warbler, Siberian Stonechat and Brent Goose, albeit in East Lothian, will follow!