Local Patch Birding

Well, after our travels 'down under' it was back to some birding on my local patch.

On Wednesday (18th) I travelled to the Millichen area of Glasgow ...

Looking towards West Millichen Farm and the Steadings

Much to my surprise, I was rewarded with a Millichen/Glasgow tick - a Woodcock. I also managed to get views of three Millichen specialists - Tree Sparrow, Yellowhammer and Reed Bunting. This male posed for few seconds ...

Reed Bunting - 18 March 2015

 

A male Kestrel was harassed by corvids and this Buzzard got close enough for this shot ...

 

 

I had hoped for an early migrant but sadly not yet!

On Thursday, I managed 40 minutes in Dawsholm Park LNR and was rewarded with a Kingfisher on the River Kelvin.

Moving on to today (Friday 20th) I refilled the feeder at Bingham's Pond and in amongst the usual wildfowl and gulls, six adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls looked to be in pristine condition ...

Lesser Black-backed Gull - 20 March 2015

 

So over the 3 days I saw a nice range of species, adding to my Glasgow list, and we still have the summer migrants to look forward to, with Chiffchaff likely to be the first arrival.