Shrike and Thrushes

Another busy week - up to Dalmally by bus on Monday and 30 minutes later we were looking at a Great Grey Shrike ..............

Great Grey Shrike - 26 October 2015

 

We also saw a Jay, a really big tit/finch flock and a Red Squirrel! The views over Loch Awe were also stunning ....

 

A distant Loch Awe - 26 October 2015

 

We had a nice lunch in the Glenorchy Lodge Hotel and got the next bus to Oban where we stayed the night. Early the next morning we were on the Oban-Coll-Tiree ferry and lots of Kitttiwakes and Guillemots. A few Gannets remained and two Great Northern Divers had returned from their northerly breeding grounds. An immature Peregrine also caused some excitement at the ferry terminal in Tiree. Thankfully, the weather forecast was correct and we enjoyed a nice calm, sunny sail .....

 

 

 

Back home my time has been spent on Friends of Glasgow's LNRs business - phone calls, grant applications, etc. Also note our next event is at Hogganfield Park LNR on Sunday 1 November 2015 from c11am to c2pm. Why not pop along, say hello, learn about our proposed Biohavens Project and get some stunning views of wildfowl.

 

Thankfully, despite 'being indoors' I can still enjoy some birding as our garden is playing host to five species of 'thrush'. I reckon by Sunday they will have devoured all the rowan berries .........

 

Song Thrush - 29 October 2015

 

Redwing - 29 October 2015

 

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

 

Friday 30 October 2015
A Jay at Pollok Country Park this morning, along the main drive near the Pollokshaws Road entrance.

 

Thursday 29 October 2015
A drake Green-winged Teal at Bridgend Farm Pool with 316 Teal; also five Barnacle Geese, 504 Pink-footed Geese and 250 Lapwing.

Sunday 25 October 2015
A female Brambling at Loch Ardinning.