Two Go Wild in Dorset

Not long back from a few days birding in the Poole area in Dorset - Firecrest, Dartford Warbler, Spoonbill, Avocet, Spotted Redshank and Brent Geese, just to name a few.

Was guest speaker at the RSPB South Dorset Group - nice and friendly - and the talk went down really well!

Sadly still no photographs despite managing to restore our Microsoft 2010 packages that mysteriously disappeared having uploaded Windows 10.

Locally, we had our first Glasgow Redwing of the autumn in our garden, whilst elsewhere in Greater Glasgow recent sightings, courtesy of SOC Clyde Grapevine, include:

Sunday 18 October 2015
Eleven Jack Snipe at Cathkin Marsh SWT Reserve, also three Crossbills.
Five Jack Snipe, 28 Snipe and a Water Rail at Windlaw Marsh, Carmunnock.
A drake Pintail at Harelaw Reservoir, Barrhead, and 20 Fieldfares over.
A flock of 26 Fieldfares over Linn Park, Glasgow in the morning.

Saturday 17 October 2015
12 Shoveler on Frankfield Loch, Glasgow.

Thursday 15 October 2015
Seven Tree Sparrows at East Millichen Farm, Glasgow.
A pair of Ravens again on the Stobcross Crane, Finnieston, also an adult female Peregrine.
Two Ravens over Athole Gardens, Hyndland, Glasgow.

Wednesday 14 October 2015
A drake Ruddy Duck on Hogganfield Loch; nearby 14 Shoveler on Frankfield Loch.
Six Tree Sparrows at East Millichen Farm, Glasgow.
A male Peregrine on Finnieston/Stobcross Crane, Glasgow, also a pair of Ravens, flying north at 1340 hrs.
Two Ravens SW over Gartloch Village, Glasgow at 1100 hrs.