Firstly, the 'expected' wildfowl ..........................
Barnacle Geese
Wigeon (drake)
Little Grebe
But then some unexpected birds ....
Scaup
Ring-necked Duck (with Tufted Duck in the background)
Green-winged Teal (with 3 Whooper Swans)
It wasn't just wildfowl, these farmland birds showed well .............
Yellowhammer
Tree Sparrow (with Chaffinch)
But this bird, normally wary and skulking, stole the show ...........
Water Rail
So it was a happy Group that left Caerlaverock as the sun started to set ...................
On Sunday, I helped with the Friends of Glasgow's LNRs event at Hogganfield Park LNR and was rewarded with a personal Hogganfield first - a Red-breasted Merganser ..........
Red-breasted Merganser
... not to be confused with its near relative the Goosander ....
Goosander
So two fine sunny days rewarded with two days excellent birding, sadly as I type it is pouring with rain!
Finally, some recent sightings from the Greater Glasgow area, courtesy of the SOC Clyde Grapevine:
Sunday 22 November 2015
An adult Yellow-legged Gull at the gull roost on Balgray Reservoir at 1540 hrs.
The drake Green-winged Teal still showing well on Bridgend Farm Pool, near Kirkintilloch, also two pairs of Shoveler.
A Red-breasted Merganser still on Hogganfield Loch and now ten Whooper Swans.
14 Whooper Swans west over SECC, Glasgow at 1630 hrs.
A Brambling at the feeders in a Dickens Avenue, Dalmuir garden.
An adult Yellow-legged Gull at the gull roost on Balgray Reservoir at 1540 hrs.
The drake Green-winged Teal still showing well on Bridgend Farm Pool, near Kirkintilloch, also two pairs of Shoveler.
A Red-breasted Merganser still on Hogganfield Loch and now ten Whooper Swans.
14 Whooper Swans west over SECC, Glasgow at 1630 hrs.
A Brambling at the feeders in a Dickens Avenue, Dalmuir garden.
Saturday 21 November 2015
A male Brambling at the feeders in a Mugdock village garden, also a Nuthatch regularly.
A Woodcock at Cathkin Marsh SWT Reserve, also still two Stonechats.
A Red-breasted Merganser still on Hogganfield Loch.
A Jay at the feeders in a Gartloch Village, Glasgow garden.
Friday 20 November 2015
Two Short-eared Owls still in the Cathkin Marsh/South Cathkin landfill area.
25 Whooper Swans south over Linn Park, Glasgow in the morning.
Still a Red-breasted Merganser on Hogganfield Loch.
A Stock Dove has returned for the winter to a suburban garden at Hillfoot Drive, Bearsden.
Thursday 19 November 2015
Five Whooper Swans on Hogganfield Loch, also a drake Gadwall and, unusually inland, a 1st-winter drake Red-breasted Merganser.
Wednesday 18 November 2015
Two Jays at feeders in a Gartloch Village, Glasgow garden.
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