Petition and More East Coast Birding

I start with details of a petition aimed at getting MPs to make protecting our parks a legal requirement. Put simply, our parks are at risk. There's no legal responsibility to look after them and squeezed budgets means our local green spaces - from local nature reserves to playgrounds and parks - don't have the money they need.

You can find the petition here -  http://bit.ly/2coGutk

Moving on to birding, on Saturday (17th) we travelled through to a number of birding sites in East Lothian with Stephen.

We managed 60+ species and bumped into a few birders. A few images:

Whinchat

Stonechat

Mixed wader flock

 

Musselburgh

 

As ever, I finish with some recent sightings from the Greater Glasgow area, courtesy of the SOC Clyde Grapevine:

Sunday 18 September 2016
16 Black-tailed Godwits at Bridgend Farm Pool, also a Whinchat.

Saturday 17 September 2016
A juvenile Scaup on Ryat Linn Reservoir.