2017 - a new Birding Year

The first post of 2017 - I've been too busy birding!

On the 1st and 5th, I walked to one of my local sites - Bingham's Pond. In between, we managed trips down to Renfrewshire, Ayrshire, Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire - thanks to Stephen; Peter and Tony; and Judith and Mike. The result - excellent company and 72 species! Today I added another bird to the list - Waxwing - with a bus trip into Glasgow City Centre!

Remember to click on the photos and create a slide show for enhanced viewing:

Barr Loch - 2/1/17

Aird Meadow - 2/1/17

Ring-billed Gull - Strathclyde Loch - 2/1/17

 

Distant, awful record shot - Hooded Merganser - Barr Loch - 3/1/17

 

Goosander - River Leven, Balloch - 4/1/17

Mandarin - River Leven, Balloch - 4/1/17

Nuthatch - Balloch CP - 4/1/17

 Buzzard - Balloch CP - 4/1/17

 

Bingham's Pond - 5/1/17

Moorhen - Bingham's Pond - 5/1/17

 

During the 'holiday period', lots of people have been out birding and here is a flavour of what's been seen in the Greater Glasgow area, courtesy of SOC Clyde Grapevine:

 

Thursday 5 January 2017
Six Waxwings at Millhouse Drive, Kelvindale, Glasgow.
Four Waxwings at Corrie Grove, Muirend, Glasgow.
Two Nuthatches at the feeders in Pollok Country Park.
A female Blackcap in a Boylestone Road, Barrhead garden.

Wednesday 4 January 2017
Two Chiffchaffs with Goldcrests at Glasgow Green.

Two Ring-necked Parakeets at Bishopbriggs Golf Course.

Tuesday 3 January
An adult colour ringed Mediterranean Gull at Knightswood Park, Glasgow.
The female Mandarin Duck still on the White Cart Water at Sinclair Drive, Battlefield.
A Nuthatch at feeders in Dowanhill Park, Highburgh Road, Glasgow.

Monday 2 January
An adult Iceland Gull at the Balgray Reservoir Gull roost.
Four Jack Snipe and 15 Snipe at Windlaw Marsh, Carmunnock, also three Water Rails.
Up to 40 Waxwings still at the back of Adelaide Church, Bath Street, Glasgow.
At least 40 Waxwings on a tree Darnley Street, Pollokshields, Glasgow.