I started locally, at Bingham's Pond on 8 November 2019
This ringed Black-headed Gull stood out amongst the Feral Pigeons
Whilst this Dunnock posed in the sunshine, yes sunshine!
And this was just one of an impressive number (21) of Goosanders present, not bad for a small pond.
On the 9th, I travelled through to Lothian in overcast conditions with Stephen. We did, however, manage to see a Merlin at Barns Ness and having moved on to Whitesands Quarry
we managed to see a Little Auk, as this distant record shot 'proves' - honest!
On the 10th, I helped out once again with the Friends of Glasgow's wildfowl feeding event at Hogganfield Park LNR
and spotted another ringed Black-headed Gull. It turned up at Hogganfield this time last year having been ringed as a pullus in Norway in June 2018! Good to know it also thinks 'Glasgow's Wilds Better'.
On Tuesday (12th) night I gave a talk to a rambling group in East Kilbride and then a 'second half' talk to the RSPB Glasgow Group on the following Wednesday night. Thanks to the 2 people that came forward and agreed to sponsor a woodcrete nest box for the Friends of Glasgow's LNRs.
The next day I headed to Lochwinnoch with Judith, Mike and Lynda and the highlight was a male Hen Harrier that spent much of the afternoon hunting over the RSPB's Aird Meadow.
I had the Saturday off before venturing back to Bingham's Pond on Sunday the 17th for the WEBs count. With 40% of the pond covered in ice, it was relatively easy to count the birds. It was also good to see that the ringed Black-headed Gull was still present, this time posing nicely on the ice
As the weather hasn't been too bad, just freezing cold, I'll finish with a sunset from Bingham's Pond
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