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A few stills follow as a taster:
Over the past week, Waxwings have been reported from north, south and west Glasgow.
I saw c35 in Govanhill Park on the 19th along with Redwings and Fieldfare
The Waxwings were 'new' for the year as was the Smew on the Barr Loch at RSPB Lochwinnoch on the 21st on our weekly outing with Stephen - 50 species seen.
We also travelled to Greenock and Gourock with Judith and Mike on the 18th and we managed 33 species before the rain arrived in dismal conditions!
During the rest of the week I managed a few visits to Bingham's Pond for general birding plus the Webs count/Black-headed Gull survey on Sunday 15th. The Sunday had everything with dark dismal conditions one minute followed by sunshine followed by rain - 2 photos taken c10 minutes apart give an idea of the changing conditions
Over the week I saw 64 species adding two to my 'Scottish year list' and one to my 'Bingham's Pond year list.' Any more to be found before the end of the year?
Since my last post I've only managed out birding on one occasion in the Glasgow area, on 9 December 2019, and this was to my favourite location - Hogganfield Park LNR. A couple of 'landscape' photos follow:
There were a good numbers of 'thrushes' present mostly Redwing and Blackbird plus a few Fieldfare. However, I only managed one photo - of a Redwing
On the other hand the Whooper Swans (19 of them) were showing well
If you are still thinking about going along to Hogganfield, there is a free wildfowl feeding event taking place on Sunday 22 December 2019 from 11am to around 1.30pm - see Friends of Glasgow's LNRs for more information. All welcome.
Also, be aware that Waxwings have arrived in Glasgow, so keep your eyes peeled!
