Dull and Dreich, Once Again

Not much to report over the past week - three visits to Dawsholm Park LNR and a visit to Bingham's Pond.

Dawsholm Park LNR provided some good bird sightings - Raven, Buzzard, Bullfinch, Ring-necked Parakeet, Stock Dove and a large flock of 50+ Siskin.

However, the main reason for going to Dawsholm on three occasions was to assist with a Friends of Glasgow's LNRs event - the cleaning out and erection of nest boxes and a litter pick. My input involved:

• undertaking a recce of the ground conditions, nest box locations and litter hotspots; 
• helping with nest box cleaning; 
• producing a photographic record; and 
• checking how everything looked the day after the event - the bags had not been uplifted by the Council by early afternoon!

In the end, 16 boxes were cleaned-out and 2 were erected whilst 15 bags of litter were collected.

I would stress that I did do more than just take the photos!

Finally, today I made a 1 hour visit to Bingham's Pond with nothing unusual to report.

Meanwhile in Greater Glasgow, the Ring-necked Duck still appears to be happy at Mugdock Loch and flocks of Waxwings are being reported in Kelvinside and Cathcart - information courtesy of the SOC Clyde Grapevine.