A snapshot of the highlights follows:
Bingham's Pond
I visited the pond 4 times during the month and saw 22 different species with the best sighting a flyover Buzzard. It was also memorable for being really busy, with local people feeding the birds, and for some nice sunsets.
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| Bingham's Pond - 7 December 2020 |
Dawsholm Park LNR
Here, I recorded 25 species from two visits with Sparrowhawk, Stock Dove, Nuthatch, Ring-necked Parakeet and Dipper being the most memorable.
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| Ring-necked Parakeet - 20 December 2020 |
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| Dipper at the pond - 20 December 2020 |
Hogganfield Park LNR
Finally, on to my favourite birding location in Glasgow - Hogganfield Park LNR. Five visits and 47 species seen. The star birds were a redhead Smew, which had stayed over from November; a 1st winter Iceland Gull and a Scaup.
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| Smew - 17 December 2020 |
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| 1st winter Iceland Gull, behind 2 Wigeon - 30 December 2020 |
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Scaup - 30 December 2020 |
I use a bird recording system called BirdTrack to record all my sightings. This feeds into national data bases and also provides the individual with an easy to use data search system.
As a result I can quickly find out that during 2020 I saw:
44 species at Bingham's Pond;
51 species at Dawsholm Park LNR;
89 species at Hogganfield Park LNR; and
100 species within the City of Glasgow.
It is unlikely that I would have paid so many visits to these three locations, and seen so many different birds in the City, if it hadn't been for the pandemic; so some good has come out of this crisis!
Remember to click on the photos to create a slideshow and enhanced viewing.
Finally, thank you all for reading my Blog and hopefully 2021 will be a better year for everyone.
