A rather impressive looking hybrid (shoveler x blue winged teal) at Lochwinnoch today. #digiscoped with kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter
Swallow at Castle Semple Loch this evening bring my patch year list to 87 #birdingscotland #clydebirding
A pair of Wigeon sitting on the water's surface, with the female bird holding her head partially underwater
A blustery and very quiet WeBS count on the Clyde Estuary last Sunday. Numbers of everything were ranging from poor to non-existent, with most numbers staying low all winter. At least this pair of Wigeon were showing nicely #BirdingScotland #ClydeBirding @webs-gsmp.bsky.social
Signs of spring ,waders on the move. My first inland ringed plovers of the year with 5 today at a regular early staging site near Elvanfoot, accompanied by 9 curlew and 8 lapwing @clydesoc-grapevine.bsky.social #Scottishbirding #Clydebirding
Rainy, dull, cold days birding. Got soaked birding my Lochwinnoch patch only thing of note GWE. Visited Newshot Island America wigeon, Lt duck and 2 scaup still present #birdingscotand #clydebirding
It's taken a wee while but at last found a single Tundra Bean in a flock of c1000 pinks off Robiesland Avenue Lanark this afternoon, for once the birds were a bit closer. Sound down, no idea why bsky creates so much noise on vids @clydesoc-grapevine.bsky.social #Scottishbirding #Clydebirding
You can read @arnaturegeek.bsky.social's outing write up here tinyurl.com/9aaxc87e #clydebirding
Saturday 14th Feb
The first returning Lesser Black-backed Gull of the year to our tenement rooftop, Maryhill.
Just look at that plumage, as clean as a new pin!
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Geese were hard work today,single Russian whitefront in c1000 pinks at Douglas Water was all of note. Spent a while with this 1st winter peregrine near New Lanark after glimpsing the darvic, nearly an hour and a half before it gave it up @clydesoc-grapevine.bsky.social #Scottishbirding #Clydebirding
Another of these distant photos, ruddy shelduck today with c220 pinks below Eastfield Farm Pettinain, supporting cast of great egret, 2 little egret, 2 shelduck and 37 whoopers including the 2 Icelandic darviced birds @clydesoc-grapevine.bsky.social #Scottishbirding #Clydebirding
Pair of Oystercatcher back on breeding territory at an undisclosed site at Summerston this morning 09/02/26
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Looking across the River Clyde upriver to the reedbeds at Newshot Island, with the buildings at Clydebank in the distance. A telescope is in the foreground
A nice day yesterday leading the SOC local group outing to Linwood then my local patch at Newshot Island. Good patch birds present at the latter in the form of a female Long-tailed Duck and 3 female Scaup but couldn't pick out the American Wigeon among the Wigeon horde #BirdingScotland #ClydeBirding
A cold, windy and often very wet morning birding Ardmore, Craigendoran and Cardross. Highlights including a total of 9 Slavonian grebe, c80 GCGs, single RT Diver, 20+ pintail and single L Egret #birdingscotland #clydebirding
Nine whitefronts today with 127 greylags at same location , 2 first winter birds probably missed one of them on Wednesday @clydesoc-grapevine.bsky.social #Scottishbirding #Clydebirding
Quick lunchtime visit to Frankfield Loch, Glasgow to see the Red-necked Grebe. Very poor light, with light rain, bitterly cold and windy but bird showed well. #birdingscotland #clydebirding
Digiscoped with kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter
Single Russian white-fronted goose off Candren Road, Linwood today with Pink feet. Digiscoped with kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter #birdingscotland #clydebirding
Started the month with 2 Russian whitefront now finished month with same. Again distant but good enough images to show belly patterns are different despite only c800m from first birds, with 700 pinks at The Meetings Carnwath today. @clydesoc-grapevine.bsky.social #Scottishbirding #Clydebirding
Red head smew showing a bit closer today, seems to enjoy it's own company keeping well clear of all the other ducks frequenting the loch @clydesoc-grapevine.bsky.social #Scottishbirding #Clydebirding
A new, illustrated, outing report from our trip to Perthshire earlier this month led by @clydebirder1.bsky.social - you can read it here-->> tinyurl.com/tayreedbedsj... #BirdingScotland #clydebirding
Another of these distant photos this time red head smew, after many years looking a site first for me on the East Pond in Douglas Estate today. @clydesoc-grapevine.bsky.social #Scottishbirding #Clydebirding
Spent the morning birding my Lochwinnoch patch. Highlights including Great White Egret and pair of Scaup. Digiscoped with kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter #birdingscotland #clydebirding
Below Eastfield Farm Pettinain today site best count of 6 little egrets sheltering from the stiff easterly and a great white braving conditions further down the bank #Scottishbirding #Clydebirding @clydesoc-grapevine.bsky.social
Update, flock of 101 birds a bit closer today, confirmed white 61U & 57X both ringed in Iceland Aug '24 and seen at Bavelaw Lothian Dec '25 also in flock yellow TUP seen at Bavelaw at the same time. #Clydebirding #Lothianbirding #Scottishbirding
Frustrated trying to nail these 2 in a flock of 57+ at Pettinain today, at full zoom on my P1000. Sure they are a pair. One has white darvic on right the other on left, could be 55&56 horizontal, hopefully help out there #KaneBrides #WaterbirdCM #Scottishbirding #Clydebirding
First dip of the year - missed the RB gull at Strathclyde Park late afternoon. Couple of Mediterranean Gulls (ad & 2nd winter) in the roost #birdingscotland #clydebirding
Female long tailed duck upsetting the locals today on the east pond in Douglas Estate. #Scottishbirding #Clydebirding
Thursday 15th Jan
This Kingfisher (1 of 3 seen) along the F&C Canal at Knightswood stayed still long enough for me to get this shot...and thankfully it was in a sunny spot.
#birds #clydebirding
