23 August 2020 Musselburgh Lagoons

1 Spotted Redshank 

1 Green Sandpiper

Several Ruff

Frankfield Loch 11 July 20

Frankfield

Now 200 Lapwing, 6 Tufted, Great Crested & Little Grebe.

4 July 20

Tyninghame

First stop after lockdown was Tyninghame Bay. The Greater Sandplover that had been present for nearly a week was seen at a distance. Also of note 1 Greenshank, Ringed Plover and Dunlin.

Dunbar Harbour

Both Kittiwake and Fulmar on cliffs . Guillemot on the sea.

Whitesands Quary

c12 Pochard, 1 female Goldeneye. Lots of Grey Lag Geese.

Thorntonloch

A few Guillemot on the sea & a few passing Gannets & Common Gulls.

Lockdown Late March to Early July 20

Lockdown severely restricted my ability to travel. I went to Glen Finglas in June but otherwise it was distances of less than 15 miles from home. Glen Finglas produced singing Wood Warblers, Pied Flycatcher & Cuckoo. Also saw Common Sandpiper.

Otherwise, I had occasional trips to Strathclyde Park which produced only common birds. An over summering Whooper Swan & nesting Great Crested Grebes & Sedge & Grasshopper Warbler were about the highlights. In the second half of lockdown I concentrated more on Frankfield Loch. Lapwings had built up to 130 by late June. Kingfisher was regular. Teal, Gadwall & Shoveler were noted. Early July produced a Red Necked Grebe at Hogganfield. 

There was a Nuthatch in the vicinity of the garden in late June.

23 February 2020

Heritage Loch

Great Crested Grebe, Scaup, Kingfisher, 10 Lapwing, 1 Oystercatcher.

Island Pond

Gadwall, Wigeon. 1 Jay, Redwing & Fieldfare. Gold crest, Treecreeper.

19 February 2020

Heritage Loch

Drake Scaup still. 2 Snipe, 10 Lapwing, 1 Fieldfare.

18 February 2020

Island Pond

After many days of rain the water levels were very high and there was little of note. C25 Wigeon and a Jay were of some note.

A few displaying Goldeneye were also present

8 February 2020

Heritage Loch

Peregrine, Drake Scaup still. 2 Snipe. 6 Goosander, Lapwing.

Island Pond

1 Whooper, Shoveler, Gadwall, Wigeon

2 February 2020

Heritage Loch

Drake Scaup, 1 Kingfisher, 7 Snipe, 10 Lapwing.

Hamilton Low Parks

Gadwall, Wigeon, Shoveler, 3 Whooper Swan, Siskin, Fieldfare, Redwing.

25 January 20

Montrose Basin

c50 Pintail, Eider, Shelduck, Goldeneye, Wigeon, Teal, RB Merganser, Little Grebe.

Dunlin, Lapwing, 3-4 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, c100 Pink Footed Goose.

Lunan Bay

Large flock of Common Scoter, lots of  Long Tailed Duck, 1 Red Throated Diver. Sparrowhawk.

Arbroath

Up to 40 Purple Sandpiper roosting on the harbour walls.

22 January 2020

Strathclyde Loch

Think this is an Argentatus Herring Gull that I tried to string into a Yellow Legged Gull.

Ring Billed Gull continues to show well off the 4th car park.

20 January 2020

Cathkin Marsh

2 Raven, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel. 4 Teal on field pools 1/4 mile to the south.

Heritage Loch

Immature drake Scaup, 2 Tufted Duck, c35 Canada Geese, 1 Grey Lag Goose, 8 Lapwing. Goosander, Cormorant.

19 January 20

C20 Waxwing in Cambuslang.

Cardwell Bay

1 Med Gull, 2 Razorbill, Black Guillemot.

Lunderston Bay

Black Guillemot

18 January 20

Longhaugh Point

1 Chiffchaff in bushes & trees about 1/4 mile west of access track. 1 Little Egret, Wigeon, Teal, Goldeneye, RB Merg, 2 Little Grebe, Curlew, Lapwing, Redshank. 2 Raven over.

Barr Loch

Great Crested Grebe. 2 Whooper Swan on the Aird Meadow.

12 January 2020

Strathclyde Loch

C25 Goldeneye

Barons Haugh

Water levels very high after recent heavy rain. Very little to see.

5 January 2020

Emirates

No sign of adult YL Gull

Strathclyde Loch

Adult RB Gull, 1 female Scaup, Goldeneye, Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, Goosander, Cormorant, Grey Lag Geese.

Island Pond

Jay, Wigeon, Shoveler, Gadwall, Teal, Canada Geese.

4 January 2020

Slamanan

No sign of any Taiga Beans

Skinflats

Pochard, c10 Stock Dove

1 January 2020

Carnoustie - West Haven

1 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Sanderling, Bar Tailed Godwit, Stonechat, Eider.

Arbroath Harbour

No white winged gulls