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    Western Scotland birding

    The hub (or hut for accuracy) isn't much to write home about. It isn't manned. The stuff around is aimed at children, There's a dipping pool and some feeders. The main thing would be to follow the directions to walk down to their viewing places at the Loch, which isn't visible from the hub...
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    Western Scotland birding

    Loch Lomond Was able to get out a wee bit today. I decided to go up the east bank of Loch Lomond for a change, partly to try out a new camera and partly to see what was to be seen. Not that there was much beyond the usual suspects. However stopped off at the RSPB Loch Lomond hub and got some...
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    Western Scotland birding

    I had the chance to visit RSPB Lochwinnoch yesterday on a damp and gloomy morning. Nothing terribly exciting to see, I went in search of Water Rails that had been seen earlier, but without success, again. It is beginning to be a bit of a bogey bird for me. At the feeders: Reed Bunting...
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    Western Scotland birding

    Had a quick walk around the Millichen flood area just north of Glasgow. The aim was to see a tree sparrow and the possibility of a yellowhammer. Tree Sparrows were around, so that was good. Didn't see a yellowhammer, but I did see a Reed Bunting, which I hadn't seen there before, so that was...
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    Western Scotland birding

    I was tempted to reanimate the Hogganfield Loch thread, as I was there today for the first time in ages. List as follows: mute swan whooper swan mallard goldeneye tufted duck gadwall teal goosander herring gull black headed gull lesser black backed gull heron coot moorhen woodpigeon carrion crow...
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    Western Scotland birding

    This should really be in the Lothian thread, but I went out on Wednesday to Vane Farm RSPB place on Loch Leven, then to Musselburgh. The Loch was full of Pochard, some Teal, Mallards, Tufted Ducks, four Shelducks, lots of Cormorants. At the feeders beside the first hide were some Gold and...
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    Western Scotland birding

    More than a hundred lifers! The guide, a Dutchman called Steven, took us out for a morning and then a whole day affair. Really difficult to name best bird, there were some spectaculars, but I have to say that Frigate Birds and Skimmers were real favourites. I suppose I've seen them on nature...
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    Western Scotland birding

    Like JTweedie I haven't been around for a good while, you all know what life is like. However I was lucky enough to go to Mexico early in February and went out on a couple of excellent birding tours, which had kind of rekindled my interest. So last Wednesday I went to Barons Hough in Motherwell...
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    Western Scotland birding

    My best count was 13, but that was limited by my scope and number of fingers!
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    Western Scotland birding

    I saw my first Whimbrels yesterday at West Ferry, one of those annoying "why haven't I seen one of those birds before" now ticked. Thanks to the guy with the better scope for his help!
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    Western Scotland birding

    I had my first day out in ages yesterday. Started at Fastnet St in Cranhill for a good sized flock of waxwings. Went down to Fairlie and saw a greenshank and about 15 blacktailled Godwits. Nothing much at Largs(except HMS Duncan heading out to sea), a gannet off Skelmorlie. Red throated diver...
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    Western Scotland birding

    This is when you really miss Clydebirds.co.uk! It always was great for this kind of info. I've beenkeping an eye open at the couple of local places they've been in the past without success. I hope they don't bypass us!
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    Western Scotland birding

    Must be Autumn Must be autumn! I had a chance for a quick visit to Hogganfield Loch today, the first family of whoppers have arrived. Two adults and four young. There was also a ruddy duck and I saw a reed bunting. Also had some siskins back at my feeders earlier this week.
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    Western Scotland birding

    The wee boogers are eating me out of house and home. There's a flock of about 20 sparrows that empty the two suet feeders every day. Gold, chaff, green and bull finches, along with sundry great and blue tits (fewer coal tits recently) finish off three sunflower heart feeders. Plagued by...
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    Western Scotland birding

    I took a drive up the Crow road over the Campsie's yesterday. I stopped beside the road a few times. there were plenty of meadowpipits, a couple of buzzards, a couple of kestrels. I walked up through a fir plantation where willow warblers were singing away merrily, there seemed to be loads. I...
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    Western Scotland birding

    Things have been busy at my feeders, even today during the gales. Flock of 20 sparrows, up to 10 goldfinches, pair of bullfinches, about 6 greenfinches. Great and blue tits, as well as a few coal tits. Dunnocks and robins, blackbirds. I saw my first siskin a couple of days ago, the sparrowhawk...
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    Western Scotland birding

    Snow brings brambling. The downside of the snowy weather has the silver lining of the winter birds re-appearing in the garden. A flock of siskins yesterday and a brambling today.
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    Western Scotland birding

    I had a walk around the Hogganfield Loch today, was surprised by the numbers of greylags that are around, and among them one Barnacle goose, which I delighted about, and if I could figure out how to get photos off my phone I post it. Lots of great crested grebes including young. Pochards as...
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    Western Scotland birding

    The cuckoo flew over the road as I was driving back towards Aberfoyle, as was the swift. If you drive past the car park for the Queens View and Whangie heading away from Bearsden there are two parking places on the right hand side of the road, stop at the second (1/2 mile), which is surrounded...
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    Western Scotland birding

    Same here I went up there on Wednesday, for the first time hoping for the same thing, pied flycatchers, saw great tits and chaffinches! Also I think willow warblers rather than chiff chaffs, but definitely not wood warblers. On the way home did a bit better at the mouth of Endrick between...
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    Western Scotland birding

    Walked around Ardmore point today, got drenched and saw, not too much: redshanks, curlews, mallard, goldeneye, great crested grebe, mergansers, shelducks, meadow pipits, greenfinches, chaffinches, blue tits, blackbirds, crows, some gulls, oystercatchers. That's all folks!
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    Western Scotland birding

    re bean geese. I tried last night on my way home from Musselburgh and Vane farm (see " a nice day out" on your birding day), but the road from Abronhill was closed, so went up the next road, got completely lost, ended up moving a traffic cone, so I could get onto the closed road, then must have...
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    Western Scotland birding

    Vane Farm is an RSPB place on Loch Leven, which means I need my passport for the border crossing at Harthill. They have pink footed geese. Are the bean geese still around in Lanarkshire? I went up there at one point but the farmer said they'd moved. If they are still around where exactly? The...
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    Western Scotland birding

    I can see Tinto hill from my window, which is close enough! Like yourself trying to do a bit of exercise, so I've been walking aroung the Hogganfield loch most days. I didn't notice the lesser scaup, but I didn't have my bins, but, like you're climb, its nice to be distracted with whats swimming...
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    Western Scotland birding

    Happy to be involved I usually check www.clydebirds.co.uk which does keep a west of Scotland perspective. Was at Hogganfield this afternoon. Didn't see the lesser scaup, but there's some great crested grebes showing nicely, also saw my first grey wagtail of the year. I pretty much keep to...
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