Catch-up

Had a few problems keeping this diary up to date! Notes to be expanded follow:

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5th March 2010

My first visit today to Hogganfield Loch (NS66).
This is certainly a place to get up-close-and-personal with the birds!

Great Crested Grebe, Mute Swan, Whooper Swan, Greylag Goose, Mallard, Teal, Tufted Duck, Pochard, Goldeneye, Goosander, Buzzard, Moorhen, Coot, Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Wood Pigeon, Feral Pigeon, Grey Wagtail, Dunnock, Robin, Starling, Carrion Crow.


No sign of Lesser Scaup which has been reported recently!

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4th March 2010

40 Whooper Swan again this morning (09.30) at Larkhall but only 5 this afternoon (16.30).
A kestrel flew over garden pm.

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3rd March 2010

40 Whooper Swan at Larkhall, 09.30 and a similar number at 16.30.

Short-tailed Field vole nest at Ferniegair.

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2nd March 2010

Visit to Baron's Haugh

Grey Heron, Mute Swan, Whooper Swan, Mallard, Teal, Tufted Duck, Goldeneye,Goosander, Moorhen, Coot, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Wood pigeon, Grey Wagtail, Robin, Dunnock,Blackbird, Fieldfare, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Treecreeper, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Bullfinch.

A pair of Roe Deer


Still 12 Whooper Swan present at Larkhall.
Visit to Strathclyde Loch

Little Grebe, Cormorant,Mute Swan, Graylag Goose, Canada Goose, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Pochard, Goosander, Coot, Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Common Gull, Pied Wagtail, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow.

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1st March 2010

28 Whooper Swan (Larkhall) in Field between A72 and the River Clyde (NS772529).

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28th February 2010

Watched a Short-tailed Field Vole feeding at Ferniegair.

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22nd August 2009

Last Swift seen over Wishaw.

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Have lost the pictures on this page due to a change in server - will try to replace them when time allows... (These pictures can be seen on my web-based version of this diary:
http://www.britishwildlifepics.com/WildBritishBirdsDiary.html