Rather fine adult Mediterranean Gull on my Lochwinnoch patch yesterday evening. Digiscoped with kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter. #birdingscotland #clydebirding

Greenshank on the scrape at Lochwinnoch (first thing, flying high north at 7:04am) takes my patch year list to 91 after a good week with gadwall, Slavonian grebe, swallow and House Martin all added to the year list. #clydebirding Digiscoped with kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter

Bit of patch gold this evening with a summer plumage Slavonian Grebe on Castle Semple often distant. #digiscopes with kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter Also Osprey over Barr loch, 48 whooper swans and the hybrid shoveler x BW teal. #birdingscotland #clydebirding

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

Birded my Lochwinnoch patch this morning, windy and wet most of the time. Very much the usual suspects and patch year list remaining 80. Birds seen include GWE, 3 scaup, 3 pochard, 3 jays and 15 fieldfare. #birdingscotland Digiscoped with kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter

Birded my Lochwinnoch patch first thing LT duck, 3 scaup & GWE highlights. Spent an hour birding Newshot island, American wigeon still present mostly sleeping during heavy rain #digiscoped with kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter #rarebirdsuk #birdingscotland

After a few days in birding in Suffolk and Yorkshire it’s back to the reality of birding my Lochwinnoch patch. GWE showed well. Highlights was a redshank a patch year tick my 80th

Managed to get a couple of hours of birding while back in Yorkshire. Red-necked Grebe showed well at Hornsea Mere. #Digiscoped with Kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter.

Days birding started with Hume’s Warbler at Lowestoft, mostly high up in pine but got good but brief views in hedge, nice, over 20 since my last. Did bit of birding around Horsey before heading to to Hull see family in with 3 mile detour to way to see GGShirke.

Cracking full days birding along the Suffolk coast. Lots of good birds seen today include the Zitting Cisticola, 4 shorelarks, woodlarks, dartford warblers, spotted redshank, bittern, bearded tits etc. also my first adder and butterfly of the year. Walked miles mostly on shingle beaches

Opened the curtains this morning to see my first pipistrelle bat bus feeding just outside my window

Birded the Blackstoun Farm rhubarb fields this morning 2 brambling among 280+ chaffinch. Then visited the reservoirs at Dams to Darnley, L. Egret on Balgray, at Littleton a stunning Drake scaup and 2 pochard Digiscoped with kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter #birdingscotland

Great White Egret in the rain at Barr Loch, Lochwinnoch today. #digiscoped with kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter #birdingscotland

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

LT ducks wintering on kilbirnie loch did the descent thing and came over to Barr Loch a patch year tick. Great white egret, 3 scaup plus all the usual stuff #birdingscotland #clydebirsing

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

Birding my Lochwinnoch patch is starting to feel like Groundhog Day with the same stuff for past month - GWE and 3 scaup on Barr Loch the highlights

Peregrine in Greenock, #digiscoped with kowa884 using iPhone16Pro using vario adapter in breezy conditions

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

Caught up with Ring-necked Duck, Queens Park, Glasgow earlier today. #digiscoped with Kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter #birdingscotland #RareBirdsUK

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

A great days birding started with Black Grouse lek at first light, before birding north side of the Clyde, LT duck and Barnacle Goose added to year list. Digiscoped at distance and heavily cropped.

Northern Lights over Castle Semple #lochwinnoch this evening photographed with iphone16pro #northernlights

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

Working most of the day but managed get finished just in time to check Strathclyde Loch on my way home. 2nd calendar Mediterranean Gull was highlight. I actually like this shot of med gull here with 3 BHs

Spend a couple of hours birding Ardmore and Clyde coast today. Highlights lovely views of pintail, peregrine perched in its usual tree, 8+ Slavonian grebes, 3 RT divers, American wigeon x Eurasian wigeon hybrid and Norwegian ringed Bar-tailed godwit plus all the usual stuff #birdingscotland

Sleeping Smew showed well at Broadwood Loch at first light.No sign on RN Ducks at usual places which where mostly frozen. American Wigeon again mostly sleeping at Newshot island. Digiscoped with Iowa 884 using iPhone16pro and various adapter. #birdingscotland

Birded my Lochwinnoch patch first thing (curlew added to patch year list). Then went to Blackstoun Farm rhubarb fields, large flock of skylarks, chaffinch and linnets, but highlight was a single twite and 2 brambling

Morning off work allowed me to bird my Lochwinnoch patch first thing. Jay added to patch year list. Patch 99% frozen with only two small patches of open water . Highlights a single Drake scaup and shoveler with c300 duck and c600 geese and all the usual suspects.

Post work 90 minutes checking Gulls at Strathclyde park - bitterly cold, had hoped for a white-winged gull or something good, but sadly not to be. Highlight was a Norwegian ringed common gull (from Bergen) and 3 Clyde colour ringed BH Gulls

Bitterly cold afternoon birding my lochwinnoch patch. Highlight was a patch tick with 2 Russian White-fronted geese briefly on Barr loch before flying off south #digiscoped with kowa884 using vario adapter and iphone16Pro #birdingscotland #clydebirding

Good start to the patch year list. Highlights of an afternoon birding on my Lochwinnoch patch today were Drake scaup and Great White Egret.

My Lochwinnoch patch year list for 2025 total was 126! Many highlights including snow goose, glossy ibis, Pec Sand, Lesser Scaup, avocet, red kite, red-breasted merganser, garganey and with a good selections of commoner species. See what 2026 brings…. #clydebirding

Great Northern Diver showed well in Scarborough harbour last week on a quick visit back home to Yorkshire. Sadly the harbour bar was closed so no lemon twist ice cream for me! Digiscoped with kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter.

LT duck, GWE and at least 13 whooper swans were the highlight of morning birding my Lochwinnoch patch. Nice sunrise then the mist drifted in #birdingscotland #clydebirding #birds

Managed to get a couple of hours birding in today while visiting family in Hull. Eastern Black Redstart showed well at Filey. #digicoped with kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter. #birds #rarebirdsuk

Death Valley, California is one of my favourite places, I’m overdue another visit. The colour at first is amazing but I prefer my black and white shots. #landscape #blackandwhitephotographt #deathvalley

American wigeon snoozing in the low afternoon light at Newshot Island, Renfrewshire #digicoped with kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter. #birdingscotland #Rarebirdsuk #birds

Highlight of birding my Lochwinnoch patch today was finding Long-tailed duck on Aird Meadow and stunning views of Otter as it swam in the River Calder directly below me.

Afternoon off allowed a quick rainy visit to my Lochwinnoch patch. Highlight 8 whoopers swan. This one #digiscoped with kowa884 using iPhone16Pro and vario adapter. #birds #clydebirding

Birded my Lochwinnoch patch from first light. A very atmospheric morning and had great views of 3 water rails. #digiscoped with kowa884 using iphone16Pro ana vario adapter. Managed to twitch LT duck at dusk a patch year tick #birds #clydebieding

Greenshank at Lunderstone Bay, Inverclyde today, such a lovely wader. #digiscoped with kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter #birds #clydebirding

Birded by patch at first light then headed along the Clyde coast. Highlight was this white colour ringed Mediterranean Gull. #Digiscoped with kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter

Treated myself to a book I’ve wanted for a while

Family party of 5 whooper swans one of the adults with a malformed head. Very wet and cold pre work visit.

Bitterly cold post work birding this morning and was rewarded with a patch tick when Glossy Ibis flew over my #Lochwinnoch patch at 7:24am, Had seen the bird 1 miles outside my patch previous, so was delighted to get it on patch list!

This morning patch birding highlight was a moulting drake Scaup on Barr Loch. #Digiscoped with Kowa884 using vario adapter and iphone16Pro #birdingscotland #birds

Bookended my day with otter sighting at Arid Meadow, Lochwinnoch RSPB reserve. This #digiscoped video was taken this evening at dusk and follow on for views in the mist at first light

Rather smart ‘northern’ Long-tailed Tit in Budapest. #digiscoped with kowa884 using vario adapter and iphone16Pro #birds