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

Rather than sit in the M8 traffic jam I scanned the gull roost at Strathclyde Loch and wait for the traffic to improve. Highlights 2 Mediterranean gulls (ad & 2nd winter) #birdingscotland #birds

Missed the Glossy Ibis when it circled my local patch but caught up south of Barr loch in fields nr Kerse bridge. #Digiscoped with kowa884 using vario adapter and iphone16Pro #birdingscotland

Winter plumage Black Guillemot, #digiscoped off Greenock. Digiscoped with kowa884 using vario adapter and iphone16Pro

Post work visit to Strathclyde Loch to check the Gulls and avoid getting a stuck in the M8 traffic jam. 2 little egret on the island, sadly noting noteworthy in the gull roost but a great sunset.

Returning for its third winter it was nice to see this American Wigeon today at Newshot Island, viewed from the Golden Jubilee #digiscoped with kowa884 using vario adapter and iphone16Pro #birdingscotland #rarebirdsuk

Found this stunning Dice Snake while out birding nr Dinnyes, Hungary. #digiscoped with kowa884 using vario adapter and iphone16Pro

Twitched Sociable Lapwing at Dinnyes Fejer today while in Budapest. Mostly distant and poor light but stunning bird.. Must be over 30 years since I’ve seen Sociable Lapwing.

Great days birding in the Kiskunsag National Park, Hungary. Images #digiscoped with kowa884 using vario smartoscope adapter and iphone16Pro Great Bustard, LE Owl, Cate Egret & Pygmy Cormorants

A very misty start to a quick hours birding at my Lochwinnoch patch before for heading to work. Great White Egret at Barr loch

A day on the Clyde looking for seabirds My favourite shot from today was this gannet flying over the boats flag.

Still one of the most spectacular birding events I’ve seen over 100,000 Sooty Shearwaters in Monterey Bay back in Sept 2011!

Atmospheric sunrise on the Lochwinnoch patch this morning and patch tick with Red kite heading north over the south end of Barr Loch at 9am

Ring-necked duck at Bingham’s Pond, Glasgow showing amazing well as always. #birdingscotland #Digiscoped with kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter

Lovely views of Little Owl in East Yorkshire this evening #digiscoped with Kowa884 using iphone16Pro with vario adapter