Highlight past few days on Lochwinnoch patch limited time so mostly pre and post work visits, Highlights include Sandwich tern, 1st summer med gull, 4 mandarins, 5 LRPs, 3 black-tailed godwit.#clydebirding

Managed to add little egret to my Lochwinnoch patch year list (120) with 2 flying over Barr loch at 6:11am. Nice selection of birds this morning including 6 gadwall, 5 LRPs, 4 mandarins and single black-tailed godwit #clydebirdibg

Day off today so spent a bit time birding my Lochwinnoch patch Mandarin still kicking about, at least 100 black-headed gull chicks across the reserve. 7 LRPs (3 chicks) plus all the usual stuff #clydebirding #birdingscotland

Quick lunchtime twitch to see spotted redshank on my Lochwinnoch patch (first one here for 18 year!) annoyingly had to be in work early so first time in over a week I’ve not visited at first light! #clydebirding #birdingscotland

Pectoral Sandpiper showed well this evening on my Lochwinnoch patch (117 for the patch year list). Digiscoped with kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter #rarebirdsuk #birdingscotland #clydebirding

Two water rail chicks on my Lochwinnoch patch today. #clydebirding #birdingscotland #digiscoped with kowa 884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter

Heading to airport shortly and back home, after a relaxing week in and around Budapest - 144 species of bird seen (or heard river and moustached warbler both stayed well hidden) all within about 50miles of Budapest. No lifers just good birding.

Great days birding the Kiskunság National Park and nearby fish ponds. #digiscoped with kowa884 using vario adapter

Great days birding yesterday - Very windy as I explored Dinnyesi Ferto the Acros warblers where particularly difficult due to wind, moustached warbler only heard! Bit of #digiscoping of Red-backed Shirke having lunch hang kowa884 with vario adapter and iphone16Pro

A few days away - Birded Dinnyesi Ferto today avoiding most of the forecasted heavy rain - only a 50 minute train ride from Budapest (costing about £2.75p - cannot get into Glasgow for that!). Despite the wet and windy conditions loads of good birds seen

Nice morning birding my Lochwinnoch patch highlight wood sandpiper, 2 LRPs, scaup plus all the usual stuff #clydebirding

Quick look at the patch first thing then headed to Loch Venachar for the White-billed Diver which showed well. #birdingscotland #rarebirduk #digiscoped with kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter

Bit of patch gold with kittiwake on the scrape at Lochwinnoch this morning #clydebirding

My 100th species on my Lochwinnoch patch 2026 year list was a drake mandarin had hoped for something better! Sedge warblers added to year list this morning and cuckoo a bird I don’t alway get every year on Saturday. #birdingscotland #clydebirdibg

Black-tailed godwits at sunrise on scrape at Lochwinnoch RSPB reserve at sunrise this morning @rspbscotland.bsky.social #Digiscoped with kowa884 using iphone16Pro with vario adapter #birdingscotland #clydebirding

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.