Just to keep you in the know...
- the weather has been bloody awful.
- this week we've had sightings of harbour porpoise and plenty of large feeding agreggations of gulls and gannets. The numbers of manxies and terns seem to be dropping away, however, we still have fair numbers willow warblers and white throat about.
- waders are on the increase with around 350 curlew, 100 blackwit and 150 barwit last week, and the geese are starting to stream in at dusk
- the feeders have been extra busy, and the jackdaws have returned in some numbers to Ravenscraig, probably something to do with the dispersal of this years juv. sparrowhawk.
In context...
- The Clyde and Ayrshire seem to by getting nice influxes of birds; the duck numbers are building up at nearby Lochwinnoch, the latest visitors begin three scaup yesterday, and there have been a couple shouts of blue wing teal around the Clyde region. There have also been sightings of longtailled skua and Leach's petrel down at Troon, and a grey phalarope yesterday and Turnberry Point.
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| Curlew overhead, 10/09/2012 |
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