Scotland and January at home

A week in Scotland after New Year saw a set of extrordinary lucky sightings including:

Loch Leven (Kinross): Whooper Swans

At Loch of Kinnordy: Greylag and Pink Footed Geese, a vast Brambling/Chaffinch flock of some 250 birds,



Also male Smew and Red Squirrels

Travelling up the A9: Black Grouse flushed by Golden Eagle hassled by Raven

Ardnamurchan Penisula tour: White Tailed Eagle, another Golden Eagle hassled by some more Ravens, Red Breasted Merganser, Otters and Seals



Lochwinnoch: A Dipper

Then back home and back to work, a birdless week of commuting until:

Saturday:

Gringley Carr: 10 Corn Bunting on the wire - with 150 odd Linnets and other finches & a Buzzard

Gringley Road Patch: not much to write home about until I stumbled on a Bittern 

Sunday:

Early to Clumber Park where I saw 5 Hawfinch, 2 Marsh Tit and plenty of birds at close quarters thanks to the feeding stations where regular visitors put out bird seed. Dipped on 12 Waxwing though :(




Monday:
 

Home: Brambling to add to the garden list, plus dozens and dozens of birds as the snowfell including a Song Thrush (much missed).




2013 Birdlist now at 78 species!

Patch list (76 species) can be found by clicking the tab at the top of the page and all my bird photos for 2013 are found here