Did a lot of river walking today - along stretches of the Cart and the Brock Burn. No sound or sign of either Dipper or Kingfisher. Winter visitors such as Goosander, Little Grebe and Cormorant (as well as Redwing and Fieldfare) also seem to have moved on. Plenty of Mallards, in pairs, were hiding along the banks. One pair contained a leucistic female and another, a leucistic male. A Pied Wagtail was on the bend where the Grey Wagtail pair usually are. Most unusual sighting was a possible fly-over Siskin (other sites around the country have been recording passage). Also of interest was a bee in Pollock.
The webcam at the Loch of the Lowes is showing an Osprey perched on the nest.
The full bird list for the 18 sites visited this (long) weekend was 50, including: Mute Swan (seen at 3 sites), Canada Goose, Teal, Mallard (13), Tufted Duck, Eider, Goldeneye, Goosander (4), Moorhen, Great crested Grebe (2), Grey Heron, Shag, Cormorant (2), Gannet, Buzzard (2), Oystercatcher, Black headed Gull (5), Common Gull, Lesser black backed Gull (6), Herring Gull (3), Feral Pigeon (7), Woodpigeon (8), Collared Dove, Sand Martin, Rock Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail (2), Grey Wagtail (4), Dipper (2), Wren (10), Dunnock (5), Robin (11), Blackbird (10), Mistle Thrush (3), Goldcrest (4), Chiffchaff, Blue Tit (12), Great Tit (10), Long tailed Tit (2), Coal Tit (4), Magpie (8), Jackdaw (6), Carrion Crow (13), Hooded Crow, Rook (3), Starling (5), House Sparrow (8), Chaffinch (12), Greenfinch (6) and Goldfinch (2) [13,291].