Spent a glorious morning around Ardmore Point. Lots of birds around, taking advantage of the calm conditions. Highlights were three Scaup [164] and a single Slavonian Grebe feeding close in with 14 Goldeneye, three Red throated Divers, four Great crested Grebes and small numbers of Guillemot, Razorbill and Black Guillemot further out, a Bar tailed Godwit, 6 Mute Swans, 8 Greylag and 6 Canada Geese, a Buzzard and a Sparrowhawk. A single seal popped its head out of the water briefly. Heading home, two more Buzzards were on roadside posts.
All in all, this was a great visit to Ardmore Point with lots of new birds added to my square lists as follows:
Ardmore isthmus: Sparrowhawk, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Meadow Ppit and House Sparrow.
Mid and West: Razorbill, Long tailed Tit and Jackdaw.
This evening, a walk along the Cart produced a Kingfisher flying upstream under the Cardonald Place bridge. As dusk fell, Redwings could be heard "tsee-eep"ing overhead.
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