Spent a rainy day in the Linlithgow-Bo'ness area. Interested to see the lone Shelduck from last year still on the loch. However an extensive search failed to turn up the regular redhead Smew. Other interesting sightings included over 100 Jackdaws in woods above Linlithgow, six Curlew in fields above Bo'ness and a pair of Red breasted Mergansers off Bo'ness Dock. Stopped off at Hogganfield Loch on the way home. Much of the loch was covered in ice, limiting the birds on offer. However it was interesting to see that the lone male Gadwall which frequents the car park area seems to have found a mate. Bird of the day was Goldeneye with good numbers on Linlithgow Loch, offshore at Bon'ess and on Hogganfield Loch (where 23 were in a tight group at the very back of the ice-free area).
An interesting non-bird sighting was a dead Carp under the ice at Linlithgow..