Spent the first few hours of daylight looking around NS66A (Croftfoot/Rutherglen) to try and boost the tetrad's winter list. Highlights included two Dippers on the burn which marks the boundary between Glasgow and Lanarkshire, forty Greylag Geese passing overhead and some tricky local species including Grey Wagtail and Bullfinch. The full list was: Greylag Goose, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Feral Pigeon,
Woodpigeon, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Grey Wagtail, Blue
Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Long-tailed
Tit, Wren, Starling, Dipper, Blackbird, Mistle Thrush, Fieldfare, Redwing, Robin,
Dunnock, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Bullfinch. Only the south end of the tetrad was covered. The north end, and all of the neigbouring tetrad (NS66F) will have to wait until next week.
Dipper on burn between Croftfoot and Rutherglen , |
Iconic image from Rutherglen |
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