January 2018

30 January

Greenfinch (6) – Port Bannatyne (at feeders) – John Williams

Siskin – Port Bannatyne (at feeders) – John Williams

Magpie  – Port Bannatyne – John Williams

29 January

Kestrel (2) – Greenan Loch – Neil McKirdy

26 January

Grey Wagtail – Mount Stuart reservoir – Ian Hopkins

25 January

Nuthatch – at feeders Mount Stuart garden – Billy Shields

Whooper Swan (25) – Loch Quien north end – Mike Dodds

24 January

Kestrel – Ballycaul Farm – Ian Hopkins

Greenland White-fronted Geese (c160) – Nether Ardroscadale Farm – Ian Hopkins

Barnacle Geese (5) – Nether Ardroscadale Farm – Ian Hopkins

23 January

Brambling (f) – still coming to feeders, Port Bannatyne – John Williams

22 January

Brambling (f) – coming to feeders, Port Bannatyne – John Williams

21 January

Brambling (f) – coming to feeders, Port Bannatyne – John Williams

Siskin – coming to feeders, Port Bannatyne – John Williams

20 January

Golden Plover (15) – Fields at Ettrick Bay – John Williams

Lapwing (74) – Fields at Ettrick Bay – John Williams

Fieldfare (c50) – Mid ColmacFarm – Ian Hopkins

Whooper Swan (52) – Kirk Dam – Ian Hopkins

Bar-tailed Godwit (8) – Ettrick Bay (north end) – Ian Hopkins

Ringed Plover (c30)  – Ettrick Bay (north end) – Ian Hopkins

Dunlin (c20) – Ettrick Bay (north end) – Ian Hopkins

19 January

Little Egret – burn at Scalpsie Bay – Mike & Iv y Dodds

18 January

Kestrel – Greenan Loch, south end – Paul McTaggart

Peregrine – Trinity Church spire – Mike Dodds

Greylag Goose (Orange neck collar LUZ, ringed as a juvenile at Blondous, Iceland in July last year) – Ballycaul Farm – Ian Hopkins

17 January

Hen Harrier (2 x ringtail) – fields at Barnauld – Neil McKirdy

Jackdaw (c1000) – pre-roost flock at Foley Wood – Ian Hopkins

15 January

Peregrine – Trinity Church spire – Neil McKirdy, Mike Dodds

Dipper (2) – Drumachloy Burn – Mike Dodds

14 January

Redpoll (c.100) – Kilmichael Road – John Williams

Jay (2) – Kilmichael Road – John Williams

Hen Harrier (m) – Kilmichael Road – John Williams

Golden Eagle (adult) – Kilmichael Road – John Williams

Hen Harrier (f) – Glecknabae _ John Wiliams

Kestrel  – Glecknabae _ John Wiliams

Woodcock – Glecknabae _ John Wiliams

Turnstone (c15) – Ardbeg point – Viv Shelly

Bullfinch (8) – Glecknabae – John Williams

Redwing – Glecknabae – John Williams

Little Egret – Scalpsie Bay – Kevin Attfield

Hen Harrier (f) – near Kames Castle – Ian Hopkins

13 January

Pink-footed Geese (c.50) – Ballianly – Ian Hopkins

Fieldfare – Fields at Ettrick Bay tearoom – Dougie Menzies

Redwing  – Fields at Ettrick Bay tearoom – Dougie Menzies

Bar-tailed Godwit (10) – Fields at Ettrick Bay south end – Dougie Menzies

12 January

Great-spotted Woodpecker (2) – drumming to rear of Crosshill Villas- Mike Dodds

Golden Eagle – behind Hilton Farm – John Williams

Lapwing (62) – in field at St Colmac Farm – John Williams

11 January

Nuthatch – at feeders in Ascog Garden – Sandra Lindsay

10 January

Great Northern Diver – off Mountstuart Road – Neil McKirdy

09 January

Kingfisher – Rothesay Castle Moat – John Williams

Little Egret – St Ninian’s bay – Dougie Menzies, Ian Hopkins

08 January

Kingfisher – Sailing Club, Rothesay Bay – John Williams

Barnacle Geese (12) – in flight east past Craigmore Pier – Dougie Menzies

Canada Geese (20) – in flight past Ascog – Dougie Menzies

07 January

Little Egret – flushed from ditch SE end Stravanan Bay – Susan McComb

Great Northern Diver – offshore at Glecknabae – John Williams

Long-tailed Tit (4) – Kirk Dam – Margaret MacDonald

06 January

Golden Eagle – over Glenmore – John Williams

04 January

Kingfisher – Ardbeg shore – John Williams

03 January

Great-spotted Woodpecker – behind High Kirk, Townhead – Mike Dodds

01 January

Goosander (10) – Loch Ascog – Viv Shelly

Bullfinch (m) – South Park – Liz McKirdy

Great-spotted Woodpecker – South Park – Liz McKirdy