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Sat tagged grey lag black 10 in flock of 222 below Eastfield Farm Carstairs Junction today NS966439 @KaneBrides @SwannBob

After many years sifting through the local geese flocks, I finally turned up 2 red breasted geese with 3500+ pinks and a couple of barnies in fields between Carstairs Junction Bridge and Eastfield Farm. Great egret on Clyde also @Clydebirding @BirdGuides @RareBirdAlertUK

The Clyde floodplains around Carstairs pinkfeet numbers peaked last week at c14000, scanned all week and best was a few barnacles mixed in, numbers down today and eventually turned up a couple of distant Greenland Whitefronts @Clydebirding

First 45 pinkfeet of Autumn south over Lanark this morning @Clydebirding

It's been a lean spring on my local water bodies due to high water levels. More mud today brought in a nice male ruff and a single blackwit, Loudon Pond Douglas Water @Clydebirding

And still present yesterday below Eastfield Farm Pettinain

Had a trip through to the Lammermuirs today to try for the black throated thrush, after a bit of searching the bird obliged and showed well on its own for most of morning in the field by the sheep shed. Makes up for the 2022 Haddington bird not making the grade. @birdinglothian

Had a trip down to York for a couple of days, single peregrine on the North West tower both Wednesday and Thursday, these images from Thursday looks like the male? perhaps @YorkPeregrines can confirm

Yet another of these distant shots ,snow goose with c2000 pinks this afternoon on Clyde Flood Plains between Eastfield Farm Pettinain and The Meetings bridge Libberton. Supporting cast of great egret and 2 little egret. @Clydebirding @BirdGuides

Escaped inclement weather at home and had a trip to East Lothian best were the imm drake WW scoter off Wrecked Craigs Port Seton, Barns Ness firecrest and BN grebe in Whitesands Quarry. Managed a few year ticks amongst the supporting cast @birdinglothian

Had a run round the patch this morning best was great egret,3 little egret and 16 shelduck below Eastfield Fm Pettinain. Stumbled upon this one again this time at Covington last seen on Boxing day c10 miles away wonder where it has been in between @Clydebirding

Signs of spring ,waders are on the move. My first inland ringed plovers of the year with 5 today at a regular early staging site near Elvanfoot, accompanied by 9 curlew and 8 lapwing @Clydebirding

Found another 2 Tundra Beans with 300+ pinks today at The Meetings between Carnwath and Libberton. Despite sifting through thousands of geese all season only my 1st neck collared pink. @Clydebirding

Received history for the Polish bird. Ringed as a pullus June '25 Dlugosiodlo,Mazowieckie,Poland,first re-sight since ringing

It's taken a wee while but at last found a single Tundra Bean in a flock c1000 pinks off Robiesland Ave Lanark this afternoon, for once the birds were a bit closer. @Clydebirding

Quick walk round Lanark Loch this morning produced 2 BHG darvics only my 2nd and 3rd of the winter at this location, ringed birds way down this year. Red ring will be a local Clyde RG bird but blue one looks to be Polish. @Clydebirding

Geese were hard work today, single Russian whitefront in c1000 pinks at Douglas Water was all of note. Spent a while with this 1st winter peregrine near New Lanark after glimpsing the darvic, nearly an hour and a half before it gave it up. @Clydebirding