Thursday the 1st of January 2026 Turning into the bin lane to Magpies
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Joy for 2026 Helensburgh shore at sunset
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A few small waders zigging around With the usual gulls, crows and oyster catchers
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Not enough light for me to identify them. Friday, greenside, frosty, lots of quiet robins
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A jay took a long undulating flight Across the Loch Humphrey  burn
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Saturday on the way to jaw A relaxed flock of grey-legged geese in a
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fuel dip. Sunday on Duncombe a raven circles me
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Diving and dipping again and again with quiet croaks
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Seems unfazed and came quite close Shining in the bright sun
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Monday the 5th of January 2026 Commuting home, passing the Kirkintillocch brownfield
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site A row among the long frozen grass
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Tuesday, two grey squirrels running about the Magnolia bush across the bin lane
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They're often in there, I wonder why this bush is so interesting for them
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Wednesday the park pond frozen with a circle of open water covered and surrounded by birds
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The coots are quarrelsome as usual. Friday, round the corner are robins singing
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in a garden After a few days of cold and quiet robins
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this was a surprise. Saturday, greenside, some ice and a little
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snow Not much in the way of wildlife, a rather
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damp and draggled kestrel perching on branches near the road.
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Wednesday the 14th of January 2026 Victoria Park, a mob of black-headed gulls
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and mallards surround the lady who feeds them every day
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Dusk is getting later. Thursday, greenside, warmer, robins singing
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A lot more birds, active, tits and chaffinch, magpies and jagtaws
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Ravens buzzards and a kestrel. Friday, Victoria Park, first snow drops out
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Saturday greenside, a jay screech, ravens croaking, two sitting on a pile and chatting
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A vee of geese high above the track. Sunday, walking up Hindland Street after
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lunch A few long-tailed tits high in the trees
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Monday the 19th of January 2026 A quartet of bullfinches in among the dead
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leaves below the playground apple trees I'm leaning on the wall watching white rumps
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flashing as they move around. Tuesday, Kilpatrick Braes, warm with a chill
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breeze Dull, rain-threatening, still light when I
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got back to the car park just before four A couple of egrets in the horse field, a jay
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in the beech branches at the edge of the moor dodging around
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A couple of grouse put up in the moor. Wednesday, Victoria Park, a couple of dabchicks
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catching sticklebacks, a heron hunched against a cold breeze
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Thursday, Kilpatrick Braes, three egrets in the field west of the horse field
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Weather in the moor was poor, harsh wind and cold, stinging rain
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got soaked A couple of grouse skimmed away near the slack trig point and a couple more
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down at the edge of the moor. Friday, in the park, coots are really beginning
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to chase each other about. Saturday, bad weather kept me in or near home
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several flocks of jackdaws soaring and skimming the breeze
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Sunday, along the pipe track, cold wind, bare trees, little sign of life
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Robins arguing in the trees near the burns A couple of male stonechats hovering in
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a strong breeze over roots and coarse grass.
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