Christine's walking & birds blog

We've visited Loch Glascarnoch twice over the last few days; on Saturday, there were nine or ten whooper swans together with four Canada geese.


There were also a few wigeon and mallards, and a drake teal - the first teal I've seen here.


Today, a duck was diving on the far side of the loch as we walked across the dam; it's a tiny dot on the far side of the second bay. It proved to be the second goldeneye we've seen here (the first was a drake).



She dived frequently, contributing to the patterns on the surface of the water.


There were eleven swans today and a pair of teal.