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What an exciting time at Lochwinnoch! It looks like spring has finally arrived and the whole reserve is getting greener and greener with every day. Birds are singing aloud all over the trails and you may see them displaying and collecting nest material. There’s an increasing number of butterflies...

Morning all! Today was International Dawn Chorus Day and this morning (at the almost unseen time of 4.30am,) some willing, if not a little bleary eyed, participants, volunteer Eddie W and I headed out to enjoy what has to be one of the most spectacular times of day. Starting off slowly, the robin...

Our period of interesting bird sightings has continued this week. The juvenile black terns (see image below) that were feeding between the Aird Meadow and Castle Semple loch have continued to do so, dropping down to just one for the past few days, but still very active and providing good views for our...

Morning all, Just returned from the first bird survey of the Barr Loch this year, and what a fab morning we've had! Started out at 6am (starting to drop off as I type!) and had loads of great sightings all the way round. In total (numbers refer to singing birds), we had 84 sedge warblers, 18 willow...

The first Sunday in May is traditionally International Dawn Chorus Day, and all around the world people get up to enjoy the beautiful sounds of the many birds that sing their hearts out at this time of day, declaring their territories and trying to attract a mate. We were no exception and we had over...

Hi all, We had our first sedge warbler of the year today, singing along the Dubbs Water trail. There have been plenty of other warblers about as well, including chiffchaff, willow warbler and blackcap. Grasshopper warblers have been reported in the local area, but not heard one on the reserve yet...