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It’s nearly the end of March but winter doesn’t seem to be giving up. We all miss these long, warm and sunny spring days, but it looks like we will have to wait for a little longer. In the meantime, visiting Lochwinnoch brings some new wildlife surprises each day and we are never bored! We’ve...

After a short spell of wintry weather the spring is back on track, with beautiful sunshine and pleasant temperatures. New channels at the Aird Meadow are now taking shape as the works are due to be finished in a couple of weeks. And there is plenty of wildlife of course! Highlights of the week include...

After a long, cold and gloomy winter we can finally say – spring is in the air! Some parts of the reserve are carpeted in snowdrops and first daffodils have started to come out. Other sure signs of spring are the catkins on willows, first green buds on dog rose bushes and, off course, a beautiful...

It’s been another fantastic week at the reserve with beautiful weather, loads of visitors and some “first of the year” bird sightings. The number of species seen this year is now up to 85. The highlights of the week include a drake smew , which finally arrived on 21 February and is...

Hello from snow-covered Lochwinnoch! It’s beautiful today – everything is covered in a white layer and there’s a lot of birds on the feeders. Despite the snow, our brave contractors are working hard to finish habitat project on time. The rest of the week was very exciting too, with...

It was another very exciting week at Lochwinnoch, with sparkling new shop re-opened on Sunday, a lot of work done on the Aird Meadow and a temporary crossing (which will be used to move spoil to improve the bund) completed. Cold weather has forced birds to seek food provided by humans, which means that...

After an amazing 2012, with 124 bird species recorded, it looks like we are set off for another record breaking year! Between 1 and 8 January 2012 we have recorded 52 species, this year it’s already 63! Barr Loch is still teeming with waterfowl – several hundred of wigeons were seen most...

Trees around the reserve are loosing more and more leaves and days are getting shorter but we are nowhere near being depressed because of that. Quite the contrary – it’s a really exciting time, with all the winter migrants arriving to the reserve in large numbers. Tufted ducks , wigeons ...

Finally, some sun after many days of wind and rain. Our feeders are teeming with garden birds enjoying sunshine (and delicious sunflower hearts). Blue and great tits , chaffinches , goldfinches and siskins , as well as an occasional great spotted woodpecker , are making a lovely view – we could...

A Great Tit sitting on a branch. Taken from the Photo Hide, at RSPB Reserve, Lochwinnoch, Scotland.

Another Great tit shot taken today from the photohide 21/08/10

Great tit on perch in front of photohide, 21/08/10

Great tit in front of photo hide

Young Great tit in front of photo hide 24/06/10 at 4.57pm. Incidentally, a young Blue tit flew in to the hide singing for food right next to me and a young Great tit came in momentarily before the Blue tit as well.

Great tit at blind on the Aird meadow trail 16/06/10 at 4.49pm

Young great tit at blind on the Aird meadow trail 16/06/10 at 4.46pm

Great tit photographed from hide

Personally, i like this one. Its a close up that manages to work some magic out of my Fuji even though it sucks for close ups. Taken from the photo hide at lochwinnoch