Musselburgh, East Lothian

 Final catch up posting, we had to go to Scotland at the beginning of October for a week and in the middle of a hectic few days we managed a lie in an afternoon out and took ourselves off for a bit of relaxation at Musselburgh Lagoons. We spent a good couple of hours there in the concrete roofless hides, thankfully it stayed dry, before driving along the Forth to Longniddry.

The Lagoons were really busy, with;

Plenty of Redshank,

Oystercatchers and Greylag Geese,

Bar-tailed Godwit,

a Couple of Whooper Swans,

Knot,

Barnacle Geese,

and Dunlin.

Just realised a never took a photo of my favourite waders, the Curlew!

In addition there were a couple of Ruff about, as well as Wigeon and Teal. The boating pond produced Mute Swan, Mallard and Gadwall. We had some great socially distanced chats with some of the local birders all very friendly. It was a great couple of hours. Can't wait to go back, but now we are in Tier Two, and the Central Belt in Scotland is under tough restrictions, it won't be happening for a while. 😒

Longniddry was very quiet, some Turnstone, a couple of Rock Pipit, fly bys by Cormorants and some distant Eider and Goosander to round off the day. We had planned to carry on to Aberlady but ran out of time and tide.

Winsford, Cheshire

 A family visit took us up to Cheshire in September and the River Weaver again not many birds about but there were a few other things around.

Buzzard going over,

Red Admiral,

The River Weaver,

Common Hawker (I think!)

Always wanted to get a Dragonfly in flight and finally managed it!

Juvenile Goldfinch,

Speckled Wood,

Common Darter, again I think it is, no expert on Dragonflies,

and a distant Heron.

Lovely Day!

Kinver Canal

 We have been very busy with one thing and another the last few weeks so haven't had time to post anything, so I am starting a bit of a catch up. Back in mid September, we popped over to Kinver and one of our favourite walks. It takes you between the canal and the River Stour. From a birding point of view it was very quiet, the highlight being the Grey Wagtails:

Otherwise not much to add just some bits and bobs:

The full bird list: