Wednesday 6th January

This afternoon I gave Bob a hand while he was carrying out thee NEWS survey on Loch Indaal. We did the Carn section south of Port Charlotte with the following birds seen, 4 Greenland Whitefronts, 4 Cormorant, 1 Heron, 41 Lapwing, 1 Redshank, 1 Snipe, 3 Curlew, 16 C. Gull, 16 H. Gull, 3 GBB Gull, 14 Rock Dove, 3 Rock Pipit, 1 Blackbird, 40 Jackdaw, 42 Rook, 3 Raven and 2 Reed Bunting. Earlier on I saw a single Whooper Swan fly past, flying on towards Ireland, no doubt, trying to catch with old friends...