Long time, no post!

Hi everyone,

It has been ages since I last blogged, this is just a quick blog post of what I hope to be many to get back into a habit of blogging more regularly. So much has happened in birding since the last time I have blogged, 2014 has already been absolutely fantastic with Yellow-rumped Warbler, American Herring Gull, and Great Spotted Cuckoo being the clear highlights so far. Here are my attempts to do the Great Spotted Cuckoo justice.

(Great Spotted Cuckoo - copyright Andrew Kinghorn)

(Great Spotted Cuckoo - copyright Andrew Kinghorn)

On Saturday I was invited our by Jack Bucknall to Dumfries and Galloway, unsurprisingly we dipped the Hoopoe but we were successful in connecting with the presumed returning Red-breasted Goose there. There are two birds currently about in the area, a yellow ringed bird and an unringed bird. We were tipped of by Mike Youdale that the Barnacle Geese often move to Loanningfoot, sure enough the birds were present here and we drove down the famers track at West Preston Farm, after about 40 minutes the bird was finally picked up and after a short time we were able to confirm it was also the unringed bird. Superb! I absolutely love Red-breasted Geese.

 (Red-breasted Goose - copyright Andrew Kinghorn)

 (Red-breasted Goose - copyright Andrew Kinghorn)

(Red-breasted Goose - copyright Andrew Kinghorn)

I will be back blogging again very soon, I hope!