A quick update on bird numbers across Loch Leven. The count from last Mondays WeBS has been collated with high numbers recorded for several species.
6970 tufted ducks were counted - a 2011 record, beating the previous record count from 2010. Sticking with ducks, the loch held an extraodrinary 438 pintail and 2059 pochard. Other peak counts include an impressive 3640 coot, 309 mute swans and 46 whooper swans.
More whoopers have since arrived at the loch, with 48 seen on Vane's main flood yesterday, with around 29 seen earlier today.
Pinkies remain ever-dominant, with 1800 feeding directly in front of the visitor centre after moving from Vane Bay at around 9:30 this morning. Smaller skeins have been flying overhead throughout the day.
[Ben Hall (rspb-images.com)]
A pair of pintail - come to Vane and spot them in the bay amongst the pochard and tufties