Though the rare ring-necked duck has not been seen since the 12th, there are still plenty of other birds on the reserve including the male scaup. The flood is full of ducks with tufted ducks, pochard, wigeon and mallard. There are also little grebes and a pair of great crested grebes on a nest very close to the hide. A fox and two roe deer made an apperance earlier this morning.
The gulls on St Serf have finally laid some eggs, after showing signs of nesting behaviour for weeks. Two barnacle and pink-footed geese are still on the island. On the loch there is a pair of great crested grebes, some coots and a few mallard.
Check the blog next week to see what exciting birds are at vane!