Wow a day where so far touch wood it has not rained! Not that this is reflected in the water levels across the reserve as they stubbornly refuse to drop. Our plan to get some island management undertaken before the new year is firmly on hold as we can't see the islands at the moment!
Whilst this may not be doing the grasss much good the geese are loving it and are roosting in good numbers on the Savoch Low Ground - our last count about nine days ago revealed 24000 roosting on the reserve, our next count is not due for a couple of weeks s it will be interesting to see if this cold spell has pushed birds further south.
Bird wise it has been a bit quiet as you would expect at this time of year with no further additions to the year list which currently stands at an impressive 205 species. The last two years have added 13 species to the reserve list taking this to 266 - there are still some "common" species yet to be added such as red breasted flycatcher, icterine warbler, common rosefinch and leach's petrel to name just a few so 300+ is on the cards in the next ten years or so!
Dom