RSPB Lochwinnoch

It has been too long since my last visit to the RSPB nature reserve at Lochwinnoch. The staff are very friendly and helpful, as are the visitors I spoke to in the photo hide.

Within a short space of time I had seen at least a dozen species of birds, some of which were too quick or distant to be captured by my camera.

I have promised myself a return visit shortly.

Goldfinch

Male Chaffinch with a tasty morsel

Lesser redpoll beside a pond

A pair of  Mallards

Male Mallard

Male Siskin on a tree stump

Blue tit

Long-tailed tit at a peanut feeder

Long-tailed tit hiding behind the feeder

Robin on a mossy rock

Goldfinch on a thorny branch

Reed bunting

Great tit at a feeding station

Scarlet elf cup fungi on a branch

Snowdrops beside the visitor centre

Lochwinnoch bird sanctuary

What better way to spend a few hours on a beautiful spring afternoon than to go to the RSPB sanctuary at Lochwinnoch.

Birds and visitors were both out in numbers to enjoy the sunshine. Needless to say, my focus was on the feathered ones.

Great tit perching on a branch

Coal tit having a refreshing drink

Robins are more often associated with winter

Female chaffinches are less colourful than the males

Goldfinch taking seeds from one of the feeders

Lesser redpoll with its distinctive red forehead

Female mallard walking through the grass

Male mallard looks to be calling out to the female

Great spotted woodpecker on top of a tree stump

RSPB Lochwinnoch

Took another trip to the nature reserve this afternoon. Here are the fruits of my visit.

Little robin redbreast

Mrs Chaffinch

Mr Chaffinch

A heron watching and waiting

Success!! Well for the heron anyway

RSPB Nature reserve, Lochwinnoch

A lovely spring afternoon for a trip to the RSPB bird sanctuary. I've a feeling I will be back for many more visits.

Everybody knows this little chappie, a cheeky robin

A male chaffinch with a seed in its mouth

The femaile chaffinch is not so colourful but just as pretty

A great tit looking directly at me

A pair of goldfinches at one of the feeders