Autumn 2011
Field Trip: Irvine - 24th October 2011
Weather: Overcast and showery a.m. Rain mid-day. Dry and brighter in afternoon.
Itinerary: Irvine Harbour, Stevenston Point, Ardeer Rec. pond, Auchenharvie pond, Saltcoats shore, Irvine Harbour, Magnum pond.
Birds seen by most participants:
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis (Dabchick)
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Coot Fulica atra
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus (aka Peewit)
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Western Jackdaw Corvus monedula
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Carrion xHooded crow Corvus corone x cornix
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
