The wintering flock are quite widely spread in the Slamannan area most days.
Small groups have been noted well to the north and west of the plateau. But a look around the minor roads can often be rewarding.
I had a visit this past week by Larry Griffin from WWT who had come north from Caerlaverock to try and catch up with the bird 7T. This bird was caught in 2013 and fitted with a GSM collar which allows the information contained within to be downloaded periodically to follow its movements.
Luckly we caught up with it within the hour and were able to download data from March 2016 right through to October. It is fantastic that this collar is still working so well as it was made up by Larry at the time and virtually stuck together with glue.
The total flock size is still the same with 216 being the highest count so far.
Further checks for juveniles within the flock have been disappointing with only 4 seen this past week.
