After several negative visits to the plateau in recent days, this morning's visit paid dividends.
With the sun overhead, I arrived at 1045 to find a flock of bean geese in a location to the north of Slamannan.
My first quick count through my scope said 54 on my counter but after several re-counts, I was pleased to see that 75 birds were present.
Surprisingly there no collars to be seen which was disappointing. Due to the distance involved no leg rings were identified either.
Billy Thomson a co bean goose enthusiast who was already in the vicinity at Fannyside Lochs joined me to view the birds.
We returned after 1800 to see which direction or place they had selected to roost at, but heavy rain and poor visibility at 1915 hrs put paid to that.
Picture courtesy of Derek McGinn
