Ness Point and Hamilton Dock

On Sunday 16th February, in the morning I made my way down to Ness Point, it was a very bitter day with a strong east wind causing the waves were crashing against the seawall, 34 Turnstones were in the Birds Eye car park. I switched my attention to Hamilton Dock, as I drove down Hamilton Road, I immediately saw a duck, a suspected Scoter in the north- west part of the Dock. I got out and it was a fine female Common Scoter, she swam by the western edge of the dock, generally sticking to the north- western corner, one time she dived and caught a crab that immediately attracted the attention of an immature Herring Gull that tried to grab it but the Scoter just dived with her catch and the Gull was unsuccessful. As I was walking down Hamilton Road, I saw female type Black Redstart perched on some rusty iron fencing near the Seatrium building and walking into the car park successfully using the fence as cover, I managed some shots without disturbing the bird, she flew left a little and fed by the middle northern edge of the car park, for a while. I walked back to the Dock and this time the Scoter was swimming over to the middle of Hamilton Dock.