Two items of news

The West Highland Way Tourist Information Centre should be opening in May. This will be attached to the Fraser Centre in Milngavie and is at the site of the former beer store for the Black Bull Hotel which was where Marks and Spencer is now located. This Information Centre will be very small, but work has been carried out and it is now taking shape with signage.

Please note that most of the shops have a petition that can be signed to save the public toilets from closing later in the year.

MERA AGM

The Mains Estate Residents' Association AGM will take place at 7.30pm on 27th May 2010 at Clober Primary Main Hall.

If you are a resident, you will be very welcome. Please come along if you can.

Bird lists, January to March 2010

Birds seen in the Mains Estate during January to March 2010

There were more unusual visitors in the early part of this year including Bramblings and large flocks of Redpolls. The largest number of Redpolls was seen on 5th February, when 84 were counted.

Blackbird (Jan, Feb, Mar)
Black-headed gull (Jan, Feb)
Bluetit (Jan, Feb, Mar)
Brambling (Jan, Feb)
Bullfinch (Jan)
Buzzard (Jan, Feb, Mar)
Carrion crow (Jan, Feb, Mar)
Chaffinch (Jan, Feb, Mar)
Coal tit (Jan, Feb, Mar)
Common gull (Jan)
Curlew (Jan)
Dunnock (Jan, Feb, Mar)
Geese (unidentified species) (Jan, Feb)
Goldfinch (Jan, Feb, Mar)
Great spotted woodpecker (Feb, Mar)
Great tit (Jan, Feb, Mar)
Greenfinch (Jan, Feb, Mar)
Herring gull (Jan)
House sparrow (Jan, Feb, Mar)
Jackdaw (Jan, Feb, Mar)
Long-tailed tit (Jan, Feb)
Magpie (Jan, Feb, Mar)
Mallard (Jan, Feb, Mar)
Mistle thrush (Jan)
Redpoll (Jan, Feb, Mar)
Redwing (Jan)
Reed bunting (Jan, Feb)
Robin (Jan, Feb, Mar)
Rook (Jan, Feb, Mar)
Siskin (Jan, Feb, Mar)
Song thrush (Jan)
Starling (Jan, Feb, Mar)
Wood pigeon (Jan, Feb, Mar)
Woodcock (just outside the estate)
Wren (Jan, Feb, Mar)

Request from the Milngavie and Bearsden Herald

We have been contacted by the Milngavie & Bearsden Herald who are trying to trace a young couple who got married fairly recently, are aged about 21, originally met at a playgroup, and are understood to have set up home in the Mains Estate. The Milngavie & Bearsden Herald would like to do a human interest story on them and would be grateful if they could get in touch if they wish to do so. The staff member to contact is Julian at the Milngavie & Bearsden Herald.

The contact details are:
Milngavie & Bearsden Herald
27 Stewart Street
Milngavie
G62 6BW
Telephone : 0141-956 2314
Web: http://www.milngavieherald.co.uk/contactus.aspx

Bird list, January 2010

Birds seen in the Mains Estate during January

There have been more unusual visitors this month, including Bramblings and large flocks of Redpolls.

Blackbird Black-headed gull Bluetit Brambling Bullfinch Carrion crow Chaffinch Coal tit Common gull Curlew Dunnock Geese (unidentified species) Goldfinch Great tit Greenfinch Herring gull

House sparrow Jackdaw Long-tailed tit Magpie Mallard Redpoll Redwing Reed bunting Robin Rook Siskin Song thrush Starling Wood pigeon Wren

Redpoll