Managed to get out for an hour this afternoon, walking along the cycle path from Rosshall Bridge to Hawkhead. Weather dead calm, with not much of interest about, although Sallow / Goat Willow / "Pussy" Willow is suddenly in flower. Took the opportunity to photograph some of yesterday's finds - see below. Kept scanning the river .... I just had a feeling .... and sure enough, eventually saw a Kingfisher speeding upriver, pausing to alight on an overhanging branch, then disappearing round the bend. The whole incident lasted less than half a minute, but it really made today a red letter day!
All in all it has been a great weekend with Black Guillemot, Bullfinch and Kingfisher (3 of the most attractive birds on the British List) all seen. And there is the promise of more to come with the first Sand Martin reported at Lochwinnoch yesterday!
(Checking out Steve Harrop's Shetland photos I see that he has a picture of a family of Whooper Swans taken on Shetland in June 2003. This is a really nice record of what is stll quite a rare event).