At least 3 Swifts screaming over the glade yesterday at around 5 pm. Theirs is really the sound of the summer. Hoping to hear it a lot more when I visit Oxford later this week. Meantime, people at church have reported a large raptor ("much bigger than a Sparrowhawk") flying down Corkerhill Road being persued by every other bird in the neighbourhood. Buzzard is a possibility (they nest only a mile away in Pollock Park), but why was it at street level? Maybe a confused fledgling from a local nest (Cardonald Cemetery is a possibility, but if so, they have been awful quiet as I've never seen one there). Other possibilities are a lost migrant Honey Buzzard or Osprey. Must try to get a more detailed description.
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