Had to go over to Hamilton this morning so popped down to Strathclyde Country Park en route. Lots of birdsong (Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch and Blackbird) in the Low Parks, and a fair few Goldeneye and Goosander on the Clyde (but no sign of the male Smew which is wintering in the vicinity). A school (?) of 20 or so Cormorants were fishing together on the loch and four Great crested Grebes in the distance included a pair doing the "penguin dance" display. Heading back to the car, noticed at least two Goldcrests (probably many more) feeding in some bushes with a mixed tit flock (included a strange Great Tit which had rusty red markings on its flanks, wings and tail). Back in Low Parks, a Carrion Crow was carrying nesting material and two Grey Herons passed eachother in flight.
A brief stop at the mouth of the Calder Burn on the way back to Paisley turned up a solitary Grey Wagtail and my first Coltsfoot of the year (below).