Working in Hawkhead this morning, so took the opportunity for a dawn walk along the river. The Mallards were just beginning to disperse upriver and a Cormorant lumbered in the opposite direction. A Kingfisher flew up from its perch over Rosshall Park pond and another was just east of the Hawkhead gate. Best birds today were two local firsts for this winter: a Little Grebe and a small party of Siskins.
Later, the 150 Feral Pigeons feeding on stubble behind Cairnhill included a purple (!) bird. I guess it had been deliberately dyed, but interestingly it was almost exactly the same shade as the purple feathering of the typical pigeon neck patch. Later again, 20 Starlings were bathing in a puddle outside Renfrew Community Centre and 20 Common Gulls and a Kestrel were at Arleston Farm.