A faint scream coming through the office window at 9:30 this morning alerted me to three Swifts careering over the Barbour Building, Paisley (my first of the year). A short lunchtime walk around Paisley town centre found up to 6 Sand Martins inspecting the drainage pipes in the retaining wall of the river. They entered a couple of the pipes, suggesting the possibility of nesting. However they might not stay around if we get some heavy rain and the pipes start to flow. Back at the office, two Ravens were loafing on the spire of Coats' Memorial Church (with two more Swifts in the background).
This evening in Cardonald, the usual Whitethroat was singing about 100 metres east of where it usually is and a new male was song-flighting over the bramble patch between the back of the Moulin Estate and the railway line [124 spp].
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Above: Two Ravens on Coats' tower (1 o'clock and 7 o'clock)
Below: Drainage pipes along the Cart in Paisley town centre