A lunchtime walk around the centre of Paisley found a pair of Grey Wagtails chasing eachother and a Dipper singing at the Hammils. A noisy Kingfisher was flying back and forwards in front of the council buildings. A little later, a second Dipper arrived from upstream and flew off high to the west, above the tenements. Meantime a second Kingfisher began interacting with the first bird before flying off high to the east. Stirring stuff!
While all this was happening, a Redshank was feeding quietly under the Hammils bridge.
This evening, a walk along the Cart produced a further three Goosanders (to add to yesterday's two further west) and another Grey Wagtail (thre first in my Cardonald 1km square since 2011 and only the second since 2010). The graph below shows how Grey Wagtail has become a rare bird for me since the two harsh winters of 09/10 amd 10/11,