An extra early started enabled a detour to Rouken Glen to be incorporated into the usual Sunday morning trek across south Glasgow. At least three Grey Wagtails were in "the glen" with another one at the pond. The pond itself held the usual Mallards, Mute Swans (Pr Br6), Moorhens and Black-headed Gulls plus two Little Grebes, a Grey Heron and the recently arrived eclipse drake Red-crested Pochard. He is impossibly tame and therefore clearly an escape. However he is a fine looking bird and provided a good opportunity to brush up on the main distinguishing field marks. (I must say that the eye wasn't as red as I'd expected, the bill as "rosy" or the crown as peaked). A Willow Warbler giving its "autumn song" from one of the islands and a Great-spotted Woodpecker calling nearby also provided interest. 
Long-tailed Tit flocks were near the entrance to the park and in Newlands (where a Bullfinch could be heard calling above the traffic). Robins were singing at various spots and Goldfinches confirmed their recent population increase by popping up just about everywhere.