Did some early-morning atlassing in the two tetrads between Cambuslang and Rutherglen this morning. Managed to get the species total for the first (NS66F) up from 28 to 37 (adding Feral Pigeon, Jackdaw, Coal Tit, Starling, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Wren, Mistle Thrush and Chiffchaff) and for the second (NS66K) up from 40 to 45 (adding Grey Heron, Coot, Great-spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit and Bullfinch). Breeding evidence was hard to come by but Blue Tits and Feral Pigeons were courting, Carrion Crows nest building, and a Woodpigeon entering a probable nest site. A Coot on the pond in Carmyle Industrial Estate plowtered for ages but failed to do anything that might suggest that he had a nest (or mate) nearby.
Saturday, April 05, 2014
"The grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never dried all at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls".
- - - - - - - - John Muir, 1838-1914 - -
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