Two Roe Deer just over the garden fence were a rare sight first thing. Later, another walk along the river, this time upstream, produced a number of interesting sightings including:

A pair of Mute Swans prospecting the bank just upstream of Cardonald Place Farm

Single Cormorants at three sites

A Meadow Pipit just before the M74 flyover

A Lesser Redpoll in Pollok Country Park

The full species count for the day was: Mute Swan, Mallard, Goosander, Cormorant, Moorhen, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Feral Pigeon, Woodpigeon, Kingfisher, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, hybrid Carrion x Hooded Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Wren, Starling, Blackbird, Fieldfare, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Robin, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Lesser Redpoll, Goldfinch and Siskin (33 species).