Today's distination was the 1km square roughly bounded by Crookston Road and Barrhead Road in south west Glasgow. The square is fairly uninspiring on the surface, being occupied almost entirely by suburban housing estates and the two main roads. Nevertheless it contains a length of the Levern Water and a small community woodland on Haugh Hill. In the event, it proved to be the most productive square so far in terms of the number of species recorded (29 birds plus three mammals during a 90 minute walk) and the number of individuals (with some excellent totals such as 24 singing Wrens, 17 singing Robins and 17 singing Dunnocks. Some of the highlights were an excellent six singing Chiffchaffs (with four more along the 1km walk to the start of the square), two Kingfishers chasing eachother along the river, one pair of Goosander, one pair of Grey Wagtail and great views of Roe Deer and Red Fox (in addition to the ubiquitous Grey Squirrels). Additions to my cumulative list for the square were Rook, Coal Tit, Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, Song Thrush, Kingfisher and Bullfinch.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Had an excellent walk around the 1km square bounded by Crookston Road and the Hurlet. Highlights were displaying Teal on the flooded fields at Hawkhead farm, a Jay calling near there, seven singing Chiffchaffs and a Kingfisher on the Levern Water.  The square total was 31 bird species plus Grey Squirrel. Species added to the previous square list were Collared Dove, Teal, Kingfisher, Moorhen and Herring Gull.