Today's exercise walk destination was the Dykebar/Oldbar area. A total of 21 bird species plus a single mammal species (four Roe Deer) were recorded. Some of the highlights were a Pied/White Wagtail and a Meadow Pipit in a flooded field corner, a lot of activity in the Rookery at the entrance to Dykebar Hospital and a patch of Lungwort (Pulmonaria) under a hedge. Six singing Chiffchaffs (and a possible singing Willow Warbler) were heard, with another eight Chiffchaffs on the walk back home. It has been an absolutely fantastic spring for this species locally. Nearer to home, three drumming Great Spotted Woodpeckers (and a fourth bird carrying nest material) were recorded along less than one mile of footpath between Bull Wood and South Cardonald. Two Nuthatches (including one, unusually, in my home square) were also notable. Grey Wagtails and Mistle Thrushes were noisy and conspicuous, Stock Doves were singing at two sites, four Redwings flew over Crookston Bowlng Club and a single Kingfisher called  under the "White Bridge" on Linthaugh Road. Returning to the Dykebar / Oldhall 1km square visited today, the species total, although modest, included seven species (Herring Gull, Chiffchaff, Dunnock, Meadow Pipit, Pied/White Wagtail and CoIlared Dove) I had not recorded in the square before.