Today turned into a lovely, calm, soft, mild spring day (even though it is technically still winter). All the usual species were singing locally, but because today's walk took place later than usual, plenty of what I would regard as mainly evening singers were heard. These included three Mistle Thrushes, a Song Thrush and three Blackbirds. Most remarkable of all was a Redwing heard giving its fluty song. I always liken it to a shortened Golden Oriole song - quite unlike the conversational buzzing which I have often heard late winter birds indulging in. Five or six of these birds have spent the winter in the area and the singing bird today was with three others in tree tops. After singing from one group of trees, the bird flew about 300m upriver and began singing again. The other notable sighting of the evening was of a group of canoists camping beside the river - not something you see very often in suburban south west Glasgow.
Saturday, February 27, 2021
"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".
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