With the weather improving again, lots of birds were singing and active in my neighbouring 1km square centred on Crookston Castle. Disappointingly, in an area that used to be very reliable for Kingfisher, I had no sight or sound of the species. There has definitely been a decline in the species locally over the past year. I need to look up the data, but I am fairly sure I haven't seen or heard one on the White Cart Water or Brock Burn in the half dozen squares they flow through hereabouts since last year.