Today's bird count took place in and around Fountain Gardens, Paisley. Stars of this site are the nesting Rooks. Several adults were feeding on the ground (views of the nests having long since been obscured by foliage) but I couldn't find any fledged young. Highlight was a Sparrowhawk (with white undertail coverts showing) which was soaring above the trees and climbing continuously while the local gulls kept up a racket and four House Martins and a Swallow took the responsibility for mobbing it. Later, a Buzzard was agin low over my housing estate. As usual, I was alerted to it's presence by the cries of the local summering Lesser Black-backs.

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Wednesday, July 10, 2024 

A look around Cardonald Cemetery this morning failed to find any Rooks, even though a few pairs nested there a few years ago.