An appointment in Priestill this morning presented me with an opportunity to survey the birds in that heavily built-up part of southwest Glasgow. I planned a circular walk which would take in the only significant green space in the monad), the vegetation edges of the railway line and the gardens of the few pre-war villas among a sea of post-war housing and its modern replacements. The number of bird species was relatively low for a one hour survey (22), but the number of individual birds counted was a very respectable 350. Highlights were four Rooks among high numbers of other corvids, four finch species (Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Siskin and Rdpoll) and song from Tobin, Wren and Song Thrush.

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