With the weather still very settled and bright, I decided to do a longer walk today, starting in Castlemilk and covering the Cathkin Braes, the edge of Carmunnock, the Netherton Braes, Linn Park and the White Cart Water back to Shawlands. Some highlights were four Dippers (including a singing bird), five Jays (including four mobbing an unseen predator - possibly a roosting Tawny Owl), a flyover Raven, literally dozens of Blackbirds (with smaller numbers of Redwing and Fieldfare), three Roe Deer, three Red Foxes, four Grey Squirrels, 54 Mallards on the river at Holmlea Park and twelve Goosanders (with another 25 Mallards) next to the footbridge over to Albert Park.