A rainy Govanhil Park held few bird species today and a wander up to Crosshill failed to add many more. A privet hedge full of House Sparrows was the highlight.

I managed to escape a shopping trip late afternoon by going for a walk along the farm roads and paths around Nerston, East Kilbride. It was really too wet and too rainy for many birds (I was hoping for Barn Owl or Woodcock) but a Buzzard and thirty Redpoll were good records. Earlier in the day, a Red Fox was asleep on a hedge in Hamilton. 

Long-tailed Tits were out in force around Pollokshaws today. The Grey Heron which normally fishes the weir at Shawbridge was nowhere to be seen. 

Monday, November 24, 2025

Fifteen bird species were counted during a walk around Langside today. 

I spent a rainy afternoon walking along the Levern Water at Roughmussel. Birds were few in the terrible conditions but a Grey Heron standing in a grassy field was a nice sighting. The recent thaw and almost total shedding of tree leaves have created very damp and muddy conditions underfoot.   

Two pairs of Mallard were on the burn behind Silverburn Shopping Centre this morning. A Buzzard was on a fencepost next to the M8 on the way to Edinburgh.

I had a free day today so decided to check some of the lochs to the north east of Glasgow. Lochend Loch held a good selection of common waterbirds on its small patch of ice-free water. Woodend Loch also had a small ice-free patch with two Great Crested Grebes and a Pochard being the most notable occupants. A Woodcock was flushed from Baillie Moss Wood. Bishop Loch had only common waterbirds but single Kestrl and Buzzard were nearby. Pairs of Reed Bunting and Stonechat were on Easterhouse Moss. 

The usual Grey Heron was under Shaw Bridge this afternoon, but a check of the weir there for migrating fish proved negative. The trees have mostly lost their leaves.