Several juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gulls were calling from rooftops around Shawlands and Pollokshaws today. I suspect they have not been enjoying the very rainy weather of the past week.  

I walked to Snuffmill Bridge and back today, hoping to check if any Sand Martins were nesting at Cathcart Railway Station. The weather was against me (persistent, heavy rain) but there were six birds (including three flying in close formation - juveniles?) feeding over the river at Spean Street.

Marsh Orchids were flowering in their hundreds in "the orchard" in Queen's Park. Eight Stock Doves included a juvenile. 

A Pied Wagtail was carrying food next to my apartment block today. Late evening, two Oystercatchers called repeatedly (but unseen) and a Lesser Black-backed Gull flushed fifteen Feral Pigeons from the Primary School and chased them for over a minute. 

Five Swallows were feeding over mown grass in a drizzly Pollok Park today. 

The Little Grebes on Queen's Park Boating Pond continue to visit their "nest", coming in mostly underwater.

Highlight of a long walk from Thornliebank to Malletsheugh was a couple of fresh Broad-leaved Helleborines just coming into flower.