It is nice to see the birds with their young as they start to fledge. Seeing a Whitethroat today at the old Govan docks was a first for me. I didn't know any Whitethroats were there.
Seeing the Goldfinch youngsters coming on too is nice to see. None of the regular swans seem to have been successful in breeding again this year. Pity.
The Cormorants are looking scruffy.
I spotted a red breasted Merganser some months ago and it was great to see it go up the Clyde with young ones...

Bird Sightings from my local patch in the West Midlands/Worcs can be found on my blog at:- lutleybirder.blogspot.com

Despite the pouring rain, I made a spur-of-the-moment trip to Leighton Moss this morning and arrived a little after 8am to find the reserve shrouded in fog too.

I headed along the causeway to the public hide to begin with and here saw many, many Swifts and Swallows criss-crossing and skimming the water. There was a couple of adult Great Black-backed gulls sitting on the near island and three juveniles sitting on the water. It goes without saying that there were numerous Coots and Mallards....

We made a very vague plan to 'go camping' in the New Forest this weekend, knowing full well it was going to be very, very busy!

We didn't manage to set off early either so it was after lunchtime that we arrived at Beaulieu Road train station. We'd visited here last year and seen very little but given Chaz's crossbill tip I thought we'd give it another go. No crossbills in the pines, but lots of chaffinches, greenfinch and a mistle thrush instead. We then took a walk over the heath...

The night before we had gone to Eccup in the evening hoping to spot the Barn Owl no luck but there was alot of Yellowhammers about.The walk takes about 2hrs all way round so when I went on Friday morrning I was not up to the long walked so found a spot to park the car at the top end of the reservoir.Here is were the water board takes the water,you can look out over the water,at one end there is a "sandy"shore.

Along the waters edge there were Pied Wagtails and Gray Wagtails...