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A goldfinch feeding a oungster, in hawthorn bush covered with bright red berries, sky very blue behind.

On Monday I was planning a walk but it felt a bit hot to go to the hills. I got the train to Milngavie and walked back down the Kelvin walkway to Glasgow.

A dirt path through a dense green forest with sunlight filtering through the leaves.

Saw the first kingfisher on the Allander water which kept my eyes on every overhanging branch for a while.

Both the Allander and the Kelvin are lined with the pink stink of Himalayan Balsam. The path quite overgrown in places with nettles, thistles & brambles making shorts a poor choice.

Despite the warm weather the rivers are quite full. Less butterflies than I expected, green-veined whites all long the way.

Everything seems to have come to autumn early, brambles, acorns and already red hawthorn berries.

Once back in Glasgow I was looking across the river and saw a reflecting, the colour and shape of a foxes ear. Lying in the balsam above was a young looking fox. It didn’t look quite right, spread and very still. Zooming in I couldn’t see breathing and it was still when I made a loud clap. My second kingfisher of the day arrowed past.

Once I got to the science park I saw a couple of specked woods. Birds along the way: a kestrel, mobbed by wee birds; warblers, and goldfinches. I watched one goldfinch feeding a youngster in those incongruous hawthorn berries.

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3x3 grid 8 photos surrounding map where they were taken. Red Campion; thrush egg; heron in flight;bog cotton; map; osprey; chestnut flowers; yellow flag iris

walkmap map, photos & note

Pretty & pretty exciting walk out to Duncolm this morning. Plenty of flora & fauna. First small heath, painted lady & small copper butterflies of this year. Watch an osprey fishing over Loch Humphrey for a about half an hour (that was the exciting bit).

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a 3x3 grid of square pictures. From top left: Farm road curves between hedges; a peat outcrop, blue sky dull green hills; a loop of wire hanfging on a fence post; hills & sky; map with dots indicating where picture were taken; looking down on Finlas water;a pool in the ground, blue sky reflected; a raven against a blue sky; wood anemones

Walking round the loop above Finlas Water yesterday. Another blue sky day. Tops still brown but dry. Deer & skylarks around most of the day, a few ravens. Some bumble bees looking for nests. Green veined whites flying around between the reservoir & the car.

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A grid of pictures. 3x3. From top left: lesser celandine; blackthorn; the allander water, a small river; wood anemone; am map of there the photo was taken; a path with flowering blackthorn on each side; a goosander; green veined white butterflies; peacock butterfly.

Milngavie to home via the Kelvin. Blue sky, sunshine & a cool breeze. Lesser celandine, wood anemones & lots of few-flowered leek. The blackthorn well out, some willow catkins.
A few peacock butterflies & a green veined white. A glimpse of a kingfisher on the Allander water. Bit of bird song, chiffchaffs, blue & great tits, goldfinches & more. A couple of peewit in the distance.

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Shorebirds, including sanderlings, turnstones, and a redshank, forage among seaweed on a shoreline.

Along Troon shore, stared rainy and cold, got a little warmer and changed to dull. Lots of dog walkers. But I saw quite a few birds. Greenfinch, stonechats & linnets on the dune side. Turnstone, sanderling and redshank at the edge of the sea. Took blurry photos of them all. Good enough for id & iNaturalist. Also a small dead porpoise washed up on the sand.