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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 1h

Another video clip from early on Monday morning this week (it was a local holiday for some). An Otter feeding in the River Clyde, east of Glasgow Green.

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 2h

A moment of calm at sunrise on Monday morning of this week. Roe deer doing roe deer stuff on some waste ground in Glasgow.

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Peregrine Falcons on George Street in Glasgow city centre yesterday lunchtime. The juvenile male perched high on the tower of the City Chambers and the adult male on the pediment of the Royal College building, University of Strathclyde. #birds

Juvenile Peregrine on the capital of a stone column

Adult Peregrine surrounded by weathered red sandstone

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just a Squirrel, eating a chip, which he found in a bin, with his Magpie friend, at 8am on a Monday morning. Richmond Park in Glasgow.

a grey squirrel and a magpie sit on a fence staring at camera. The squirrel is eating a chip.

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Kingfisher on the flint mill lade by the River Kelvin in Glasgow this afternoon. #birds

Kingfisher sits on a branch, surrounded by leaves

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Heron/dinosaur weirdness. Yesterday on the River Kelvin in Glasgow. #birds

Four frame progression showing Heron yawning, its eyes closing, its beak opening wide and its tongue showing

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Goosander on the River Kelvin in Glasgow this monring. #birds

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sound on for a couple of hundred Pink-footed Geese from this morning. Coming up from their roost near the Clyde, probably heading to feed in fields around Glasgow airport. #birds

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A Kingfisher working in the shadows by the River Kelvin in Glasgow tonight. For @walktoworkglasgow.bsky.social and @sturmyarcher3.bsky.social #birds

A Kingfisher sits on a branch peering down, surrounded by leaves

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

An Oystercatcher by the shore at Gourock a few days ago. #birds

An Oystercatcher stands on a rock as foaming waves crash in behind

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Robin popped up on the seawall to see if I was holding any snacks. Albert Road carpark, Gourock, Sunday 20th September. #birds

Robin standing on concrete, against a blue background

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

In "it's that time of year again" news, Black Guillemots will be mainly white, not black, for the next six months. Left pic on Greenock Esplanade at the end of July, right pic from Gourock today. #birds

A Black Guillemot in winter plumage, nearly all white

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Kingfisher on the big pond at Richmond Park in Glasgow yesterday. #birds

Kingfisher sits on an object in the middle of the pond

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

These images are poor to the point I wasn't going to post them but they're the best I've got and taken together the records are, I think, remarkable. This one is an Otter in the River Clyde at Dalmarnock in Glasgow, at about 11am today. 1/2

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Live action from the flint mill weir on the River Kelvin in Glasgow. Heron is there, centre-right. #birds

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This Heron spends hours at a time hunting in the shadows at the far side of the flint mill weir on the River Kelvin in Glasgow, underneath Queen Margaret bridge. Occasionally it comes out to show off, posing on the debris above the water that rushes over the weir. #birds

Windswept Heron stands on branches over water

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

More personal news: there's a Hedgehog outside.

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Snail, tiny snail, human forefinger for scale, tiny snail, snail. Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow.

A snail with shell on a wet metal surface

Snail with shell and fragment of a finger, making it obvious that the snail is very small

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Male Kestrel hunting in stationary hover at Longhaugh Point a few days ago. Video slowed to a quarter of real speed. I did ask him to come closer and turn round a bit but he was busy at the time. #birds

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Clip of the Dipper at work in the River Kelvin under Belmont Street bridge in Glasgow at the weekend. Bonus Kingfisher at the end. I cut the audio on these cos it was mainly just me and a friend discussing Ron Swanson's best lines. #birds

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Lunchtime drink for Fox on the Forth & Clyde canal at Kelvindale In Glasgow. Phone pic.

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

09:10 on a Monday morning at working and for some reason i am reminded of this picture i took on Saturday (a Dipper on the River Kelvin in Glasgow). #birds

A Dipper in fast-flowing water, its head submerged with only its tail-end showing

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Ben Lawers, Lawers Dam and Loch Tay, from the top of Meall nan Tarmachan today.

Mountain scene with other mountains, dam and loch in frame

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Yes, I did see a Kingfisher today, two actually, thanks for asking. Here's a picture of one of them. On the River Kelvin in Glasgow near the Botanic Gardens. #birds

Kingfisher on a branch, beside some Himalayan Balsam flower

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Pink-footed geese landing on the shore at Longhaugh Point, across the Clyde from the Bell monument and Dunglass Castle at Bowling. Come from Iceland or Greenland to winter in Scotland, this group of forty or so will be joined by thousands more in coming weeks. #birds

A group of geese fly low over water at low tide. A red shipping marker in the background has a sign saying 'Dead Slow'

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Found a Toad sat on the pavement outside my house just now. Encouraged him away from the road and into a garden and left him to it.

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Heron on the timber ponds at Parklea, near Port Glasgow. #birds

Black and white image of Heron in shallow water, surrounded by deformed wooden posts

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A couple of frames from visit to River Kelvin in Glasgow after work tonight. Grey Heron above the weir and a young Kingfisher near the blue bridge. #birds

Grey Heron stands on branches against a dark background

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Drake Gadwall at Hogganfield Loch in Glasgow a few days ago. #birds

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Can't talk now... fishing. Busy Kingfisher, River Kelvin, Glasgow. #birds

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Records for Spotted Redshank and Ruff at Frankfield Loch in Glasgow yesterday. Also Osprey, Kingfisher, Snipe and others. #birds

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I started the day at Richmond Park in Glasgow yesterday. The path between the park and the River Clyde was guarded by a ferocious beast.

A black-and-white domestic cat sits on a path staring at camera. Its tail is wrapped neatly round its feet.

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Herons, Kelvingrove Park.

Detail of a relief sculpture of a heron catching an eel.

Photo of a real heron who has not so far caught an eel but has not ruled out the possibility.

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Adult male Peregrine Falcon "Clyde" perched on Glasgow City Chambers this morning. He's at the feet of the east wind statue, with the shoulder and head of the south wind just visible behind. #birds

Peregrine perched at the feet of a statue

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Another pic i took from Parklea last weekend. The Waverley approaching Greenock, with the Oceania Marina cruise ship in the background. No birds in this one for a change.

The Waverley paddle-stemer approaching Greenock, with the Oceania Marina cruise ship and the port of Greenock cranes in the background.

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

One of three Ospreys i saw at Parklea on the Clyde on Saturday morning. #birds

An Osprey standing on a wooden post and looking directly towards camera

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Sunday morning Fox by the River Cart in Glasgow.

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

An Osprey takes flight from the post it had been resting on as dog walkers approach through the timber ponds near Parklea. The Clyde and Dumbarton Rock in the background. #birds

Osprey takes flight from a tall post. Its surrounded by other shorter posts on a beach, with two people walking through them. A hill is in the background.

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Heron at low tide. Parklea, on the Clyde, Saturday 29th August 2026. #birds

A Heron walking in shallow water, surrounded by posts and other objects sticking out of the water.

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Two of four (maybe five) l Kingfishers I met around Glasgow today. The one on the left was waiting for me on a log above the waterfall on the Cart at Linn Park, the one on the right was on the Kelvin in Kelvingrove Park. Both look like adult males. #birds

Adult male Kingfisher perched on the end of a branch

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Morning! Robin, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow. #birds

Robin with a leg ring stands on an iron fence

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A walk by the Clyde at Longhaugh Point tonight. For 2.5 hours nothing was showing and as it got darker I decided to head home. Then in the space of 5 mins, Osprey landed in a distant tree with a fish, two foxes appeared, Kestrel crossed the field followed by Buzzard. Poor record shots only. #birds

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Some moving pictures of Little Grebes feeding young at Queens park pond in Glasgow a few days ago. #birds

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Feeding time for Little Grebe family at Queens Park pond in Glasgow on Saturday. #birds

Two Little Grebe chicks sit with an adult as the other adult brings them a small fish

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

You'll need to take my word for it that this shows a 3-way Kingfisher ding-dong under the Queen Margaret Bridge in Glasgow tonight. Two (probably young) birds sitting quietly when another, probably adult, came along and it all kicked off, two ending up in the water before they all flew off. #birds

Three Kingfishers in flight, their reflections showing in the water. They are surrounded by vegetation.

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Back in May I photographed two Mute Swan cygnets at Rouken Glen park near Glasgow. Yesterday both young swans were still at the pond with their parents, now adult-sized but not yet in fully white plumage. #birds

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