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Brian Gallagher

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Mostly photos of things, mostly from around the Glasgow area.

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Cormorant seems unimpressed. A few days ago on the River Kelvin in Glasgow. #birds
Cormorant standing on a branch over the water, head turned to the side, staring at camera with what looks like a scowl
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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Still at the Uni on Saturday, now nearly three hours after the stills I posted yesterday, Clyde departs from his perch, off to handle important Peregrine business. At Gilmorehill, Glasgow. #birds
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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Moon Hogwarts Peregrine. Adult male Peregrine ("Clyde") perched high on the tower at University of Glasgow Gilmorehill campus on Saturday morning. #birds
Peregrine perched on stoneworkCloseup of PeregrineView of the tower wiht the moon in a blue sky, also Peregrine perched on the stonework
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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
RSPB Lochwinnoch, Friday 2nd October. A young Kingfisher by the Barr Loch, lots of Snipe on the scrapes, Mute Swans coming and going, and Robins singing everywhere. #birds
Juvenile Kingfisher, possibly a femaleFour Snipe in flightThree Mute Swans in flightRobin
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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Good morning for #swanday. Anyone in the Glasgow area this morning will know this wasn't taken today as there's no sun to be seen. On the big pond at Richmond Park in Glasgow last week. #birds
Swan and its reflection in water, caught in sunlight against a dark background
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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Kingfisher drying off after catching and eating a fish in the lade beside the River Kelvin in Glasgow, a few days ago. #birds
Kingfisher in the middle of shaking its head, water droplets flying in all directions. It stands on a metal bar.
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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thanks Rob
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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Heron in the half-light. River Kelvin, Glasgow, recently. #birds
Black and white image of a Grey Heron in dappled light
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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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 · 01/10/2026
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 columnAdult Peregrine surrounded by weathered red sandstone
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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh! I should really look closer at my own photos… this may fit with a pic a friend posted on another channel, showing 4 young squirrels looking out of a hole in a tree, same park. Thanks.
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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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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 showingFour frame progression showing Heron yawning, its eyes closing, its beak opening wide and its tongue showingFour frame progression showing Heron yawning, its eyes closing, its beak opening wide and its tongue showingFour 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
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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
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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
Thanks! Came in quite close, as they do there sometimes, but unusually sat at head height/eye level for a while.
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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 · 23/09/2026
Great to meet you! Thanks for stopping to talk and thanks for the likes and reposts. No gaurantees when it comes to Otters but there might be a Kingfisher along in a minute...
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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 summer plumageA Black Guillemot in winter plumage, nearly all white
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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Grey Heron. Richmond Park, Glasgow. #birds
Black and white image of Heron against a dark background
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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The park and pond are home to a model boat club so I think these objects are supposed to be nautical themed. There’s a little lighthouse and i think this one is supposed to be an upturned boat.
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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
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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
And this is another Otter (almost certainly a different one) in the River Kelvin in Glasgow, about three hours after I saw the first one. Two Glasgow rivers, two Otters, one day. 2/2
An Otter swimming towards the shadows
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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 · 18/09/2026
Jackpot! Cresswell Lane, Glasgow. #birds
Crow tearing into a loaf of white bread on the street
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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Thanks Every!
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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 surfaceSnail 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
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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Thanks John. Unfortunately i'm just realising how much it's been downscaled. It was shot 4k and compressed a bit for file-size but it's been a bit mangled on upload here.
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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
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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.
Fox drinking from the canal
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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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