I stopped for a minute to look down to the River Kelvin from a bridge in Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow and Crow came to check me out. Think it was disappointed I didn't have any snacks to give but still posed up for a few snaps before flying off. #birds

A beautiful female Kestrel perched up watching for prey, at Longhaugh Point with the Clyde in the background. #birds

A Kingfisher stand-off by the River Kelvin in Glasgow. The adult male on the left here, sitting on a branch giving an aggressive display to another Kingfisher who sits a couple of feet away in the same tree. The bird on the right has the darker-coloured feet of a juvenile. #birds

Flying through autumn, won't be long 'til we land in winter. Grey Heron on the River Kelvin in Glasgow. #birds

Nothing happens in this video. Just 40-odd hi-res, slo-mo seconds of a young Heron getting ready for whatever the day may bring. No sound. At Richmond Park in Glasgow. #birds

Weasel! What a scowl. At Longhaugh Point.

A Little Egret on the Clyde shore at Longhaugh Point for #FlyDay #birds

Gliding through the city. Mute Swan on the River Clyde at Glasgow Green. #birds

Some birdy artworks around Glasgow. Great Blue Heron and Eastern Bluebird, neither of which you'll bump into IRL at Trongate; signage for Kentigern's includes the 'official' Glasgow bird, the Robin; and Kingfisher on Candleriggs. Maybe best not hunting for Kingfishers after curry and beers. #birds

In Edinburgh briefly on Friday (I crossed over to the other side on Halloween) so walked a couple of miles of the Water of Leith. Trout from Glenogle Place bridge; Dipper at Dean bridge and probably appearing, unnoticed, in hundreds of tourist photos; Heron and Kingfisher behind Modern One. #birds

Details from Andy Goldsworthy Fifty Years, National Galleries of Scotland. 1/2

A few more frames from the Red Squirrels in Cumbria.

As we left Leighton Moss at sunset, Robin was minding the side gate and sang to us, demanding tribute. I offered exactly one whole blueberry, which was accepted, and we passed on towards home. #birds

A few records for things i saw at RSPB Leighton Moss. Snipe, Bittern, Cetti's Warbler and drake Gadwall. #birds

Robin has no regard for minimum focus distance on telephoto lenses. Just as well mobile phones can take a decent snap these days. #birds

A clatter of colour and pattern on this Shoveler duck at Leighton Moss. Not sure what stage of the life/breeding-cycle this one is at - male and maybe 2nd winter? #birds

Monday. #birds

Bearded Tit pair on the grit tray at Leighton Moss in Lancashire. #birds

Seeing double. Waders at Morecambe Bay. Snipe x2, Greenshank and Spotted Redshank. #birds

Great White Egret vs eel (and Grey Heron). RSPB Morecambe Bay. #birds

Red Squirrel at Shap in Cumbria.

In the last 10 days I've seen Kingfishers in and around Glasgow at: Linn Park; RSPB Lochwinnoch; Richmond Park; on the Clyde at Glasgow Green and at Dalmarnock; and on the Kelvin near the Botanic Gardens with this one yet again being the only one to sit for photos. #birds

The Herons have opened another portal. On the River Kelvin in Glasgow this time. #birds

Otters on the River Clyde near Dalmarnock in Glasgow today.

A Robin in what's left of the ivy around the North Woodside flint mill on the Kelvin Walkway in Glasgow. #birds

Kingfisher on the River Kelvin in Glasgow. These are both of the same adult male Kingfisher. Another one, a juvenile, was around nearby shortly after this. #birds

Great White Egret and Otter highlights from visit to Lochwinnoch, Sunday 12th October. Kingfisher and Water Rail showed too but not for photos.

Robin of the Railway. Paisley Gilmour Street. #birds

Being a Heron isn't all standing around looking like a dinosaur. Sometimes you need to shake it 'til your tongue hangs out. #birds

Heron on the River Kelvin in Glasgow. #birds

Carrion Crow hellscape. Cathcart, Glasgow. #birds

Long Tailed Tit, in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow. #birds

There are Kingfishers to be seen all over and around Glasgow. In the last 10 days i've seen them on the Clyde at Dalmarnock, the Cart at Spean St, the canal at Kelvindale and of course our fairly regular reliable male on the Kelvin below the Botanic Gardens. #birds

An Cailleach Dubh. Cormorant on the River Kelvin, Glasgow. #birds

An Cailleach Dubh. Cormorant on the River Kelvin, Glasgow. #birds

An Cailleach Dubh. Cormorant on the River Kelvin, Glasgow. #birds

With storm Amy raging outside there probably won't be much photography this weekend, so here's Kevin the Kelvin Kingfisher from two weeks ago. #birds

Heron supervising the installation of autumn colours around the River Kelvin in Glasgow. Taken last weekend - Glasgow is v. grey and wet today. #birds

Stonechats, at Ardmore Point. #birds

Various dinosaurs from around the River Kelvin in Glasgow. Cormorant and Grey Heron. #birds

Long-tailed tits, members of a noisy gang roaming the Kelvin Walkway in the West End of Glasgow. #birds

Early morning Mute Swan landing on the big pond at Richmond Park, Glasgow. #birds

Kingfisher doing his thing. Taken from the blue bridge over the River Kelvin at the Botanic Gardens in Glasgow. #birds

Moorhen arabesque with working leg à la hauteur. On dead wood in the River Kelvin in Glasgow. #birds

Fox spent most of Saturday morning sleeping on a pontoon beside the Forth & Clyde canal at Kelvindale in Glasgow.

Heron takes the first rays of the morning sun, in a tree below Queen Margaret Drive bridge in Glasgow. #birds

Wee brown dog (but in black and white).

A Blackbird scoffing berries, by the Kelvin Walkway in Glasgow. #birds

A Kingfisher on the River Kelvin in Glasgow. This is not the same bird I've pictured over the last few weeks, this one looks like an adult male. Another Kingfisher landed nearby while I was taking these, but it didn't stay long enough for a photo. #birds

Three days this weekend watching at least three Ospreys on the Clyde, between Erskine Bridge and the Port. Three days of torrential rain showers, soggy boots, useless waterproofs, and under-exposed photos. Good craic still. #birds