​A Caspian Gull, Larus cachinnans, was discovered at Strathclyde Country Park during February 2008. This first winter bird constitutes the first record of this species for the Clyde recording area.  Christopher McInerny and Keith Hoey's article for Clyde Birds can be read here.

During the course of fieldwork, Jimmy Maxwell discovered nine pairs of the rare and declining Tree Sparrows at a farm in Lanarkshire. All were actually using holes and cracks in the various buildings on the farm and he found none in trees. Click here to read the article.​

Davie Abraham describes the excitement of finding a breeding-plumaged Spotted Sandpiper at his local patch.  A rare vagrant from America, this was only the second record for the Clyde. His article can be read here.

This Initiative has the aim of maintaining and increasing populations of breeding waders through targeting funding and advice to landowners to encourage them to undertake ‘wader friendly’ farming practices, which are informed by the latest research into wader ecology.  This article from The Glasgow Naturalist is authored by Toby ​Wilson and Dan Brown

Clare Darlaston of the charity Concern for Swifts (Scotland)  describes her personal experiences of seeing catastrophic declines in the Swift population of Glasgow as well as results of her surveys. Read her article here.

Chris McInerny describes a Black Grouse lek on the outskirts of Glasgow, where displaying males and visiting females gather.  What is probably unique is that the birds share the site with an active model airplane club. Chris's article can be read here.

During January and February 2002, large numbers of “white-winged” gulls were recorded in the Clyde area, with 42 Iceland Gulls (Larus glaucoides) and 15 Glaucous Gulls (Larus hyperboreus) being seen. Amongst these birds, one example of the North American race of Iceland Gull, Kumlien's Gull (Larus glaucoides kumlieni), was identified.  In this short article, Christopher McInerny and Stephen Votier summarise the incidence of these birds, put this is into the context of white-winged gull distribution in the UK in 2002, and explore reasons why the winter of 2002 was good for these species in the Clyde area.

David Clugston describes the circumstances surrounding the discovery of this very rare species in November 1981. First found by a dog walker in early November, the bird remained into 1982. It was the 9th Scottish record, but the first one to escape being shot! Read the story here.