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Swallow @ Zul Bhatia

Boxes for Barnies - project update

25/8/2022

 
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Read an illustrated update from the Boxes for Barnies project - a collaborative effort funded by the local group and Garnock Connections Landscape Partnership (supported by a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund). 

Wall-nesting Sand Martins near Bothwell

1/9/2018

 
Scottish Birds 38:3 (2018) p256-258
This article details the unusual nesting behaviour in the holes and crevices of crumbling mortar at Bothwell Castle in South Lanarkshire of Sand Martin Riparia riparia in 2018. Read Jimmy Maxwell's account  here.
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Sand Martins © Lang Stewart

Wall-nesting urban Stock Doves in Glasgow

1/6/2018

 
Scottish Birds 38:2 (2018) p141-142
Christopher McInerny's article published in Scottish Birds in 2018 notes a small colony of Stock Doves Columba oenas  nesting in a riverside wall along the banks of the River Kelvin in the West End of Glasgow. Click here to read.
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Stock Dove © Chris McInerny

A new use for old nests

1/12/2017

 
Scottish Birds  37:4 (2017) p336-337
PictureWren © Davie Abraham
​Jimmy Maxwell shows us some examples of small birds using nests of other species.  Illustrated with photos, we see a Wren using an old Swallow nest and also a Long-tailed Tit nest.  A Spotted Flycatcher is using and old Swallow nest too.  Click here to read the article.

Breeding Ring-necked Parakeets in Glasgow

1/12/2017

 
Scottish Birds 37:4 (2017) p316
PictureRing-necked Parakeets © Chris McInerny
The first proved breeding of Ring-necked Parakeets in Scotland occurred at Victoria Park, Glasgow in 2017. Birds had been seen prospecting a nest site the previous year. Susan Harris closely monitored the birds in 2017 and Chris McInerny brings us up to date with the developments in this article.

Floating island breeding success

1/12/2016

 
Scottish Birds 36:4 (2016) p322-323
PictureGreat Crested Grebe © Lang Stewart
Jim Coyle tells us about the first successful breeding of a pair of Great Crested Grebes on an artificial floating island at Hogganfield Loch in Glasgow.  Jim also tells us about other species that are using these 'biohavens'. Click here to read.

Tree Sparrows in Lanarkshire

1/12/2014

 
Scottish Birds 34:4 (2014) p340-342
PictureTree Sparrow © Lang Stewart
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.​

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