Brian Gallagher

After nearly an hour of tense stand-off, two Kingfishers fight over territory on the River Kelvin in Glasgow this afternoon. This an adult male and a juvenile. This kind of aggression has been seen here several times in recent weeks. No audio. #birds

Fallow buck at dawn in Bushy Park, London, Monday 19th October.

Pelican 3. St James's Park, London. #birds

Pelican 2. St James's Park, London. #birds

Pelican 1. St James's Park, London. #birds

Peregrine on overwatch in Glasgow city centre at 8 o'clock this morning. Adult male perched high on the Met Tower above George Square and Queen Street Station. #birds

Kestrel (male) in a beech tree. Richmond Park, London, recently. #birds

Little Owl in the Woodland Gardens at Bushy Park, London, on Saturday 17th October. #birds

Grey Heron keeping an eye on what's happening by the Thames at the Coaling Jetty, Battersea Power Station Pier, London. #birds

Red deer stag picking up some extra decoration for his antlers in the reeds and mud at Bushy Park in London last week.

Juvenile Kingfisher at the Buckingham Palace end of St James's Park in London, last weekend. #birds

Pelican reflection. St James's Park, London, recently. #birds

Egyptian geese last Saturday in Victoria Park, east London. #birds

The recent deer rut in Bushy Park, London. Basic evolutionary biology: the stag with the most photographers following him must be most attractive to the hinds.

Red deer stag. Bushy Park, London.

Been away ten days but came back today to find Glasgow Kingfishers pretty much exactly where I'd left them. A hi-vis man was closing this section of the Kelvin Walkway near the Botanics; said it would be closed for about a week but will be open at the weekend (?) #birds

One of two Otters I saw on the River Clyde near Richmond Park in Glasgow this morning. Didn't seem to mind the rain.

I was watching the deer rut down there in Bushy Park the other day, beside the water at Brick Bridge, when this lad landed in nearby. Adult male Kingfisher, south-west London. #birds

Peregrine Falcon on Battersea Power Station this morning. I didn’t have time to wait for a closer view of the Peregrine, plus I’d just had an argument with a security guard who hadn’t read their own photography policy. #birds

An explosion of waders - Redshank, Knot, Black-Tailed Godwit and more - probably flushed by a raptor we didn’t get sight of. RSPB Morecambe Bay earlier this week. #birds