Brian Gallagher

Thunday Thwan. Bingham's Pond, Glasgow. #birds

@DaveMHolland 👍🙏

@BGallagherColl Great shot!

Blackbird in the green, for the day that's in it. Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow. #birds

@SydneyDogWalker 😅

@BGallagherColl Scarred for life after being chased by them when I was wee at Huggy 🫣😅

The big male Mute Swan at Bingham's Pond in Glasgow is what my granny would have called a "bad article". Here he's attacking a duckling (it survived, that time) and harassing the resident Canada geese. He was aggressive before his own partner or any other birds were nesting.

@writesofway Thanks Peter

@BGallagherColl Such a beautiful, beautiful picture

@GraemeK73 Thank you Graeme!

@BGallagherColl A stunning capture, as always! The detail is perfection.

@jackie_jury Hadn’t seen it myself until the other day. Pretty ugly.

@BGallagherColl I know males swans go after the geese but never seen one going for a duckling

@SusanESinclair On Bluesky with same handle, otherwise no, no other platforms. I have a load of cygnet photos still to sort through but not sure there will much more story to tell with the swans - you never know though!

@BGallagherColl Hi Brian are you on any other platforms? Asking for someone who’s not on X but is very keen to follow the Bingham’s bird dramas and see if the “bad article” gets any come uppance.

@WalkAlanWalk 😂

@BGallagherColl Tap door run away on the pond.

@EightiesFan73 @crit_gen At first I thought it looked like he’d calmed down a bit, which surprised me, then 10 mins later i found him chasing the whole Canada goose group round the path again

@BGallagherColl @crit_gen The father has been crazed this week, hasn’t he?

Baby Swan mafia, at Bingham’s Pond in Glasgow. Their Da is a big-time gangster, so just watch it. #birds

@SusanESinclair Maybe, hopefully, now they’re a bit bigger they might make it…

@BGallagherColl Feel sorry for the Canada geese and their diminished brood who’ve been run out of town by the gangster. Hope the 3 goslings they have left make it.

@pieandbeans 👍🦢

@BGallagherColl Wee dudes at Maxwell park are just chilling.

@ValerieRooney1 Sat on my arse in amongst all the birdsh*t, long lens at ground level, exposed for highlights to keep overall scene dark. At this distance and focal length there’s not much chance of getting more than one in focus.

@BGallagherColl How did you get that shot, or is that a photographer's secret?🤔

@FrK_citizen 😀 usual suspects recently. Lots of predation of ducklings and goslings. hoping what’s left, and the cygnets, do better now they’re a bit bigger.

@BGallagherColl Fabulous! Haven't been down there for a couple of weeks ... must make sure I go next week (while the sun is shining!)

@Manresssa 😂

@WfldPeregrines @BGallagherColl You got me into this Mr B, now get me out !

I like this clip. When the food runs out, the female looks up at the spire and gazes around to see where the male is.

@Manresssa @LeamPeregrines @Warwick_DC @RLSTownCouncil Hard work feeding that many. The wee ones will lose all that white down over the next fortnight and then they’ll be out and about. Watch out pigeons.

@LeamPeregrines @Warwick_DC @RLSTownCouncil @BGallagherColl Wow bud, so strong looks like they're pushing for it? Survival of the fittest. I just keep thinking, goodbye City pigeons with all the filth and nasty vermin attached lol

The whole family at lunch today 😍

@Manresssa 😁

@LeamPeregrines @Warwick_DC @RLSTownCouncil @BGallagherColl ... watch then keep scrolling down. A treat lol

What do you mean we were free to leave all along??

@EightiesFan73 😀

@BGallagherColl Look at the baby peeking out from its mother’s wing! 🥹

Three Canada goose goslings still going strong at Bingham's Pond in Glasgow tonight. #birds