Cold weather continues, although it has not deterred the Feral Pigeons at Barshaw cross. The males continue to pirouette and bow on the rooftops in the morning sunshine.
The usual Buzzard standing in the first Finlaystone meadow was complemented today by a hovering Kestrel over the motorway at Finlaystone point. Also there (and along the shore in the direction of Langbank) were many hundreds of Black headed Gulls. They just arrived this week (last week there were none). I wonder if this is the beginning of a movement onto the breeding grounds inland.
Checking Steve Round's page of Scaup photographs, noticed that some of the pictures were taken in Aviemore on 1st June 2004. I wonder if this represents a breeding attempt. The species is a very rare breeder in Scotland so any Summer records are very significant.