Really starting to rack up the summer migrants now - hot on the heels of yesterday's Whitethroat, we found a singing Sedge Warbler beside the path between Lochwinoch and the Nature Centre tonight. Also there were a dozen or so House Martins, 3 or 4 Swallows (including a pair nesting under the bridge) and a calling Reed Bunting. A passer by mentioned that she had seen a Kingfisher at the same spot earlier in the day.
Botanical news is that the last bare trees in the grounds of the Southern General are finally getting their leaves. The so far unidentified one in the north east corner is evenly (if thinly) covered with unfurling leaves but the Ash near the north gate is going to be last of all (the Collins Guide says its "the last wild tree in leaf").
Spent the afternoon marking at home - and being serenaded by Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Whitethroat!
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