A Blackbird singing above the conversation in the tea-room at work was a timely reminder that nature is getting on with its springtime business. A Buzzard displaying over the evening commuters on the M8 at Erskine was another. Sand Martins, Wheatears and Chiffchaffs are cropping up all over the country. The rooftops in Port Glasgow are suddenly covered with courting Lesser black backed and Herring Gulls