A rain-free day and annual leave meant a pleasant walk around the Overtoun Braes all afternoon. Along the Lang Craigs a couple of Ravens were duelling with a Peregrine. Higher up, there was frogspawn in a ditch and a Buzzard careering through a gully. The conifer plantation behind the craigs was full of Siskins, Crossbills and other small birds. Plenty of Meadow Pipits and a few Stonechats were on the moors. A pair of Goosanders and two Grey Herons were on Black Linn Reservoir. Lower down, a pair of Mallards were on Greenland Reservoir and a collection of wildfowl including Mallard, Tufted Duck, Goldeneye, Mute Swan, Little Grebe and Moorhen were on Bowie Loch. A Common Toad on the forest floor (see photo below) and singing Chiffchaffs in the woods were notable. However the extensive farmland south of the craigs held little of interest, and there were no hirundines or Willow Warblers anywhere. The end of the walk was enlivened by another (or the same) pair of Ravens, this time in combat with a Buzzard.

The most unusual bird of the day was a Kestrel hunting under the floodlights of one of the Braehead carparks at dusk.

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