Today's rain subsided just long enough to allow a quick circuit of Murdieston Park. Types and numbers of birds on show were similar to what has been found recently. However the two male Pochards normally sleeping were actively fishing in the shallow corner of the main dam and a fine male Goosander was, unusually, on the smaller one. Signs of early breeding activity included the courtship display of Feral Pigeons on surrounding tenements and a chorus of Starlings (including one mimicking a Curlew).