Working both ends of the day freed up the afternoon for a walk around Mugdock Park. Highlights of a sunny, blustery walk were two singing Garden Warblers (one seen) near the Visitor Centre (with others elsewhere), nearly twenty singing Willow Warblers (including one on a telephone wire), a male Wigeon on the loch, Rabbits around Craigend Castle, flowering Marsh Marigold and Bogbean in all the wet places, and the walls of the castle covered in purple flowers (below). The bird total for the park was 21 including: Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Wigeon, Pheasant, Lesser black backed Gull, Swallow, Wren, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Willow Warbler, Coal Tit, Great Tit, Long tailed Tit, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow and Chaffinch.