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A really good day of natural connections here in a sunny west central Scotland. The morning started with two young Woodpigeons (looking like they were just out of the nest) feeding with adults on the lawn at the entrance to the estate. At lunchtime, a walk around the dams in Murdiestion Park revealed a female Tufted Duck with four young on Cowdenknowes Dam, my first confirmed breeding for the site. The Mute Swan broods on the two dams appear to be thriving, and there were fair numbers of young Mallards, Coots and Jackdaws around as well.
Driving home, over 50 large gulls (mainly Lesser black backs) were spiralling over the Woodhall roundabout, presumably feeding on flying ants.
This evening, at least 30 (possibly many more) Pied Wagtails were funnelling into small trees along the front of the Silverburn shopping centre in Glasgow. This clearly looks like a well-subscribed roost site - although I hadn't heard anything about it before.
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