Spent a murky morning and slightly brighter afternoon walking the canal towpaths around Falkirk. Most notable bird on the Union Canal was a male Wood Duck (near where I saw one two years ago) apparently paired to a female Mallard. An hour later, another (or more likely the same) was on the adjacent Forth and Clyde Canal. Other notable sightings included eight Blackbirds along a short stretch of canal-side hedge and two Jays calling noisily in Callendar Park woods.