A very quick walk around Murdieston Park found all the usual species well into their breeding cycles. The Mute Swan pairs on the two reservoirs have six young each. A female Mallard on the Town/Thom Street Dam also had six young while four active Coots' nests included one with tiny chicks. It remains to be seen what effect the recent warm weather (and the big influx of human visitors) will have on all of them.