Today was spent in a sunny but cold Ayrshire. The drive down to Ardrossan first thing produced a hunting Kestrel next to the three-towns bypass. Later, three Oystercatchers and two Common Gulls were on grass at Ardrossan seafront. A beautifully-marked Common Buzzard was on a lampost in Irvine and, heading home, 20 Whooper Swans were on Loch Libo in the gathering gloom.