Lots of activity on the Loch Garten webcam this morning with the resident pair nest building and mating on the nest platform. Birds heard in the background included Pheasant, Black-headed Gull, Robin and Siskin. What sounded like Tree Pipit song was presumably coming from a Meadow Pipit at this time of the year.
News from Loch of the Lowes is that the veteran female, "Lady" has arrived back for yet another year.
An annual leave day meant a walk was in order so set off for Armore Point late morning (hoping for newly arrived Wheatears). The tide was really high, which possibly explained the relative lack of birds around. However a bit of searching produced Wigeon, Red-breasted Merganser, Eider, Goldeneye, Black Guillemot and a single Red-throated Diver (in transitional plumage) offshore. Landbirds were fairly unremarkable but included a good number of Greenfinches (quite unusual these days).
A quick detour on the way home produced a nice range of wildfowl on the River Leven at Balloch.