Highlights of a lovely afternoon and evening spent on the shores of Loch Leven, Glencoe were as follows:
A Whitethroat feeding newly-fledged young (still with their creamy-yellow gapes) on a grassy promontory (with Siskin, Goldfinch, Redpoll, Wren, Song Thrush, Dunnock and Willow Warbler also in the area).
A good selection of birds on the saltmarsh in front of Ballachulish (including two Hooded Crows, a pair of Mute Swans with at least two cygnets, a Mallard and a Common Sandpiper).
Various birds moving over and on the loch including a flotilla of Canada Geese, another of Red-breasted Mergansers, a Grey Heron being chased by an Oystercatcher and a typically nervous Common Sandpiper.
Swallows hunting along the shore and feeding four young perched on the handrail of a yacht moored in the bay.
A fledgling House Sparrow which flew into a window, then recovered and flew off.
The Common Terns, Common Gulls and Oystercatchers (presumably) nesting on the nearby islands kept up a constant din and at one point, all rose into the air together (including an estimated 60 terns). Perhaps an Otter or Mink was about.
Earlier, driving through Glencoe, both Pied and Grey Wagtails were feeding fledged young.