Headed for Ardmore Point first thing and enjoyed a couple of hours wandering round the perimeter path. Best birds were the Slavonian Grebes with at least 22 present. These consisted of singles and small groups (including one of five individuals). Round at North Bay, a pair were displaying to eachother and pecking at pieces of seaweed (possibly a precourser to the weed-dance display). Two Red-throated Divers were also present and one was giving its evocative, wailing call. Perhaps the most notable record of the trip was a yaffling Green Woodpecker. The bird was calling from the vicinity of the "big house" and was heard to call three times in the space of ten to fifteen minutes. Other sightings included:
A flock of 38 Greylag Geese heading north.
A Stock Dove singing from mature trees and another feeding in "the paddock".
Up to ten Meadow Pipits feeding around a field pool.
A singing Chiffchaff
Seven Great-crested Grebes swimming together in a flotilla over in the direction of Helensbugh.
A Little Grebe close in to the south shore.