One of the Paisley Ravens paid a prolonged visit to the nest late morning. At lunchtime, a single, large chick could be seen above the edge of the nest.
A lunchtime walk through the centre of Paisley produced some excellent breeding records including a Sand Martin emerging from a nest hole, a Dipper carrying a beak full of nest material and a male Grey Wagtail singing and parachuting in an elaborate and prolonged display flight.
This evening, the usual walk along the Cart produced a Grey Heron (rare here), a pair of Goosanders (they don't seem to have settled to nest yet), a gang of Starlings gathering food (presumably for nestlings), three Grey Squirrels, a Red Fox, Wild Garlic in flower and Himalayan Balsam just starting to poke through. A mystery sound coming from a Sycamore at dusk sounded like a Treecreeper in tone but very intense and repetitive with a few Spotted Flycatcher-like squeaks thrown in. I couldn't spot the maker but I wondered if it was a displaying Goldcrest.
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