A good day spent in Aviemore and the Insh Marshes. Details as follows:

Two Feral Pigeons flying up Glen Truim a few miles south of Dalwhinnie

Buzzard carrying food over Craigellachie with Peregrine alarming below

Oystercatcher pair with two young on a shingle bank near Aviemore. The young were miniature versions of the adults with scruffy black and white plumage, pink (instead of red) legs and shorter, black-tipped bills

Kingfisher on same perch where I saw it last month

Ten Black-headed Gulls scavenging in back gardens and around the centre of Aviemore

Collared Doves singing in Aviemore

60+ Jackdaws between two wooded sites on the outskirts of Aviemore, consisting of many young begging and being fed. Young birds hiding in the branches and dropping to the woodland floor to interact with adults

Lots of Blackbirds active around the gardens in Aviemore

Numerous Rabbits on cropped turf

White Water Lily in flower on Loch Puladdern, Craigellachie. Yellow Water Lily just beginning to flower there.

Singing Sedge Warbler and Blackcap near the Spey south of Kingussie, With another four singing Sedge Warbler around Ruthven Barracks.

A Meadow Pipit carrying food at Ruthven Barracks.

Flowering Ragged Robin, Cotton Grass, Speedwell sp., Buttercup sp., sedge sp. and not-yet-flowering Horsetail.

Curlew with large, mobile chick in front of Gordonhall hide.

Redstart and Spotted Flycatcher flycatching from fence to side of Gordonhall hide.

15 Lapwings flocking up at Insh Marshes

Greylag Goose with gosling at Insh Marshes

An alarming Snipe at Insh Marshes

Ten Willow Warblers at Insh Marshes - some singing but good numbers hoo-weet-ing

Snow patches still visible on tops from Insh Marshes

Still lots of singing and now calling Willow Warblers.

A small flock (3) of Mistle Thrushes near cottages on road east of Insh Marshes VC

House Sparrows entering a nest in the canopy of Kingussie Station

At least 20 House Martins entering nest holes in the bank of the Spey where it is entered by the Gynack Burn

A pair of Mute Swans were at the west end of Loch Insh

A Dipper flew past the Old Bridge Inn at 6pm

Final day list: Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, Mallard, domestic Mallard, Red-legged Partridge, Pheasant, Grey Heron, Buzzard, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Curlew, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Feral Pigeon, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Peregrine, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Goldcrest, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Sand Martin, Swallow, Long-tailed Tit, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Sedge Warbler, Wren, Starling, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Spotted Flycatcher, Robin, Redstart, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Siskin and Reed Bunting (52 species).