At least one of the Paisley Raven chicks has made it through its first weekend with a bird being attended by its two parents on the roof of the JNI as I passed on my lunch break. The full list of sightings (when I looked up from my desk) consisted of: 09:20 - One bird seen swooping low behind the building; 12:30 - One perched bird on the wall of JNI and another flew from the east onto the guttering on the east side of CMBC. The later then flew in a weak arc before disappearing behind the tower; 13:30 - Juvenile perched on the top of the wall of the JNI. An adult came down to feed it and a second adult landed on the dome. Both were scolding loudly – perhaps agitated by my presence (although I was at street level and quite far away). The feeding bird then flew up to the spire and the other adult rose, calling loudly, to intercept a passing Buzzard which was so far away it was not much bigger than a speck in the sky. A thrilling dogfight ensued before the Raven had escorted the Buzzard far enough out of the area. They really are masters of the air, the bird seeming to ascend to the height the Buzzard was cruising at with virtually no effort; 15:30 - One bird on sentinel duty on the spire (still there at 16:20). No sign of any others; 15:40 - Second bird seen to drop down from the crown and sweep round the back of the tower.

A male Bullfinch was in the garden again this evening.