A walk along the river late afternoon produced an excellent record in the form of a female Goosander with seven tiny ducklings, presumably very recently hatched. In spite of their young age, they were diving and surfacing with confidence like bobbing corks. Also unusual was a Buzzard soaring high above the back garden, being mobbed by a Carrion Crow. A single Black-headed Gull was hawking flies along the river and a Greenfinch was singing from the top of a tree opposite the house. Earlier in the day, a Swallow was over the Hammils in the centre of Paisley. I had been becoming increasingly anxious about the Raven family as I hadn't seen any around the nest site for at least a week. However the good news today is that four (presumably "my" birds) have been seen at Paisley Abbey.