A walk along part of the Avon Gorge near Linlithgow Bridge found a small patch of Lords and Ladies with well-developed red fruiting spikes. This is a plant I rarely encounter in Scotland so the record was all the more welcome. Other interesting natural connections around Linlithgow, Muiravonside Country Park and the canal east of Linlithgow consisted of flowering Monkey Flower, lots of Chiffhaffs (including two singing birds), a Dipper, a Grey Wagtail, some day-flying moths and a pair of Swallows attending a nest in an old barn.