A Goldfinch was gathering beakfuls of grass from a lawn in Oldhall first thing. Back home, four Siskins were still in the back garden where a Vole species was scurrying around the base of the feeder pole. A walk along the river as far as the centre of Paisley produced a total of 37 species including a Cormorant flying upriver at Bonnyholm, a single singing Stock Dove, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers (both in my home square including a drumming bird), Song Thrushes at two sites (they have been scarce so far this year), singing Chiffchaffs at nine sites, a Kingfisher at one and a singing Nuthatch at one. Most unusual species was an Oystercatcher flying upriver at Hawhead Woodland. However bird of the day was Greenfinch with singing birds at five sites (I often struggle to record the species locally) including a song-flighting male over Blackhall Street, Paisley. Butterbur was flowering at two sites and Cowslip at one.