Much of today was spent on Great Cumbrae where cool weather in the morning was replaced by warm sunshine later on. Some of the birding highlights included an unseasonal Whooper Swan near Fairhaven, a Snipe flushed from the roadside at Ballochmartin Bay and House Martins nesting at several sites. However bird of the day was Lesser Redpoll with calls of overflying birds heard at seven different locations, and two males settling to reveal warm breeding colours. Insect highlights included lots of Seven-spot Ladybirds and Soldier Beetles, plus widespread Painted Ladies and other butterfly species including Common Blue, Ringlet, Small Tortoiseshell and Red Admiral. Plant highlights included Wall Pennywort growing in profusion on Lion Rock plus Sea Campion on Farland Point and Honeysuckle flowering in many hedges. The full Birdtrack list for the island only ran to 44 species  but here is the list: Greylag Goose, Whooper Swan, Mallard, Eider, Grey Heron, Gannet, Shag, Buzzard, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Curlew, Snipe, Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, Long-tailed Tit, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Sedge Warbler, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Wren, Blackbird, Dunnock, Meadow Pipit, Rock Pipit, Pied Wagtail, House Sparrow, Bullfinch, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Linnet, Lesser Redpoll, Goldfinch and Reed Bunting.