Another day of sunshine, showers and wind (there have been a lot of them recently). Signs of (presumably) a successful breeding season consisted of 14 Swallows (including many juveniles) on a house roof next to Lochar Park (with four adults feeding over the playing fields) and 40 House Sparrows (again including many juveniles) in a tiny conifer hedge across the road. Also at Lochar Park were a brood of Bullfinches in a conifer hedge. After having been virtually invisible for the past few weeks, over 30 Mallards took to the air and flew up and down the river before landing back at their usual spot near the Cardonald Place Bridge. A flock of 50 Lesser Black-backed Gulls on Lourdes Academy playing fields again contained many juveniles.