The Forth and Clyde Canal this afternoon held summer plumaged Goosanders and Goldeneyes plus a large number of Moorhens and a single Kingfisher. Most surprising sighting was of a female Red-breasted Merganser (presumably it had hopped over from the adjacent Clyde estuary) which was associating with a pair of Goosanders and allowing a unique side-by-side comparison. A singing Chaffinch was my first of the year.