A walk through Linn Park and up onto Netherton Braes confirmed that we are now well into the summer doldrums with almost no birds seen. In fact, the most notable birds were heard only - two Nuthatches and two Great Spotted Woodpeckers. A few Swallows were feeding at the top of the braes and a juvenile Buzzard was giving its begging call from above Linn Cemetery. Best observations of the walk fell into other taxa, namely insects (a Peacock butterfly, an interesting moth (awaiting ID) and two Ladybirds) and plants (Purple-flowered Raspberry, Feverfew and Great Knapweed).