Spent an interesting couple of hours walking around the farmland and forests between Drymen and Balmaha. Some late summer sights included three flocks of ten, twelve and 42 Meadow Pipits and a group of 20 Swallows perched on a dead tree. Other notable birds included Raven at two sites, Great Spotted Woodpecker at three, a nice male Whitethroat showing well in a hedge and a calling Nuthatch near Milton of Buchanan. Four Golden-ringed Dragonflies and two Emerald Damselflies were on a forest lochan. Botanical highlight was a single Fleabane plant, a species I seldom encounter in Scotland. Back home in South Cardonald, a male Blackbird carrying a beakful of worms suggested a late brood was being fed.