An interesting walk through the farmland and backroads around the M8 near the border between Glasgow and North Lanarkshire produced a good selection of typical birds. Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler and Blackcap were encountered all along the route but the biggest surprise was at least four Fieldfares "chack"ing from treetops at Newlands Glen while two Swallows flew overhead. A Dipper was singing on the North Calder Water and (in contrast to the hundreds of Pink-footed Geese seen yesterday) a single Greylag Goose flew over.