An early morning walk into the hills south of Balquhidder was rewarded with records of Green Woodpecker, Wood Warbler, Garden Warbler, Tree Pipit and four Red Deer. A walk into the hills on the other side of the village produced another singing Wood Warbler and foresty ditches teeming with Palmate Newts. Yellow Pimpernell and Common Butterwort were flowering along the track edges and Blue Tits were nesting in the cigarette butt holder at the village hall. Later, a walk near Killin produced Osprey, Common Sandpiper, Redshank, Swift, moth caterpillars in a communal cocoon and a good show of Globe Flower at a very accessible locality.