Two notable sightings from today's walk along the river were a singing and displaying Whitethroat (the first one locally this year) and the leucustic female Mallard, still with four (now well-grown) ducklings. In the afternoon, a Red Fox got into one of the gardens and made a huge racket (possibly disturbing a nesting Mallard). Late in the evening, another Red Fox was having a good scratch as it relaxed on the grass next to the kids' play park.