A Tawny Owl calling from a tree opposite the house at a quarter to one this morning woke up the Jackdaws roosting in the woods. Later in the morning, a walk round Linlithgow Loch found three Chiffchaffs singing short bursts of song in the sunshine while a Willow Warbler was doing the same just to the south-west of the loch. Up at Kirk o' Shotts, a Kestrel may have had young nearby and a Buzzard was accompanied by a begging juvenile. Over on Duntilland Hill, a Wheatear was among the Meadow Pipits and other signs that summer is not quite over were two Swallows and a Small Tortoiseshell butterfly. Early signs of autumn were Pink-footed and Greylag Geese flying overhead, a Merlin in hot persuit of a small passerine and a single Puffball pushing through the grass.