A walk along the river struggled to produce many birds but a large tit flock contained at least three tit species, a Kingfisher called from the river, an adult Magpie had two young in tow, a young Buzzard called from a tree near the house, a female Mallard still had three large ducklings in her care at the Bonnyholm footbridge and an immature Grey Heron was on Rosshall Park Pond. Back home, another positive sign of increasing biodiversity (following last week's Common Red Soldier Beetles) was the first grasshopper I have ever found on the back lawn.