Six Swifts were overhead during this morning’s walk from Craggan to Grantown-on-Spey. On the return journey, two more Swifts were over Grant Park and the pond there held 22 Mallards, four Call Ducks and two juvenile Moorhens. Insects were represented by Common Red Soldier Beetle and Greenbottle. The stretch of the walk along the Spey added two Mallards, an immature Goldeneye, two Willow Warblers (one in song), a Treecreeper, a Meadow Brown, two Scotch Argus and an avenue of Aspen trees. In the afternoon, Nethy Bridge held another singing Willow Warbler and a House Martin. Two Great Spotted Woodpeckers were calling near Abernethy Primary School and two Swifts, three Pied Wagtails and a Meadow Pipit were at Castle Roy. Balliefurth Farm had two Swallows, two Small Tortoiseshell butterflies and a dead Field Vole. In the early evening, over 300 Greylag Geese were visible from the “grebe car park” (which also held a Scotch Argus) and Milton Loch had a pair of Little Grebes with three large juveniles.