I took advantage of a slight improvement in the weather to walk along the Black Cart from Porterfield road to Renfrew Golf Course. Birds on the river included Goldeneye (the males in a variety of stages of moult), Mallard, Teal and Cormorant. Odd Redshanks were scattered along the muddy shores that had been exposed by a relatively low tide. Most interesting non-bird record concerned two small Elder trees covered in profuse groth of Jelly Ear fungus.