A long walk around the south east of Edinburgh today was notable for Bullfinches at three sites (including a flock of 20+), thirty Linnets near Queen Margaret University and a mixed flock of c150 Redwings and Fieldfares on fields at Shawfair. Plants in flower included Daisy, Dandelion and an umbellifer species. Other botanical highlights included fruiting Crabapple and (upright) Cotoneaster and Honesty gone to seed.