Relatively few birds were encountered during a walk from Cumnock to new Cumnock today (partly because of the need to concentrate on staying safe from the heavy traffic). Pollinators were also rare, although a single Silver Y was on a roadside Honeysuckle and a patch of Goldenrod at Connelwood House held Common Carder Bee, a much biggger Bumblebee, numerous flies and hoverflies and both Peacock and Small Copper butterflies.