A Whitethroat, a Blackcap and three Chiffchaffs were singing from the scrubby vegetation on Calton Hill first thing. A pair of Long-tailed Tits had a fledged brood nearby and a Speckled Wood butterfly was an unexpected find. Linnet was the best bird of the walk from Silverknowes to Cramond. I was cheered to note that the River Almond from its mouth to the first waterfall held a good suite of riparian birds including Dipper, Grey Wagtail, Mallard (a female had a brood of four ducklings), Mute Swan, Mallard and Goosander.