There was no time for birding during today's trip to Edinburgh. Interesting plants included Smooth Sow Thistle.

A quick check of Queen's Park boating pond today found the female Tufted Duck (and a companion) now with four large young and the Little Grebe pair escorting two small chicks. 

Highlight of a belated WeBS count in Greenock today was a single Goldeneye on Murdieston Dam. The species, formally regular there is now less than annual. A little later, a very wet Lunderston Bay held over fifty Sandwich Terns and twenty Greenfinches.

Few birds were active when I walked through Pollokshaws this afternoon. Swifts are still being reported from north Glasgow, but I haven't had one here in the south for over a week. 

An hour in the marsh hide at Baron's Haugh followed by a wander around the reserve allowed me to compile a list totalling 34 species. Best were Greenshank, Green Sandpiper and Dunlin.  

There was little time for birding during a short stop at the Livingston Designer Outlets today. However a quick walk along the River Almond produced sightings of Dipper, Grey Wagtail and Mallard.  

Only typical village birds such as Collared Dove and Jackdaw were present when I visited Milton of Campsie this afternoon.