A pair of Tufted Ducks were on the boating pond in Queen's Park today. It remains to be seen whether they will breed, or indeed if any other females are hidden somewhere on eggs. 

Today I walked from Shawlands to a meeting in St George's Cross. Breeding was confirmed for Blackbird (carrying food) and possible for Chiffchaff and Blackcap (singing males). 

A belated WeBS count this morning produced interesting breeding records in the form of a Mute Swan pair with four cygnets and two Coot broods, both of two chicks. I also recorded one Common Swift overhead - my first for the site. The remainder of the day was spent on the Clyde SOC "cruise" around the Clyde basin. Wildlife highlights consisted of good numbers (perhaps 50 or more) of Porpoise plus Puffin, Great Northern Diver, Red-throated Diver, Golden Eagle, Cuckoo and Little Egret.

Yesterday evening, two Oystercatchers touched down briefly on the bowling green. Today's visitors were two Swallows.  

A male Pied Flycatcher singing from an exposed branch was the highlight of a walk in Coulter Glen today. Also of note were numerous Whinchats, a couple of Wheatears, two pairs of Stonechat plus all the usual upland species (excepting, unfortunately, Ring Ouzel).

Highlights of a trip to a windy but sunny Edinburgh were Peregrine, Kestrel and Raven.

I dropped into Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park this morning while I was in the Lochwinnoch area for something else. Almost the first birds seen were two Cuckoos (presumably a pair) swooping and flying very fast around the area of the Visitor Centre.  Other good birds were five warblers in song (Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Whitethroat and Wood Warbler), Common Sandpiper and Grey Wagtail on the river, displaying Goldfinch, Siskin and Redpoll and a Carrion Crow mobbing a Buzzard overhead.