A good walk to Maxwell Park and then back via Pollok Park produced three Tufted Ducks, a single Goosander and two Jays.  

I spent several hours in the West Fife village of Culross today. Sunny spells brought hoverflies, wasps, the odd bumblebee and one Red Admiral butterfly out to feed on Ivy flowers. Some interesting (so far unidentified) fungi were in the precincts of the long abandoned west Kirk. 

A short visit to Lochend Loch failed to produce yesterday's Grey Phalarope but single Shoveler and Goldeneye were reasonable compensation. A Redwing calling as it flew over was my first of the season.

A Dipper was singing from the Auldhouse Burn under the Thornliebank Road bridge this morning. A little later, Goldcrest, Song Thrush and singing Wren were the pick of the birds found in Auldburn Woods.  

Two Jays and a Common Buzzard were near the Hurlet Crematorium this lunchtime.  

A very rainy afternoon walking around (the open sections of) Balgray Reservoir Still managed to produce a nice selection of birds including Cormorant, Great Crested Grebe, Goldeneye, Goosander, Lapwing and Snipe. 

A rainy walk over to Pollokshaws produced only corvids, gulls and a few House Sparrows.