Grid of images: Blackthorn Blossom; Primroses; a bare tree against the blue sky; a v of geese; a skylark; Duncolm hill; pixie cup lichen; map of where the photos were taken; a raven flying; grouse feather; a tree silhouetted agains the eskine bridge; a wren on a rock; peacock butterfly on dandilion; a gorse bush in flower; bluebells.

Yesterday: Wandering around the Kilpatrick Braes, out to Duncolm & Fynloch hill. Cold start but warmed up. Flowers beginning to blossom, lots of bird song in the trees. A nuthatch piping. Raven croaking in the hills. A few peacock & orange tip butterflies.

A common ringed plover chick standing on a sandy beach near some green dune grass and wooden planks.
We saw few Common Ringed Plover chicks yesterday on Barassie Beech. Given the numbers of dogs being walked along the beech I am surprised that they survive. The parent birds seem to try and draw us off, buy running along or down the shore, while the wee ones head in the other direction.