It's a bit of a dreich afternoon. This morning wasn't, though :) I snatched an early jaunt up West Lomond before the rain came on, and there were quite a few other people doing the same. A nice and simple out & back. I did hope I might have heard my first cuckoo of the year in the treeline above Falkland Estate but nope. There were however lovely wee wheatears hopping from rock to rock, and a couple of ring ouzels! The latter is a bit of a concern, conservation-wise, as its population has plummeted in recent decades. Ring Ouzels look a bit like a blackbird but with a fetching white collar, and make a sound similar to the stonechat i.e. the sound of two pebbles being knocked together :) Wasn't expecting that today. And if I'm honest, I wasn't expecting such a fine sunny morning either!
