Juvenile goldfinch...

...at least I think that's what it is! Didn't seem to mind us standing quite close by on our walk around one of the lakes at Branton this afternoon. It was busy feasting on the seeds of the plant.

It was a 'bit of this, bit of that' sort of day. Walks with MrM and Louie, blackberrying (we managed to pick just enough to make a small bottle of blackberry whisky at a later date), a couple of hours working in the courtyard, looked at doors in the junk antique shop (MrM wants to replace the doors in the flat with 'nice' old doors), washing, cleaning...