As Bald As......

Coots have prominent frontal shields or other decoration on the forehead, with red to dark red eyes and coloured bills. Many, but not all, have white on the under tail. The featherless shield gave rise to the expression "as bald as a coot," which the Oxford English Dictionary cites in use as early as 1430.

So there you are!

A lovely, albeit chilly walk around the loch at Stirling University Campus today with a good friend whilst the pre-teens swam in the pool.

My memories of the Stirling campus are of somewhere a bit cheerier than it appeared today - reminiscent of a Cold War Athletes' Village.......