This will do

Long walk in the gloom this morning.

I spied a common tern on the canal. The photos aren't good but ARE proof.

A fishermen bemoaned his lack of catch. Another told me about Bittern sightings in the washlands and otters on the Calder.

My dog was scared by: A large black alsation, a small black poodle, a dog tied to a stake and Swans.

Why is the thistle the emblem of Scotland?