Pair GW under Devorgilla Bridge at The Old Bridge visitor centre. Also a Dipper or Kingfisher (no bins) fly-by upriver over the caul & single Sand Martin. PJ

1 singing at Lane Burn, Cardoness. 

Female Marsh Harrier over the lagoon north of car park at the Crook of Baldoon this morning. Ivan Lang.

My sis said she saw one around Buccleuch Street Bridge, Dumfries this pm, whilst we were crossing in the car! PJ

4 Willow Warbler around the hide at Wigtown LNR. Ivan Lang. 

Quick view in icy winds. A dozen Mute Swan, 2 pair of Goldeneye, c25 Tufted Duck, GC Grebe, Little Grebe. Usual Canada Geese & Cormorant. PJ

Viewed from Park Burn access track. Low water levels & re-profiled ground have provided shallow waters. Birds present were 1 Green Sandpiper (not seen on previous visits), 4 Ringed Plover (ditto), 3 Redshank (ditto), maybe 10 Teal, couple of Mallard, several Pied Wagtail & a male Reed Bunting plus a few LBB Gull. No Sand Martin however. PJ

Bishop Burn. 2 Knot, female Pochard with 2 male Scaup & passing Sandwich Tern. At The Wig, 4 Sandwich Tern fishing, a pair of Slavonian Grebe in full breeding plumage & a little courtship display. Kev & Sue Richardson. 

Possibly Janis Fraser has reported; "Plenty of courtship activity by the Great Crested Grebes on Carlingwark Loch as the lily pads start to emerge." 

Brief song from Willow Warbler, near the A714. Ivan Lang. A bird apparently "reported" at Cairnryan on 24th. Reported where isn't given but possibly to BirdTrack or other platforms such as eBird. 

Bleak, dreich weather there today! Single Great White & Little Egret on Castle Loch south shore. Not many duck but a ♀️Goosander amongst c30 Tufties, no Wigeon, 3 or 4 Goldeneye, single Gadwall I think & handful of Teal. Too cold to linger. On Kirk Loch c25 Sand Martin, c15-20 Tufties. PJ

26th. Browhouses 9am. Drake on foreshore in front of houses. Mick Whitehouse & Nancy Harrison. 

Stairhaven. Still present around 5.30pm though had started to get a little jumpy with passing vehicles. Gavin Chambers. 

Still present at Stairhaven in fields behind houses. Michelle Marko. 

Published today, 25th Mar. "Is Your Birdwatching Enhanced by Madness? Bird Report for February 2025" https://awanderroundthewig.blogspot.com/2025/03/is-your-birdwatching-enhanced-by.html?m=1  

Few resident birds & fewer still in song. However, several Chiffchaff singing & great close views of a pair of Crossbill using the small burn to drink & bathe off Jubilee Walk path. PJ

Hoopoe still present but flew up the bank over wood. Also Goshawk on walk from Glenluce. Ivan Lang.

2 Great White Egret in fields either side of the Avenue half way. PJ

♂️♀️Wheatear on stone dyke from Wigtown LNR hide. Hoopoe on rough ground back of houses. https://goo.gl/maps/es9uVTV9Qv4XEN8w9  

Dipper on Water of Luce just west of Glenluce Abbey. Rob Wadsworth. 

Three Sand Martin over water of Luce, Glenluce. Rob Wadsworth. 

First bird encountered singing in Mainsriddle up Redbank Farm track. A bit later than expected. PJ

3 Sand Martin at Buccleuch Street bridge. Colin Kinnear. 

Wheatear ♂️ from the Glengoyne Hide, which I haven't heard of! 

Red blob shows shrubs where Hoopoe was sighted on west side of road. Flew, with food in bill, into field north west of shrub. Seen at 10.35am. Stairhaven is in the North Machars - south of A75 just after Glenluce when heading towards Stranraer. Rob Wadsworth. 

Hoopoe. Stairhaven. In the shrubs just as you turn the corner going south. Rob Wadsworth.