Plantain Loch, Town Wood, Dalbeattie. Images © Paul Cavers.

2 on West Beach, Stranraer (should be present at Southerness now too). 5 Stonechat & 15 Redwing at RSPB Mersehead, with 8 at WWT Caerlaverock.

Seen from the Castle Corner area hunting along the shoreline.

6 or 7 Twite with c25 Linnet on foreshore at Mersehead today. 4 leucistic Barnacles. Lots of Blackbirds & Redwings and 5 Mistle Thrush. Stuart Housden.

Large numbers of Goosander, up to 108 & 170 Whooper on the Nith from Kingholm Quay area last few days. Good numbers of Pale-bellied Brents on Loch Ryan, 140 at Soleburn & 225 at Bishop Burn plus 105 GCG & c3000 Wigeon seen. 2200 Wigeon in Wigtown Bay & a Barn Owl around Isle of Whithorn village. 2 Willow Tit at Mains of Duchrae/Ken-Dee Marshes. A Swallow spotted from RSPB Mersehead 6th.

2 Sanderling, Kingfisher & Brent Goose, presumably Light-bellied off West Beach Stranraer. Peregrine, 15 Gadwall, 16 Redwing, 5 Pochard?, 2 Stonechat & HH at RSPB Mersehead. Pochard? reported at WWT plus Marsh Harrier, ringtail HH, Cetti's Warbler seen & heard from the Back Pond hide & 6 Fieldfare. Redwing at Loch Trool & RSPB Wood of Cree.

300 Golden Plover.

30 Brent Goose & Long-tailed Duck at Castle Kennedy. 2 Bar-tailed Godwit & Rock Pipit at West Beach Stranraer, RTD off Broadstone. 12 Black Guillemot, Fieldfare, Rock Pipit & RTD at Portpatrick. 2 Hooded Crow & Rock Pipit at the Mull. Redwing nr Lochnaw Castle, train station Dumfries & Glenwhan Grdns. Grey Wag at latter & Dumfries.

Yellow-legged Gull reported in Garlieston harbour area. Cetti's Warbler at RSPB Crook of Baldoon. 8 Russian White-fronted Geese still at RSPB Mersehead.

Green Sandpiper (2), Common Sandpiper (1), looks like it’s going to tough it out for the fourth successive winter. Also large numbers of Fieldfare and Redwing noted on this route now with Tree Sparrows and Yellow Bunting at Meinbank farm. Bill Jamieson.

Ruff, 50 Redwing, 25 Fieldfare, Chiffchaff & 2 Stonechat at WWT 31st Oct. Black-throated Diver west beach Stranraer.

Some lucky local has reported a bird east of Crocketford & sth of the A75. Good luck!  https://goo.gl/maps/Q8zkmwvwdDKfUCo97?g_st=am

A message on Facebook suggesting someone has spotted a Hoopoe just east of Crocketford this morning while driving to Dumfries (I'm assuming from A75, but can't be certain). Gavin. 

4 Whooper Swan, Snipe, Kingfisher, 3 Redwing, Stonechat & GWE at Threave NTS. Imm♂️ Marsh Harrier from Avenue Tower hide, ringtail & ♂️ HH from the Saltcot Observatory Tower hide & a Cetti's Warbler exploding near the apple orchard, adj centre building WWT.

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This morning. In the reedbeds at the head of the Dee estuary a singing Cetti's Warbler. I have kept an eye here for 4 years for Cetti's as the young willow scrub is perfect. Also 60 Blackbird, 120 Redwing and 50 Fieldfare nearby. 2 Water Rail. Barry o'Dowd.

4 Grey Plvr, Kingfisher, 6 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Snipe, 6 Greenshank et al. Paul Massey.

The 8 Russian White-fronts (two families) have flown south over the Bruaich Hide at RSPB Mersehead, I'd presume they are now somewhere on reserve. Gavin. 

1 GWE on firth merse, 1 Scaup Whooper Pond, ringtail & ♂️ HH, c30 Golden Plvr & 12 Redwing. The reliable Grey Wagtail in the caul area on the Nith Dumfries. Also Barn Owl off the A701 north of Moffat.

Off Lotus Hill nr Loch Arthur, 5 Crossbill. Peregrine at WWT Caerlaverock & from Glencaple pier with Merlin at Castle Corner. HH♂️ nr Bennan Hill nth of Crocketford.

Up to 30 RTD off Stairhaven. 22 Redwing & Barn Owl around Kingholm Quay to Keltonbank. 22 Grey Plvr & 65 Twite at RSPB Crook of Baldoon. Also a Barn Owl from the access road to latter.

Couple of hours this pm at Meida Hide. 2 fem/imm Marsh & a ringtail HH. Showed well. And at last, when leaving the hide, I actually heard the Cetti's Warbler. Probably about 15 Twite I saw on the wet field west of the Meida Hide path. 

Another late one & a bit snatched by a late start. Very typical. 3 Scaup just within my area, 2 Whimbrel, at least 10 Grey Plvr, c40 Black-tailed & several Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Little Egret etc. A few absentees too. My efforts brought to an end by 4 walkers+dog coming from Powillimont who'd misjudged the tide.

28 GWFG over RSPB Crook of Baldoon reserve and landed in fields adjacent. Ivan Lang.

A bird on the sea off Stairhaven, Wigtownshire.

RSPB Crook of Baldoon & now Garlieston plus Little Auk south of Garlieston harbour. Update from Gavin Chambers. "Quite likely this bird was a 2nd winter, thought it had black in wing tips but not easy to see with bins, which has since been seen at Garlieston along with a 1st winter off the harbour wall. Gavin." And; "Yes, 2 seen together at Garlieston and I had the adult/2nd winter at the Crook earlier in day while a 1st winter was being seen at Garlieston. It therefore seems plausible that the Crook bird moved south to Garlieston. Also, a Little Auk has been photographed by visiting birders at Garlieston today around high tide. Just south of the harbour. Gavin. "

Adult Little Gull feeding with black-heads over flooded merse at the Crook of Baldoon from car park. Gavin

The Cargen Pow affected road by the bridge there is undergoing revetment or similar works which will likely take a month to complete. From Dumfries & return, alternative routes to say New Abbey, are via Beeswing or the very much single track back-road from Cargenbridge (near hospital) to the A710 south of Islesteps. Eg;  https://maps.app.goo.gl/pNBpEtyLfGcTH9LTA

At least 95 Scaup off Carsethorn after high tide, drifting out with tide. Flock of about 40 Black-tailed Godwit wheeled their way past the house nearer to low tide. Gavin. 

Road to Mersehead flooded so popped to Powillimont. Plenty strong wind & regular showers lashing the birds. Falling tide, 55 at least Bar-tailed Godwit, the odd Knot & Dunlin, a few Turnstone. Nothing over the sea 2pm+. 9 Scaup (3 drake) in Carse Gut, a Greenshank, Wigeon, Teal & Pintail. Other waders on the flats but rain stopped my play.