30/01 12:28 Dumfries & Galloway; Crook of Baldoon: drake still on pond north of car park (12:24). Per BirdGuides. 

Lssr Scaup & RND drakes now present at Auchincross Loch. Viewing from the roadside. I could fancy a trip just over the border 🛂! PJ

FYI : This has been updated for December 21, viewable via the DGBN blog or directly, should you choose. PJ 

Green WT for a few mins 10:45am, American Wigeon came out of the same reedy area 12:30pm, 60-70 flushed snipe. AW. @RareBirdAlertUK

Still just over the border at New Cumnock, for any northerly traveller...

Dalbeattie Forest at Colvend. Just 7 found, 4m, ass. wth large flock 25-30 Siskin. Also, 4 Goldeneye & 2m goosander on Barean Loch, jay, tit flck, gcrest, nhatch, treecrpr, gsw. PJ

2pm : a single Brent Goose swimming out from the car park near 4 Red Breasted Mergansers. AW

10 black-tailed godwit, 1 whimbrel on foreshore, 1 little egret, a few knot.  No scaup found. Peregrine sussing birds at Maxwellfield Farm. Bullfinch found dead in road of the "bad corner", Carsethorn.

23/01 22:31 Dumfries & Galloway : Great Egret still; also ringtail Hen Harrier again. Per BirdGuides. 

23/01 21:22 Dumfries & Galloway : Slav Grebe, Loch Ryan; 60 today; also 7 Long-tailed Ducks, 720 Greater Scaup and a Great Northern Diver. Per BirdGuides.  Wow, 60 slavs.... Unbelievable. PJ 

23/01 21:07 Dumfries & Galloway : Hen Harrier, W.Freugh Airfield; two ringtails (09:30). Per BirdGuides.

Around high tide. 1 fly-by little egret, 8 fly-by red-throated diver. Target was purple sandpiper & eventually Billy No-mates, the solitary purple sand, made an appearance. Usual offshore common scoter. PJ 

23/01 17:20 Dumfries & Galloway : Am. Wigeon, Crook of Baldoon; drake still on pond north of car park this afternoon (17:16). Per Everywhere!

26 shelduck, gulls of 5 species inc 7 lssr bl-backs, 15 pfg. Mark Hannay of nearby Cardoness reported a calling chiff-chaff in the woods there today. DH

2 whimbrel, 1 snipe, 13 grey plvr, 2 gc grebe, 12 rbm, 2 pfg, c60 knot, ringed plvr, dunlin, turnstone, redshank, curlew, wigeon, mallard, heron, few oysterc, 1 starling seen carryg nestg mat & tits singg arnd home! PJ

Seen YESTERDAY at Crook of Baldoon. Still on pond north of car park. Also GWE on saltmarsh. Per BirdGuides. 

Standard fayre this afternoon & not too much of it either.  I was informed of a peregrine hunting the waders in Mersehead Bay. Might well explain the dearth. 1 rock pipit  2 fly-by little egret  Around 125 golden plvr at 13th tee roost c2000+ each knot & dunlin 20 grey plvr at least  Sparse usual others.

20/01 15:32 Dumfries & Galloway : Glaucous Gull, Cairnryan; immature. Per BirdGuides. Again. Another or same? PJ

Carlingwark Loch 20/01 14:40 Dumfries & Galloway : LT Duck, Carlingwark Loch; still. Per BirdGuides.  Still? Or rather returned. PJ. Great 👌 

Crook of Baldoon - 18th Jan American Wigeon still ; showed well on grassy bank, feeding amongst Eurasian Wigeon. 20+ Snipe roosting, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Tufted Duck and 1 Goldeneye. Also ringtail Hen Harrier , Sparrowhawk & Merlin. Gavin

Unconfirmed reports of a Glaucous Gull on Mersehead beach yesterday. Gavin

Stopped by to see if the LTD was there but seemingly gone. Drake Pochard still though & briefly around 1530 an adult med gull was with the black-headed. Few duck on Auchenreoch south end & nothing unusual found. PJ.

Glaisters Farm access road. 50a deer fenced fodder field half way-ish down on right. Yes, c200, suspect more, feeding in field & occasionally flocking to alight on fence/small tree hedge. Some, maybe 50+ chaffinch & single reed bunting. EXCELLENT 👌. Thanks Anna. 👍. PJ 

Presumably Castle Loch? (PJ) 17/01 12:29 Dumfries & Galloway : Great Egret, Lochmaben; two, then flew south.  Per BirdGuides.

1500 : 4 resplendent mandarin on arrival. 2m & 2f. Whoevers collected up the shocking fishermen's rubbish should be commended. Good job done. @RareBirdAlertUK. PJ. 

Hurrah! Winter drake looking like, still present 1330hrs as well as the snoozing drake pochard. PJ 😁. Thanks to Gavin & Anna. @RareBirdAlertUK. 

16/01 11:37 Dumfries & Galloway : American Wigeon, Crook of Baldoon; drake still on pond north of car park (11:34). Per BirdGuides.  Someone's "out there"... Ed. 

YESTERDAY around 2pm; Crook of Baldoon. Drake still on pond north of car park. On the news-go-round & now, everywhere! PJ. 

Hi All Drake Pochard and LT Duck showing well from site of vandalised hide. AW. 

14/01 13:10 Dumfries & Galloway : GW Teal, Port Logan; drake on Kirkbride Pond (11:00).  Per BirdGuides. 👍 

Long-tailed duck and drake pochard this morning. Both at far end of loch in relation to car park. Gavin

2 Brent Geese feeding south of Southerness Lighthouse. AW @ RareBirdAlertUK

While working at the Crook of Baldoon this afternoon (10th Jan), I managed to pick out the drake American Wigeon on the main lagoon just to the north of the car park. Gavin

08/01 13:07 Dumfries & Galloway : GW Teal, Caerlaverock; drake still from Campbell Hide (13:00).  Per BirdGuides

11 Greenland White-fronted Geese at Threave, 2 Whooper Swans at Carlingwark Loch & Aythya hybrid (resembling drake Lesser Scaup) still at Auchenreoch Loch - all today.  Per WhatsApp - c/o Mr Paul Massey 

The Brambling have been there since I bought my Christmas tree on 10th Dec. 

A male was reported from Wigtown Harbour Hide on 4 January - via Facebook Gavin

Excellent 👍 PJ  On Fri, 7 Jan 2022, 16:53 'anna white' wrote: Yes Pete             They are still there a chap from Kirkgunzeon said he was photographing them. It's a Kale field for fodder that's seeded and they re going and frying from small Hawthorn trees beside the 7ft high metal gate. I was at WWT all day Wed but no GWT around so will go back n try again.       Anna On 7 Jan 2022, at 16:27, Pete J wrote:  Anna, hi.  What's the likelihood these flocks may still be in this location? Were they feeding on seed spill or set-aside of some kind, do you know? Cheers  Pete  On Thu, 30 Dec 2021, 14:33 'anna white' wrote: Two  flocks of Bramblings  200 birds in each south of Kirkgunzeon along the Glaisters Xmas Tree farm road feeding in a crucifer field behind a 6ft metal gate. 

Both male & adult female Hen Harrier from Saltcot Merse Observatory, Caerlaverock WWT late-afternoon. Per WhatsApp. 

Happy New Year! Please find attached a digiscoped image of the sleeping GW Teal at Caerlaverock this morning. Cheers Paul Paul Massey MCIEEM  Director, Sterna Ecology 

Drake Green-winged Teal still present on Folly Pond at WWT Caerlaverock.  Per WhatsApp & everywhere 

Looks like our goose may've resurfaced at Rockcliffe Marsh Cumbria...  PJ

05/01 17:07 Dumfries & Galloway : BT Diver, New England Bay; one (13:00).  Per BirdGuides. 

Drake lesser scaup & drake RND still there. Not far across the border at New Cumnock. Viewed from the road side.  55°23'25.2"N 4°14'50.2"W https://goo.gl/maps/VhCFSoBjtuNR6AHD8 PJ 

04/01 16:35 Dumfries & Galloway : GW Teal, Caerlaverock; drake on Folly Pond.  Per BirdGuides

Rock pipit, little egret, 1 maybe 2 purple sandpiper on ebb tide opp golf course (could've been same bird).  4 bartail off 13th tee & at least a dozen more east Mersehead Bay, plus maybe 20 grey plvr, 3-5000 knot, c2-3000 dunlin & just a couple of sanderling spotted. Other usuals. No golden plvr found. Perhaps high disturbance.  Small flock of linnet & good to see several greenfinch Gillfoot Bay side. Carsethorn also good for greenfinch numbers. About it.  PJ 

01/01 20:50 Dumfries & Galloway : Hen Harrier,  male and ringtail this evening.  Per BirdGuides.

A single Greenshank was in amongst 200 Redshanks on the exposed shingle on the River Annan at Newbie this afternoon. A couple of Little Grebes, 21 Goldeneye, 3 Little Egrets and 30 Pink Feet in the field next to Cochrans were the other birds of note. Thanks Mick    

Still present in neighbouring regions; Longtown Cumbria & New Cumnock Ayrshire, respectively. Per BirdGuides. 

HNY is the order of the day.  At least the leucistic barnacle goose is still alive, seen in field between Cowcorse Farm & Mainsriddle this morning before the flock was disturbed. Pete.