1650 : Riding thermals over Lochaber Loch moving south. Also 2 singing garden warbler still & another bird actually seen! In addition, 1 basking adder 🐍PJ 

Pete Berry's been back to Drummore & his latest report dated 25th June is available to read, either on the DGBN blog 'Mancunians' page or directly via the link provided there. PJ

Re-found, on Folly Pond, so must've been asleep awhile & not obvious when viewed against the light from Sharp's Lookout. Viewed from Folly Pond hide. PJ 👍. Oh me of little faith! 

14:18. CAERLAVEROCK. Eclipse drake (14:13). Per BirdGuides. PJ ; presumably WWT.

LRP. Return visit to find 1 adult & 1 juv. Great views for comparison. Per Colin Kinnear.

By bus ; Cluden Water. The number 12 from the Burns Statue to Lincluden. runs every half hour. The walk down the river from the Abbey is like a jungle so I walked down the road only ten minutes to cross the field to the river. Chris Baines

Juv LRP still present this morning & a HOBBY flew through & over water treatment works Lincluden. Per Colin Kinnear.

Quail singing on Langholm Moor, south of road, between Little Tarras Water & Gibble’s Slack 18:40 hours onwards. Paul Massey

I managed to find one of Pete's juvenile Little Ringed Plovers from Thursday plus 2 Common Sandpipers. Only other birds 2 Mute Swans, Blackcap & Chiffchaff. The old tyres & other rubbish spoil a beautiful spot. Chris Baines PJ ; agreed 👍 Parking for 1 vehicle here (linked map pin) then over stile & walk alongside river east to the first river bend. Only recommended during "working" or winter daylight hours for vehicle security.  👉 Green Sandpiper walk

Home   Buff Ermine on the gravel drive (pic). Cluden Water & Collegiate Church Spotted flycatcher, 2 kingfisher, 2 common sandpiper, 2 heron, several sedge warblers, 3 juv LRP'S (pic). Usual warblers. Shocking amount of rubbish - tyres, household bath, plastics, shopping trolley etc. How much is generated from the farm or Lincluden Estate?? Appalling.  Nith  (at Carnsalloch)   2 singing garden warbler, common sandpiper & Golden Ringed dragonfly.  Usual warblers.  Hot 24°C or about. PJ

No evidence of Nightjars this evening (21st). Plenty midge. There once were roding woodcock guaranteed but nothing from visits this year. A badger though came close but shot off once it caught a whiff of me & my midge spray. Very, very quiet for wildlife. PJ

Balcary today - A wander along the cliff path in the hour & a half or so leading up to high tide. Good numbers of guillemots & razorbills, many close in. No black guillemots spotted though. A few kittiwake & more fulmar still on the cliffs. Out to sea approx 1000 common scoter in various rafts across the Solway. One adult Mediterranean Gull swimming between Balcary point & Hestan island. Regards, Martin Harris

Common Spotted Orchid at Kirkhouse Fishery, Kirkbean & White Ermine Moth on the doorstep! PJ

In addition to the large number of Siskins, Goldfinches & Greenfinches coming to the garden feeders, after an absence of several months Lesser Redpolls are starting to visit. A bike ride along the Kirkgunzeon to Caulkerbush Road, Culdrain produced three different pairs of Stonechats with fledged young.  Chris Baines

Mute swans + 7 cygnets, breeding little grebe, willow, sedge warblers & chiffchaff, blackcap, reed bunting, common whitethroat, moorhen, meadow brown, speckled wood, gvw & common blue damselfly, I think. PJ

1 whimbrel eventually announced its presence when retreating from the advancing tide. Also 1 pf goose distant through the heat haze & a rbm in Carse Bay. Otherwise, mainly gulls of the most common variety. PJ

1 golden plvr - some dark underbelly feathers but otherwise non-breeding plumage, c35 dunlin, dozen+ ringed plvr, 2 little egret further west in the bay. PJ

"When we lived at Carsegowan (2007 to 2011) between Newton Stewart & Wigtown, we saw Nightjars foraging over the moss on summer evenings and one September had two over the garden. Worth checking out if you live in the area and best veiwed from the reserve car park. Take penty of insect repellent the deer flies are bad there". Regards, Chris Baines

2215 - 2315hrs. Rather cool yet again & only a couple of shortish churrings from maybe 2 birds. Same location. PJ

No luck with Ring Ouzel today. We spoke to the shepherd who said she had not seen one this year but saw one the year before. Lots of Wheatears including juvenile birds. Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, Mistle Thrush, Willow Warbler, Buzzard, Raven, Common Sandpiper, Black-headed Gulls, Curlew, Oystercatcher, Red Grouse, Red-legged Partridge. Grey & Pied Wagtails, Cuckoo & Spotted Flycatcher. Golden Eagle at 11am travelling along the A75 between the roundabout from the hospital & A710, flying quite low westwards over the golf course. Probably one of the released Moffat birds. Chris & Pat Baines

Around 1000+ common scoter offshore low tide. PJ

0900 to 1200. Not much variety this morning. Good numbers of Gannets, 30 Common Scoter, 1 Razorbill and Kittiwake. North Atlantic Grey Seal close in. Chris Baines

An hour from 8pm this evening.  c20 Manx Shearwater, c15 Gannet - only 2 adults, c12 Guillemot, several Kittiwake, 2 male Common Scoter near shore. All flying out ➡. PJ

The Great White Egret was showing well on the Folly Pond Caerlaverock WWT today. I managed a couple of images. A D&G tick for me! Regards Chris Baines.

Great White Egret still on Folly Pond at WWT Caerlaverock but mobile. Regards, Colin K. @RareBirdAlertUK

Courtesy of WWT ; "We have a fine looking great egret on the reserve at the moment. It has been giving fine views from the hides, even sitting on the black-headed gull platform briefly." @RareBirdAlertUK

Still no willow tit for me this year 😕. However, great to see an osprey & 1 chick from 3 they tell me. Also peregrine on castle top. Plenty willow warbler, fledged young & family groups, esp between Castle Hide & the wood. Garden warbler singing near car park. Reed bunting, sedge warbler Blackpark Marsh + 4 roe deer. Squeeky-pig water rail to left of path where marshy either side of path on way down. Fledged robin & tree creeper from Stepping Stones Hide. Several lssr redpoll along riverside path. Barely any butterflies though warm muggy-ish. PJ.

No sign of the Greenland Wheatear this morning so must have moved on. Tree Sparrow, Reed Bunting and Yellowhammer all breeding. A few Brown Hares feeding on the freshly cut fields. Killymingan farm pond had Sedge Warbler singing and Moorhen pair with five fledged young. An amazing sight of a Grey Heron hovering over the pond rather like a raptor hunting the young Moorhens and making that harsh croaking call. Chris Baines

Wood Warbler again singing in same location so hopefully a breeding pair there. Singing Tree Pipit ditto. 3 or 4 singing Garden Warbler too. PJ

2 seen overflying B793 at recent years usual location near Auchenhay Hill c2245hrs. Brief churring heard beforehand. PJ  https://maps.app.goo.gl/Cjquna4g9GFDrWGc8  

1 sat on rocks under New Abbey Pow road bridge by the Cornmill. PJ

0600 am; Wheatear in field just out of village on  Milton Road. Looked good for Greenland Race. Went back with camera but distant. Should be around for the rest of the day. Sedge Warbler only other bird of note. Chris Baines

Spoonbill reported today FYI.

Storm Petrel on Irish side this afternoon. Per BirdGuides. FYI.

Several puffin off the southern cliffs, a leucistic guillemot seen in flight just off shore, families of stonechat, wheatear and meadow pipits around the headland. Redpoll, willow warbler and whitethroat also around the headland. Probable Minke Whale in the distance and an Arctic and Great Skua distantly offshore chasing kittiwake. Spotted flycatcher down Auchie Glen. Isle of Whithorn yesterday (1st June) - 1 puffin off Burrow Head, Lesser Whitethroat along roadside to Burrow Head caravan park, 3 Lesser Whitethroat in bushes along path on southern side of Isle of Whithorn bay/harbour. Gavin & Alyn

Reed warbler singing from reeds next to the Lovers Walk path last night. 1 reported at Caerlaverock too. Regards, Martin Harris

Male Garganey back of lagoon left of entrance track, RSPB Crook of Baldoon. Regards, Ivan Lang

Walk up to the hides we saw Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, Willow Tit, 2 Pied Flycatchers & Great Spotted Woodpecker. On the drive back at least 5 lapwings and 2 Oystercatchers at the side of the loch. Chris and Pat Baines.

This morning: c.240 canada geese, c.150 greylag, a couple of mute swans and a small breeding colony of black-headed gulls. one lapwing in a nearby marshy area. David H.

Pete Berry's May 29th report on recent visit to his Glenluce zone caravan viewable on DGBN blog, or visit direct. PJ. Note; you may need to allow 3rd party cookies to view via blog on computer. 

Our carrion x hooded crow mating have now produced one hybrid hoodie just to confuse the issue, in the Gatehouse of Fleet area. David Hawker 😬That's blown it for D&G ID! 😀 PJ.