RSPB Crook of Baldoon. GWE showing well on lagoon just north of car park  this morning. Regards, Mick Whitehouse & Nancy Harrison

Carsethorn to Borron Pt ; 3 whimbrel, 1 bar-tailed godwit. Carse Bay ; 2 of the whimbrel, unless there's more, relocated near to the sandy shell beach spit north of village, working the shoreline. Plus adult Mediterranean Gull. Med gull took off, rode thermals with lots of other gulls then they all decended onto farm field being cut, back of Drumburn. PJ

RSPB Crook of Baldoon ; still on lagoon just north of car park this morning. Per BirdGuides & Ivan Lang 

Nice photo courtesy of Maisie Welsh. Grateful thanks 😊

Folly Pond ; Great White Egret am. Several Black-tailed Godwits & single Greenshank. A Peregrine Falcon lifted everything including one wader. Whooper Pond ; Kingfisher. Chris & Pat Baines

Falling tide. 1 bar-tailed godwit, 2 whimbrel. Little egrets from Carse Bay. PJ

5 wheatear eventually, 4 juv/fem & looking large & erect in standing so perhaps northerners. PJ

HT. 1 black-tailed godwit, 3 wheatear on posts, feeding along shore (1 male 2 juv/fem), 15 little egret. Lots hirundine above Knockendoch Hill (Criffel) plus several buzzard hanging in the breeze. PJ

29/08 14:09 ; RN Grebe, The Wig, adult still on Loch Ryan from layby at Marian Cottage although distant; also Black-throated Diver. Per BirdGuides

GWE still at RSPB Crook of Baldoon. Lagoon north of car park. Regards, Ivan Lang

Great White Egret & Ruff both on Folly Pond @WWTCaerlaverock this afternoon. Regards, Colin Kinnear. @RareBirdAlertUK 

28/08 19:58 ; Crook of Baldoon RSPB, one again this morning. Per BirdGuides

Not much to show for a long walk (started at the Railway Station), apart from sore feet. Annan Harbour , 2 Lapwings, 1 Common Sandpiper & 1 Redshank. Walk to Annan Waterfoot , 8 Oystercatchers, 100+ Lapwings. Waterfoot Point , large numbers of Redshank 100+, 50 Cormorants, a few Curlew, 3 Little Egrets, 2 Common Sandpipers, 4 Grey Heron, 3 Red-breasted Mergansers. Chris Baines

Loch Ryan : adult still seen 10am at The Wig. Per BirdGuides

19:10, 1 pale morph flying north from Corsewall Point. Per BirdGuides

Report for yesterday, 23rd. Caerlaverock WWT 10am - noon. 1 young yellow wagtail on mud around Folly Pond. With 2 pied wagtails and they all flew off over the hide. Also 33+ black-tailed godwits and 3 greenshanks. Mick Whitehouse

Bee-eater was calling, I heard it before I saw it, flying over the top of the estuary at Piltanton Burn, at 9.45 am today, then it circled back & was heading south when it dropped low out of sight, across the golf course towards Stairhaven (Luce Bay). Literally in view for just a couple of minutes but unmistakable! I thought it was an adult but it was quite a distance away using binoculars, so not certain. Jeni Grover

4 seen from Cairnryan to Larne ferry yesterday. Per BirdGuides

20/08 20:57 ; Kirkconnell Merse, one on River Nith (19:56). Per BirdGuides

On Friday a pair of House Martins appeared to be prospecting for a nest site under the eaves of a house. This behaviour went on for sometime. Surely not in late August. There must be another reason.  Chris Baines

Thursday 18th August; Caerlaverock WWT; Green Sandpiper still on Whooper Pond. Marsh Harrier, cream-crown hunting near Saltcoat Tower. Kestrel, 5 Little Egret & 42 Black-tailed Godwit plus 40 Curlew & lots of Snipe. Powfoot : 1600-1700; 50 Dunlin, 20 Lapwing, 20 Redshank & Grey Seal. Seafield : 1730-1800; 9 Commic Tern mid channel, 40 Lapwing, 20 Redshank. Friday 19th August; Browhouses : 0900-1100; 1 Greenshank, 120 Lapwing, 110 Black-tailed Godwit,15 Ringed Plover, 40 Redshank & 4 Red-breasted Mergansers. Chris and Pat Baines

Quail on the way into work this morning! Crouching on the roadside between Milton and Crocketford. August 19, 2022 at 08:51 am SWSEIC via Twitter @RareBirdAlertUK 

Breezy conditions not whipping up any birds offshore🙁. Only a couple of sandwich tern spotted. Gillfoot Bay also usuals only, inc 1 golden plvr & 1 bartail. Ringed plvr numbers up, maybe 2-300. Nothing unusual amongst maybe 100 dunlin. PJ

14:30. Fresh looking juv probably betwixt Cowcorse & West Preston Farms, near Southerness. Heading Preston Merse or possibly RSPB Mersehead. One of the Caerlaverock birds of recent days perhaps. PJ

No Quail calling at 8am this morning but just past the turning for Drumcoltran Tower my first Wheatear of the late summer/autumn sat on the dry-stone dyke. Caerlaverock WWT; No sign of yesterday's Ruff but the Green Sandpiper showing well on the Whooper Pond with lots of Black-tailed Godwits on the Folly Pond. Star of the show was a migrant Convolvulus Hawkmoth which someone found. With only my big lens I had to step back a fair bit! Chris Baines

18 Curlew feeding in field opposite Lower Porterbelly Farm viewed from the lay-by on the A711. Called in at Edingham Loch (a few years ago a Bittern was present in winter), just a few Mallards, Mute Swan, Feral Greylag & Moorhen. A build up of Linnets in field of rye at Glaisters Farm plus 2 Ravens croaking.  Chris Baines

Peregrine on lower south side perch this pm. PJ

Kirkgunzeon : Quail calling in Barley field just off the Milton road, on the minor road to Drumcoltran Tower at 1430. @RareBirdAlertUK.  Chris Baines

Pics of Ruff at WWT Caerlaverock Very ruff. Also 5 little egret mid-pm. PJ

WWT Caerlaverock : 1500-1600; Whooper Pond, 1 green sandpiper to muddy left where concrete edge is hollowed out from erosion. Also white & grey wagtails around edge. PJ

1300-1400, Folly Pond ; 1 ruff pale ad male perhaps, hobby & marsh harrier imm probably, looking fresh, c 40 black-tailed godwit, loads snipe but no wood sandpiper.... yet? PJ

Wood Sandpiper showing well on Folly Pond this morning in pouring rain. Also Water Rail, Black-tailed Godwits & numerous Snipe.  Chris Baines

A walk from Newbie Barns to the River Annan this morning  showed Greenshank numbers gradually increasing. Now at 6. Also 12 Little Egret & a single Black Tailed godwit. Just a handfull of Common Sandpipers now. Mick L

14/08 16:36 Wood Sand, Caerlaverock WWT : juvenile. Per BirdGuides

2 LRP on muddy flash, saltmarsh north of car park. RSPB Crook of Baldoon. Regards, Ivan Lang

Good numbers of Red Kites at the back of the house attracted by the farmer cutting the field for silage. Wall Brown butterflies on the dry stone dyke near the old railway bridge. A big decrease in numbers in many areas, in recent years. Large numbers of House Martins congregating on the wires near the Village Hall.  Chris Baines

Yesterday was a good day for raptors at WWT Caerlaverock, with an Osprey fishing along the Lochar, a Peregrine causing mayhem with the Teal. Best of all a beautiful female Marsh Harrier drifting across and stirring up the birds on the Folly Pond. WWT via Twitter. Ed. Didn't see the MH!? PJ 🙄

Numerous Scotch Argus around Loch Derry Wigtownshire yesterday. A couple of golden ringed dragonflies, black darter and red darters too, plenty of "blue" damselflies and a few four spotted chaser. Abundant meadow pipit broods as well as a robin brood, 2 whinchat families on the adjoining moorland with scrub, and 2 teal on the loch. David H

I've had Small Skippers around Kirkgunzeon Milton and Glenkiln over the past few years get in touch with Mark Politt he says the numbers of them are rising here. Anna W

Spring sees good numbers of Green-veined Whites and Orange Tips but summer just a few Small Tortoiseshells and Red Admirals. At Collin, Warrenhill Railway Bridge and Crossing, I am certain I saw Essex Skippers on the banking, but failed to photograph one. The grass was trampled down so perhaps they are known to be present there?  Chris Baines

Check to the left of Folly Pond hide for island resting Greenshank. PJ

1300-1500; probable hobby, glimpsed head-on just before disappearing into trees seen north from Tower Observatory. 12+ snipe & c30 tree sparrow. Birds flushed by osprey at c14:20. PJ

Southerness at 10am high tide today: 2 whimbrels & 2 bar-tailed godwits along with 50+ golden plovers among the curlews, oystercatchers, dunlins, ringed plovers & sandwich terns. Regards, Mick Whitehouse and Nancy Harrison

1100-1300; no green sand found but on Folly Pond juv Greenshank, 3 little egret, Kingfisher seen by staff. Whooper Pond several white wags if I'm not mistaken (diffuse rump). PJ

WWT : 2 juv. LRP's turned up today on the Folly Pond. At least 1 green sandpiper still here after being present for a week. Kingfisher popping in regularly. WWT via Twitter. Ed. Daily updates needed from WWT in order for birders to make plans for a visit. If we don't know what's present, we wonder, "is it worth a visit?"! PJ. 

Whooper Pond :  Green Sandpiper, Common Snipe, Kingfisher & Grey Wagtail.  Folly Pond :  23 Lapwings, something spooked them & 2 smaller waders lifted. The lack of wing bar & small size indicated LRP's. Sure enough on landing scope views confirmed my first impression 2 juv Little Ringed Plovers. When I left staff were trying to video them but distant behind the island.  Chris Baines

Low tide 1500 - 1600; Carse Bay : 4 little egrets, 1 whimbrel. Carsethorn : 2 little egret, 8 rbm, 1 bar-tailed godwit, possibly 2 whimbrel. PJ

No birds to report at SWT Knowetop Lochs , apart from calling Willow Warbler but lots of Black Darter & Scotch Argus butterflies. Milton Loch - called off here again and to our surprise 2 Drake Pochards with the Tufted Ducks. Looking in the last D&G Bird report only five records in 2019. Chris & Pat Baines

Highlights of a walk from Newbie Barns to the River Annan this morning were 9 Bar-tailed Godwits, 5 Black-tailed Godwits, 1 Whimbrel, 2 Greenshank & 8 Little Egrets. Also see attached image of a gull which drew my attention on the R Annan. Yellow Legged anyone? Mick L

17:00 HT Roost, 2 whimbrel, 1 sandwich tern & 1 little egret. PJ

Female marsh harrier over fields north of car park Crook of Baldoon. Regards, Ivan Lang.

On passing Loch Kindar travelling along the A710, a large bird overflew the road ahead, heading inland towards the Loch. I thought it was a heron at first, judging by the lazy bow-winged flight. However, it clearly wasn't. All I could make out of a flash of the underwing was perhaps a buzzard-like dark outer primary tips pattern with a paler inner wing area. I couldn't stop straight away & I didn't have optics with me. Typical! When I could stop on the outskirts of New Abbey, the bird was too far away but continuing on a straight line, direct & purposeful lazy bow-winged flight. Very unlike a common buzzard & to me, too big for one. My only thought was possibly an osprey but the flight didn't seem right somehow but maybe. A goshawk perhaps? I'll not know unless there's a report of some large "different" raptor. Maybe just a big buzzard? 🤔😔PJ

Milton Loch;   Drake Pochard in right hand corner with  30 Coots. I counted 14 Lapwings but there may have been more. A few Tufted  Duck & 1 Grey Heron.  Glenkiln Reservoir;  Dipper on the river & 2 Common Snipe at Cornlee with a few Tufted Duck & 2 Ravens overhead. Buzzard, Mistle Thrush & Meadow Pipits also noted.  Chris and Pat Baines

Today a female redstart and a juvenile beside the River Cree where the A75 crosses the river.  Plus a juvenile robin close by. Not much else around. David H

WWT Caerlaverock For those of us who don't know; "Yesterday a hobby and 4 swifts. Today 2 green sandpipers, 15 snipe and a young cuckoo." Nothing much then... PJ

On the New Abbey Pow where meandering & tidal, 8 common sandpiper. High tide roost where Pow meets the Nith, 21 little egret & 2 blackwit. 1 calling whimbrel around confluence. Several grey heron & a few siskin on firs in the village, plus swifts. Only butterfies, gvw, red admiral, ringlet, meadow brown & wall brown. PJ