Returning bird perhaps seen at WWT Caerlaverock but I don't know what "seen recently" actually means!

Still present north end of Loch Ken today. Via Twitter & BirdGuides

1 Purple Sandpiper still present. Ivan Lang

Female Blackcap seen in shrubbery south of main house at 1115 hrs. Mark Barrett Ed. Possibly 1st-winter?

Hoodie, Gatehouse of Fleet this morning, chasing cat out of the garden. David H Ed. 😁👍

Lots of Scaup, Long tailed Duck (6), Slav Grebe & Brent. Ivan Lang. Ed. Light-bellied I presume.

BN Grebe still present with RTD (9), Long-tailed Duck (16), Common Scoter and Slav Grebe. Ivan Lang

28/11 16:07 : Blk Redstart, Southerness Pt female-type again on beach off Oswald Crescent (15:00). Per BirdGuides. Ed. Again?

Forgot to add a Mediterranean gull amongst the other gulls at Loch Ryan, Nov 18. David H.

27/11 16:38 : Scaup, Mersehead RSPB ; juvenile. Per BirdGuides

Single scaup today. From one of the hides presumably. Via BirdGuides

3 again/still, storking around at WWT Caerlaverock yesterday. Via BirdGuides

Refound at The Wig, from Glenside still. Via BirdGuides

Red-throated Diver at Brighouse Bay today. Nigel W

Oddly no whimbrel but 27 bar-tailed godwit, 26 grey plvr, 2 little egret, 1 GC grebe, c30 knot, 2 rbm & star of the morning, 1 otter. Also 1 chiffchaff near Hogus Pt. PJ

Red-throated Diver : one of 5 mid channel Wig Bay, Loch Ryan. Maisie Welsh.

Hooded crow showing well again today doing a purposeful strut by the work van at Brownrigg (Loaning). Steven Blackley

RSPB Crook of Baldoon. In very stormy conditions & high tide a juv light phase Long-tailed Skua over marsh out from the farm buildings/car park. Ivan Lang

Snow Goose of unknown origin with c.250 Greylag, 6 Whooper, 4 Barnacle, 300 Pink Feet, 6 Pochard and Goldeneye. Ivan Lang

Still 1 Purple Sandpiper at Point of Lag the last few days. Paul Donald

REPORT FROM YESTERDAY. Long-tailed Ducks showing well today giving close views. Also Slavonian Grebes, Red-throated Diver & lots of the usual birds... Michael Marko

22/11 20:14 : Twite, Glencaple ; c 40 at Kirkconnell Merse viewed from south of Glencaple Quay. Ed. Sometime today... Per BirdGuides

Courtesy Chris Baines.  Hooded Crow still present this afternoon at the junction of Annan Road & Brownrigg Loaning. Some images of the bird. Thanks to Colin & Gavin for the heads up. Chris Baines.  Ed. Well done gentlemen 👍

CONFIRMED MISINTERPRETATION BY BIRDGUIDES GIVEN THEY DELETED THEIR REPORT I'm not sure whether BirdGuides are misinterpreting messages but, they say ; 22/11 11:45 : Cetti's Wblr, WWT Caerlaverock : singing bird still in reedbed along Peter Scott Trail near visitor centre. PJ

Seen well (& heard singing and calling) at Caerlaverock NNR at 1020hrs. Same place as 14th November; reedbed south of Hollands Farm. (Note this is not the same bird or place as the reports from Caerlaverock WWT/Peter Scott Trail). Dave Pullan.  Ed. Cetti's is very mobile from my own experience, so it could be the same bird that's been on WWT ground. However, Dave sounds confident it's a second bird. Establishing whether there's 2 birds would be significant. Visitors to both sites simultaneously is required. PJ

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Hooded crow still at junction of Annan Road & Brownrigg Loaning this morning. Would be good if someone took a few photographs but looks good to me with the little knowledge I have on hybrid matters. Colin K

20/11 17:44 WWT Caerlaverock, juvenile male 🤔 on merse from Avenue Tower; also 2 Great Egrets still (17:42). Says BirdGuides

Still present at New Galloway end of Loch Ken from the layby on the A762. Via BirdGuides

Swallow (pretty certain barn swallow) this morning at Mossyard. This seems exceptionally late! Regard, Martin H

West end of Wigtown Bay as viewed from layby at Creetown but inevitably, distant. Via BirdGuides

Still present for its 4th day, now picking fights with the local chaffinches! Best, Paul D

Long-tailed Ducks x2 Wig Bay, Loch Ryan. Michael Marko

Well, I've just driven into Dumfries along Brownrigg Loaning to join the A780. While waiting to turn I realised there was a hoodie type on a house aerial. As I turned out of junction it flew onto roof & showed to be a good candidate for pure Hooded Crow i.e. it wasn't an obvious hybrid & everything I saw looked good for a pure bird. Gavin

19/11 13:25 : Hen Harrier, male on south side near cattle. Per BirdGuides

Water Pipit feeding along footpath by Kennedys Cairn, Mull of Galloway. Gavin

Black Redstart seen by my brother this morning at the Mull of Galloway Foghorn. Gavin

Looks like Paul D's luckily still got his bird on the roof today (19th) in Glasserton. Very pleasing to know.  I'm moving to the Isle of Whithorn! PJ

For the last three of years, there's been a pure hooded crow, mated with a carrion crow and this year producing a hybrid, Gatehouse of Fleet. Regularly visits my garden and is quite bold. David H. Ed. Maybe one of yours then??  

Hooded crow spotted at industrial estate in Dumfries dipping bread into a puddle. Steven Blackley.  Ed. An egg would be better! 😁. Is it hybrid or pure?? 🤔. Always the question asked in these parts.

Black Redstart on our roof again today (18th), present till dusk, and another (perhaps 2) this afternoon on rocks by Isle of Whithorn lighthouse. Paul Donald

Again present this afternoon viewed from the layby on the A762 also one Goosander present. Chris and Pat Baines

Lunchtime today : around 387 brent geese at the head of the loch, Sandmill Farm - Lower Balyett end, Stranraer. Approx same number of scaup offshore there but not easy to count (choppy waters), lunch-time today. Davd H

Diver still present at the northern, New Galloway end. Per BirdGuides

Cetti's Warbler heard again this morning. Peter Scott Trail, WWT Caerlaverock. Peter Jordan

18/11 08:41 : Glasserton still. Some lucky persons house again I believe! Per BirdGuides Ed. So where's MY black redstart? 😁

Courtesy of Paul Donald, at his Machars home.

A great day in Wigtownshire today. Woke up to a Black Redstart on our roof (still present this evening), then to West Freugh where 96 Greenland Whitefronts (plus a single Pinkfoot), then on to Loch Ryan: 1 Black-necked Grebe at The Wig, 15+ Long-tailed Ducks, 2 Blackwits, 20 Twite at Bishop Burn etc etc. Paul Donald. Ed. etc etc = satisfying also-rans 😁👍 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "D&G Bird News" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dg-bird-news+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dg-bird-news/CAJDiDhKsRXw4gcKPUZ%3DQJdBFUu%2BPskVZiZQUwaC6TD_fJvHUBA%40mail.gmail.com .

Black-necked Grebe seen at The Wig by myself & daughter at c13:50 today. Bird close inshore, seen in the company of Slavonian & Great Crested Grebe & Red-throated Diver. Steve Grover

Good day for birds of prey with 7 species present including ring-tail Hen Harrier, Merlin and Peregrine. Also nice flock of 150 Twite and 200 Fieldfare. Ivan Lang

17/11 09:25 : 1 found in garden at Glasserton. Per BirdGuides

Male again at WWT Caerlaverock. Per BirdGuides. So good to know these fabulous birds are being regularly seen.

This very common bird now (!) seen again YESTERDAY on the merse at WWT Caerlaverock. Per BirdGuides

Other sightings while in the Loch Ken area yesterday: 61 Greenland White-fronted Geese flew into the bay from the Ken-Dee Marshes car park. 2 Shoveler and 1 Tufted Duck were slightly unusual sightings for myself on the loch, as was a Black-tailed Godwit circling over the loch by Crossmichael before joining a flock of Lapwing on the shoreline further north. I flushed 3 Jack Snipe at Kenmure Holms while checking sluices, this is an area not readily accessible to the public. Gavin ps. 15 Little Egret flew out of the Mersehead roost yesterday morning, there's been no sign of the Great White Egret on wetland or at roost. Wetland looking good from Bruiach Hide last few days.

RSPB Crook of Baldoon : GWE heading north across saltmarsh. Ivan Lang

Dave Pullan has placed an 8 second recording of the bird found at Caerlaverock NNR on xeno-canto. Link; XC761287 .

WWT Caerlaverock. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON from Saltcot Observatory Tower hide. One of the ringtail no doubt wandering the merse. Per BirdGuides

A lot of people present at Caerlaverock WWT today but no interest shown in the presence of the Cettis Warbler. I stood by the reed bed from 1100 to 1300 and no-one else came to look. Then another stint from 1330 to 1430 and no interest shown. Chris Baines Ed. Sorry to some for the info-merry-go-round. PJ

Cetti's Warbler calling and showed briefly from phragmites reed bed on Sir Peter Scott Trail at 1215. Chris & Pat Baines

Cetti's Warbler singing and calling sporadically from reedbed 1020-1115hrs where reported by Shannon Clifford. Same place as Shannons map. Not seen. Dave Pullan. Ed. Are there 2??

One on Loch Ken at northern end from west side. See map for rough location of layby. Gavin

Terrific news from WWT that the bird is out & loud around the Sir Peter Scott Trail at the moment. However, it's apparently been present & shouting out for a couple of weeks! How has the bird not been heard by a visitor in the last couple & I'm struggling to understand why the birds presence on the reserve at least (no need to be specific), hasn't been announced until a time it can no longer be avoided? That's how it looks & I don't see the logic of it at all (if that's what it is?), sorry. So, Shannon Clifford hasn't got the second record for D&G, at all. PJ

13/11 15:13 ; Wigtown LNR, drake again this morning. Per BirdGuides

See attached for where found. Courtesy Shannon Clifford. PJ

WWT Caerlaverock : 2 seen from the Saltcot Observatory Tower hide yesterday. Per BirdGuides

12/11 17:55 : The Wig, one off Glenside. Per BirdGuides

1 seen & of course heard in reeds at Caerlaverock NNR by a bird ringer, no less. (Shannon Clifford). Excellent 👍 

Crook of Baldoon - male hen harrier flew over lagoon and away across old airfield. Wigtown harbour pond - drake green-winged teal . Mick Whitehouse & Nancy Harrison. Ed. We WILL find the birds, by hook or by Crook!  

50+ Grey Plovers, also 500+ Dunlin at Crook of Baldoon... Michael Marko. ( Ed. received late yesterday )

Great White Egret : one in ditch at back of Bruaich Hide pools this afternoon. Also 10,000 Starling in to roost this evening & 2 leucistic Barnacle Geese amongst 6,500 Barnacles spread between Mersehead & Mainsriddle. 

Paul Massey on Twitter: Todd's Canada Goose in flight, with a few Barnacles, over Mersehead RSPB at 15:10 hours, heading NE towards Mainsriddle.

RSPB Crook of Baldoon : juv arctic skua over lagoon North of track heading west. 16 kittiwakes North up bay. Ivan Lang

Seen this late from BirdGuides today. Bird seen yesterday at West Freugh Airfield. That's it! PJ

WWT Caerlaverock HT : 3 Great White Egrets, many Little Egrets spread all over the Merse, a Male Hen Harrier, a Blue Morph Snow Goose from the Avenue Tower with Barnacles and a Jack Snipe at the Teal Pond. Boom!  day at WWT! Anna W

10/11 10:45 : Whithorn : one at Point of Lag. Per BirdGuides

Black Redstart still at Crook of Baldoon RSPB. Favouring viewing structure for perching. Colin Kinnear

Poor chap on Southerness beach today.

1st-winter bird with a dull-buff yellow, black-tipped bill? 🤔 That ain't "right"!

West Preston Farm : We failed to locate the Todd's Canada Goose with the Barnacles. From the lookout past Mersehead, one Whimbrel on the beach with Curlews. Walk from Colvend into Dalbeattie Forest superb views of two Goshawks soaring and interacting plus Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay and Redwings. Road from Caulkerbush to Kirkgunzeon, two Bramblings just past the Glider club entrance. Chris and Pat Baines.  Ed. I'd say that was a good day out 👍

09/11 15:56 : Crook of Baldoon RSPB : one near farm buildings (15:52). Per BirdGuides. Just south car park (D Baird) of fence before sluice. Per Ivan Lang.  Ed: It's all happening at the Crook! PJ

09/11 12:38 : border of Crook of Baldoon RSPB & Wigtown LNR : adult drake again on edge of merse with Eurasian Wigeon from hide at Wigtown at high tide. Per BirdGuides

Crook of Baldoon :  2 very late Swallows over the lagoon North of track. Also 25+ Twite in Car Park. Ivan Lang

2 purple sandpiper west of Southerness lighthouse towards 13th golf tee HT. PJ

09/11 10:41 : Whithorn six at Point of Lag. Per BirdGuides

Todd's goose apparently still in field near or opposite West Preston Farm today. Also 20 scaup off Carsethorn close in. Per BirdGuides

Juvenile in private garden in Kirkpatrick Durham, which isn't Auchenreoch Loch. Or, is it the unlikely reverse? Per BirdGuides. Picture.....👍

1515 - 1545. Male & ringtail plus imm/fem merlin in fields between Caerlaverock Castle & Shearington. PJ

Two Purple Sandpipers still at Point of Lag this morning in the high tide roost, also a Grey Triggerfish washed up on the beach. Paul Donald

Anyone passing remember the female ring-necked duck is still present on the main pool off the Gretna Road A6071. Per BirdGuides

BirdGuides have misinterpreted the Twitter report of the bird, submitted just before 2pm, as a second record. PJ 

I understand it was seen from the hide looking out onto Wigtown Bay and the bird was seen on the south side of the Bladnoch on a high tide. The bird itself was therefore on the Crook of Baldoon reserve. No doubt a returning bird that will hopefully start using the lagoons to make for easier viewing. Gavin

Crook of Baldoon, today. However, report says edge of merse, with Wigeon from hide at Wigtown. Therefore, it's Wigtown LNR , surely? Per BirdGuides

Cairnryan. This report slipped through the net. Possible seen distantly off Marion Cottage on 3rd. Per BirdGuides. Ed. Get those scopes out!

First Siskin of the winter on the feeders this morning and one Tree Sparrow. On Friday a Red Admiral Butterfly was still active. Chris Baines

1145 - 1230 at least. 1 with Barnies atm in field opposite West Preston Farm, near Southerness. Looking Todd's to me👍.

Responsible human shared-planet dwellers would sign this petition to get done what is a simple but effective method to help swifts. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/626737 The unbelievable part is that it takes action as "dramatic" as this, in order to put in place a simple building control regulation, which the responsible building professions ought to be doing as a matter of BEST PRACTICE! PJ

GWE found lurking in the company of Barnies on 3rd by Ken White at Kirkconnell Merse. Viewed from Glencaple Quay.

Ringed Plover in summer colours at the Wig 2pm. One of seven.  Maisie Welsh Ed. Surely a moult underway by now...  

Fabulous male on niger feeder in Mainsriddle garden 14:00 . PJ

Crook of Baldoon : 2 White-fronted Geese flying west over saltmarsh. Ivan Lang

Ringtail Hen Harrier flew over fields and out over the mudflats this morning at the same time an immature Marsh Harrier was over the reedbed, Sparrowhawk sat on fencepost and adult Peregrine on mudflats. 2 leucistic Barnacle Geese around the reserve today too. Gavin

The Portpatrick bird was an adult male and taken from Facebook, hence the nearby description as that's how it was posted. The observer also said it was their 3rd in the last week with one in their garden previously. The Drummore bird was a imm/fem type, again a photo put on Facebook yesterday. So it does appear to be a bit of an influx, but only in the west..... Gavin Ed. Thanks to Gavin for shedding light.

Portpatrick, male ("nearby" whatever that means). Per BirdGuides.  Also, late report received of a black redstart juv found on the beach seaweed at Drummore this last weekend. Influx or possibly same bird? PJ

Luce Sands (Luce Bay). Female this afternoon. Per BirdGuides

Storm-driven Leach's then. Yes, as David says, with storm conditions, these things happen. "Lucky" finder of a not-so Leach's. 🔭 F-F-F-F-facebook🙄😦 On Thu, 3 Nov 2022, 07:00 'Gavin Chambers' via D&G Bird News, <> wrote: Photo on Facebook of a Leachs Petrel found on street in middle of Dumfries yesterday evening. Gavin On Wed, 2 Nov 2022 at 22:51, David Hawker <> wrote: Many years ago I was alerted to a strange bird found in a hedge in Birmingham suburbs, which turned out to be a storm petrel. You can't get much further from the sea than that! DH On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 10:24 PM PJ <> wrote: [Storm Petrel] Rumour of a bird picked up in Dumfries town today. If so, it surely got blown right up the Nith on very strong winds. PJ

Rumour of a bird picked up in Dumfries town today. If so, it surely got blown right up the Nith on very strong winds. P

In the Galloway hills...  https://twitter.com/Willitonbirder/status/1587913446598787073?s=20&t=3oZ0LImmbpIKL0r2YFqpkA

Male feeding on fallen apples in the Mainsriddle garden early doors. Good to see our winter visitors returned 😊. PJ

17 little egrets came out of their roost site yesterday morning at Mersehead. Majority flew east, wonder how far they go....Gavin

01/11 14:17 : WWT Caerlaverock : still distantly from Saltcot Observatory Tower (14:13). Per BirdGuides

After no sightings for a month the GWE reappeared briefly this evening over the lagoon north of track. Also today 50+ Whooper Swan, Pink Feet and Barnacle, ring-tail Hen Harrier, 60 Twite moving east and Peregrine. Ivan Lang