Wigtownshire 23-24th July

Sunday 23rd July, Auchenmalg - heavy rain - 3 Sandwich Tern, 2 Wheatears, 1 Rock Pipit. Bishop Burn - high water - rain clearing - 12 Common Tern (8 Adults, 4 Juvs), 1 ad had metal ring on right leg. 150 Curlew in back field, 36 Redshank, 1 Lapwing, 2 Dunlin, 50 Common Scoter. Cairnryan - 6 Eider, Shag, 2 Black Guillemot. Monday 24th July, Bishop Burn - low water - 43 Common Tern. Broadstone Road - 1 ad Med Gull. The Wig - 3 Stonechat, Little Egret, 2 Sandwich Terns. Bishop Burn - rising tide - met up with AC who had found 2 sumplum Knot. He saw the terns much closer & said a few Arctic's with them. Chris & Pat Baines.