Hoopoe flying near Glencaple swing park this morning. Duncan Irving. Still present in the close & nearby area early evening. 

30th. "I did another tour of Glencaple without seeing the Hoopoe and was back home when I decided to have another look at the grass across from the swing park at the junction of Wardlaw Drive and Great Eastern Drive - and there it was. This was at 8pm. If it's there [tomorrow] you will be able to see it from the roadside. The bird has been seen at several places in the village so it will probably be difficult to locate." Duncan Irving. 

Newbie. 29th. Little Stint was with a flock of Ringed Plover. Also 5 summer Turnstone, a single Dunlin and 3 Whimbrel. Bill Jamieson. 

A bird reported in a Glencaple garden, centrally located in the village. Viewing possibilities aren't known & I would strongly advise caution & complete respect for residents privacy should anyone try to find it. 

Not much variety but 1 Bar-tailed Godwit & continuing strong Whimbrel passage with 15 - 20 birds. PJ

Browhouses ; Curlew Sandpiper this morning with Dunlin & 3 Little Gull on the rising tide. Seafield ; 2 Long-tailed Skua this morning flew east past Whinnyrigg, showing some of the recent passage Skua do actually grace the Scottish side! 

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Heard and spotted Green Woodpecker at The Hills plantation this evening. Robbie Purdie. 

Returned for a couple of hours & a better result. 24 or more Bar-tailed Godwit, though 20 or so were on the English side! 1 in sumplum. 5 Avocet total, 1 with yellow rings on both tarsus, maybe red too but couldn't read. A Little Egret with rings; red H on right & yellow 4 on left tarsus. 2 juv Little Gull as recently reported largely sticking together. 3 Whimbrel briefly around 6:30pm. Group of Shelduck with 10 recently hatched fur balls. Cute! PJ

Mein Water confluence with River Annan. No Blue-headed (Channel) Wagtail found, just a lonesome LRP, Common Sandpiper, half dozen Swift & stoat across road. PJ. https://maps.app.goo.gl/SdjP8w1qKBHEvCBZA  

2 Avocet flying downriver, Dornock way. No Little Gull found in short visit. 

Little Ringed Plover and Yellow Wagtail (blue headed race) at Mein Water this evening (19th), both showing well but the wagtail was very mobile and difficult to get a really good picture, but I think pretty diagnostic. Bill Jamieson.  Ed. Great find again from BJ.

1600hrs. Two Little Gull and 21 Bar-tailed Godwit at Browhouses. Also 250 Kittiwake went through going east. Steven Cooper. 

Redstarts showing well this morning, probably 5 birds here now at least. Observing one bird with another calling about 50 yards away. Sadly no Pied Flycatcher again, used to get 4/5 breeding pairs in here, nothing for a few years now. Bill Jamieson. 

Alpine Swift briefly over car park between Queen St and Prince's St south of Stranraer harbour this afternoon at 1440hrs. Lawrence Gray. 

2 Nightjars 'churring' (& seen) at Kirkconnell Flow NNR this evening (15th May). Churring started about 21.45 hours. Paul Massey. Ed. I was expecting an earlier than usual report with the weather. 

Unsurprisingly, a bird was present in the Glasserton area & reported a week ago. Others sure to be around. 

13th. Carstramon Wood : 20 singing Redstart, 19 singing Pied Flycatcher. 15th. 2/3 of the way from car park at Knocktinkle (on Laurieston to Gatehouse of Fleet Road) to Loch Whinyeon, 2 singing Whinchat. Mark Bannister. 

Mark Humphreys says: "I may be mistaken but I believe I saw a Bar-headed Goose with two goslings on Loch Skerrow today. Do they interbreed ? It was at a distance, but the white neck and marked head appeared undeniable."  Ed. Probably a Canada-Greylag hybrid. Bar-head? Nay! Feral escapee maybe. 

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11/5/25 - 3 Garden Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, singles of Whitethroat & Green Woodpecker. Bryn Burgess. 

Iceland Gull been drifting around the Mull of Galloway, seen twice over visitor centre in last 30mins drifting in the wind. Looks to be a 1st summer. Gavin Chambers. 

3 first winter Little Gull still at Browhouses this am plus 76 Bar-tailed Godwits. Ian Irving. 

Pair Pied Flycatcher, Garden Warbler & Green Woodpecker vocal. PJ

This morning at the Crook, a cream capped Marsh Harrier and a Whooper Swan. Ivan Lang. 

Garganey (at least the male), reported again in the pond outside visitor centre this morning at Mersehead. Gavin Chambers. 

RSPB Mersehead. Pair relocated at east end of the visitor centre pond. Otter & pair Marsh Harrier again from Meida Hide giving great views. Otter presence caused all the Mallard ducklings to group together, remaining still. Interesting to see. PJ

Spotted Flycatcher at Barclye, Wood of Cree, as well as Green Woodpecker. Ivan Lang. 

Young ♂️ & imm/♀️ Marsh Harrier. Latter with missing a right wing primary & r/h tail feather in flight. A Whimbrel, or more unseen, from Bruaich Hide. Plenty Speckled Wood butterfly, Orange Tip & a single Red Admiral. No Reed Warblers in song & a few Sedge & Common Whitethroat good to see. PJ

Two Avocet, north end of Port Logan beach, near water's edge. Lawrence Gray. 

BROWHOUSES 0600-0730. Avocet -9, Dunlin -150, Greenshank -2, Black-tailed Godwit -3, Bar-tailed Godwit -18, Whimbrel -12, Little Gull -4 (1 adult and 3 first winters). Ian Irving. 

Garganey pair with mixed flock of Teal and Wigeon in flight when harassed by female Marsh Harrier overhead at RSPB Mersehead late morning. Stephen Kings.

A breezy Corsewell Point was hard going with very few auks moving, a steady trickle of gannets, all three divers, a couple of Fulmar, only three Manx Shearwater, a single Arctic Tern about 50 Sandwich Tern and a few Common Tern. Back at the Wig a few mergs out on a choppy Loch Ryan and after four hours at Corsewell hoping for some skuas, there was a dark phase Arctic chasing a small group of terns. Not much on the landward side but a Hooded Crow was observed flying off to the north as well as the ever present hybrid. Ivan Lang. 

A Black-throated Diver fly-by today. 

Hooded Crow flew over as I left. Heading south towards Sandyhills. Gavin Chambers.

Pair of Garganey currently sleeping in front of visitor centre at Mersehead (centre closes at 4pm). Gavin Chambers. 

A large falcon, poss Saker or Saker x peregrine observed a couple of times on the merse at the Crook of Baldoon. Heavily streaked on belly and legs giving a dark look. Tawny brown uppers. After being attacked by the local peregrine it headed west at 15.45. Ivan Lang. 

0600-0730 Avocet -1 Greenshank -2 Bar-tailed Godwit -7 Black-tailed Godwit -4 Whimbrel -7 Little Gull - 2 x1st w Wheatear -1 in fields on road down. Ian Irving. 

A very pleasant evening here turned up some nice birds. 7 Avocet were showing, 3 Greenshank and 4 Whimbrel were also showing great, also Ring Plover and Dunlin present. Bill Jamieson.