If you haven't already... There's soo much to bleat about I'm afraid. Say No To Berwick Bank Windfarm - Scottish Seabird Centre [ https://www.seabird.org/conservation/say-no-to-berwick-bank-wind-farm ]. Still worth sending subsequent to the decision-in-principle in favour! 😠

Adult Little Gull roosted with Common Gulls yesterday evening, was not present today. Tom Parkinson. 

747 Manx, 1 Balearic, 4 Fulmar, 8 Kitti, 1 BTD, 2 RTD, 8 Sandwich, 2 Common & 19 Arctic Tern, 1 DM Arctic Skua, 18 Guillemot, 1 Razorbill, 2 Black Guilemot, 1 Whimbrel, 11 Curlew, plus a pod of Common Dolphin between 5:30-9:30. Tom Parkinson. 

Dipper spotted around 12.30 on the Fleet River by Mill on the Fleet in Gatehouse of Fleet. Nicki Sibbald. 

Signs of movement with a lot of Chiffchaff calling around the Crook, as well as a family party of 3 Whinchat and a Merlin. Also 2 cream capped Marsh Harrier. Ivan Lang

Green Sandpiper this morning, also Common Sandpiper and Sedge Warbler. Bill Jamieson. 

Only a couple of weeks late. Best birds, a good dozen Whimbrel & the early returning Grey Plover from last month still. 5 Goosander. Ringed Plover I believe have bred successfully between Hogus & Borron Pts. Carse Bay through the heat haze near HT, 2 Greenshank at least, dozen+ Dunlin & Ringed Plover, several Little Egret. PJ

Yesterday 20th. Juvenile Little Stint on Sunday pm right in front of small parking area. Greenshank 2, Common Sand 20+, Avocet 11 incl a bird with apparent yellow ring on each leg. Steven Cooper. 

A Whimbrel at Piltanton Burn estuary this morning. Nigel Willits. 

One flew south past the Mull of Galloway mid-afternoon. 

Nightjar flushed from Shell Road down towards the crook this morning at 09.00. Ivan Lang.

10/7. 0600-0700. Barnacle Goose 9, Greenshank ad & 2 juv, Common Sandpiper 22 (60+ on 6/7). Ian Irving.

2 Great Egrets and a (s?c)harming water rail. Mick Whitehouse & Nancy Harrison. 

I pretty much agree with 6 of the 7 comments (as at 6/7/25) left on this topic.  https://www.birdguides.com/news/conservationists-to-revive-tern-colony-in-southern-scotland/  

One reported high tide at Skyreburn, Gatehouse of Fleet. 

A bit off topic.... Had a few hours with the lonesome friendly piper last Saturday. Lighting could have been better. Quite tolerant of humans but def didn't like dogs. Lots of humans with dogs. Bird frequented, or stuck to, to keep out of the way, the harbour "spit". Late afternoon, when tide receding, it fed for a while on the harbour mud along same spit. It runs like a Sanderling but usually quite slow moving. Also "crept" a little at times, reminiscent of a (non-springy) Jack Snipe. Where will it go in a few weeks time? Europe? I wonder. PJ

Folly Pond - 1 young LRP. Mick Whitehouse & Nancy Harrison.