WWT Caerlaverock & NNR

WWT Folly Pond water well up & too high for waders. Saltcot Merse Observatory hide; ringtail HH quartering far merse edge. 1 juv/♀️ Merlin on near field fence post & possibly 2 more at distance towards Brow Well interacting briefly. 2 GWE, 1 east & 1 west of hide. Also a strange looking Barnacle Goose. [I'd suggest a Hybrid. Note the Barnacle Goose with white neck collar indicating at least some, if not all, have likely come from the feral Loch Leven flock. Gavin]. Quite a number of Barnies with neck band ID, which are the feral birds I think?🤔, as Gavin has now confirmed. From the closed NNR Holland Hide, 5 buffy Wheatear in field. Best pics of the strange Barnie attached. PJ.