White morph SG, in field near/at Locharbriggs?? So vague it's embarrassing for a news service. WP on the beach still at Point of Lag, Monreith.

Very breezy & only ventured west of the lighthouse. Found 2 Purple Sandpiper. There may be another but scope-shake & skittish birds preventing confirmation. 20 or so Grey Plover, c500 Dunlin, 2 Rock Pipit & a few Knot & Turnstone were the principal others. 

No disturbance for a change! Yippee! 2 Whimbrel (Carsethorn foreshore individual carrying drooped wings, noticed it recently), just 3 Grey Plover & Knot, c2-300 Dunlin, 5 or 6 Snipe, couple of Black-tailed & I think 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, single male Comm Scoter. Also the att., which is confirmed to be a badger pp Andy Riches. 

19th. Red-throated Diver very close to shore by the lighthouse, Southerness, mid-afternoon today. Lorna Lomas.

For those not already messaged who aren't aware. Please be one of the 20% who stats say will actually act upon something. Cheers P I've just emailed Scotland's party leaders calling for more nature-friendly farming. We need to grow a future where nature thrives! Please will you add your name too? It will only take a minute and it will really help our special wildlife. Thank you! https://action.rspb.org.uk/page/174887/action/ I've spoken up for Scotland's wildlife! The Natural Environment Bill should be our chance to restore Scotland's nature, not destroy it. https://action.rspb.org.uk/page/183453/action/

Harry Huyton recently announced; This week the UK Government awarded Berwick Bank with the public subsidy contract it needed to go ahead. It means that for decades to come we will all be subsidising this project and the devastating impact it is expected to have on seabirds. And neither the UK nor the Scottish Government seem to care. This makes me angry. Of course it does. But all is not lost. Only part of the development – about 1/3 rd  of it – has been given a subsidy so far, raising questions for the future. And their consent from the Scottish Government remains conditional on a “seabird compensation plan”, which we are yet to see.   Images left to right: puffin, kittiwake and guillemot.   It was also encouraging that media coverage of this week’s announcement didn’t ignore the environmental catastrophe this development could cause. I used the interviews I gave to highlight the tens of thousands of seabirds – kittiwakes, guillemots, gannets, puffins and more – that are...

Ross's Goose not far from Wigton reported. Fem RND continues to be seen at Longtown Pools & recently a Sibe Chiffchaff reported down the road at the sewage treatment plant.

A bird claimed to be on the beach at Point of Lag, Monreith this morning.

17th. 2 TBG just off the B724 before Cummertrees on the Cummertrees Loop road.

Got the 2 Tundra Bean Geese at Cummertrees but also a 1st winter Dark-bellied Brent Goose was hiding among the Barnacles. Ian Irving.

Neil Hammatt claims a Greater White-fronted Goose, but which nationality?? Greater White-fronted Goose 1, Barnacle Goose, Mute Swan, Shelduck, Shoveler, Wigeon, Mallard, Pintail, Teal, Pheasant, Woodpigeon, Golden Plover, Lapwing, Curlew, Snipe, Redshank, Cormorant, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Sparrowhawk, Marsh Harrier - "Ad female", Hen Harrier - "White rump", Red Kite, Buzzard, Kestrel, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Crow, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Skylark, Cetti's Warbler 1 - "Alarming from reedbed", Long-tailed Tit, Nuthatch, Wren, Starling, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Redwing, Blackbird, Fieldfare, Robin, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Meadow Pipit, Rock Pipit, Chaffinch, Bullfinch, Greenfinch, Linnet, Siskin 1, Reed Bunting.

So we have a Richardsons cackler near the WWT entrance with Barnies. A couple of Tundra Beans off the "Cummertrees Loop" somewhere with Barnies.

Loch Ryan between Stranraer & Kirkcolm. 158 Pale-bellied Brent, Wigeon, Mallard, Common Eider, Common Scoter, 10 Long-tailed Duck, Goldeneye, Red-breasted Merganser, Oystercatcher, Curlew, 2 Knot, 4 Horned/Slav Grebe - 2 in tandem with Long-tailed Ducks, 2 further south opposite Stena Line mooring, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Red-throated Diver, GND. Also a Barn Owl again in Dally Bay.

Falling tide. Carse Gut, 1 Greenshank, lots of Teal, Wigeon & Pintail, a Kestrel & Sparrowhawk. Carsethorn & towards Hogus Pt, 1 Whimbrel, c2000 Knot, c20 Bar-tailed & 2 at least Black-tailed Godwit, 4 RBM & good/large numbers of the usual others. Coupled Mallard getting on with breeding on former Kirkhouse Fishery.

Afternoon looking for geese at West Freugh, 115 Greenland and 2 Tundra (Stoneykirk) but no sign of Taiga. Also male Hen Harrier and a Hooded Crow. At White Loch, Castle Kennedy a male Pochard and Woodcock. Ivan Lang. 

Hooded Crow viewed this afternoon at usual Brownrigg Loaning/Annan Road junction taking an interest in telegraph pole workers. Robbie Purdie.

Matthew Cookson saw; Peregrine & Kittiwake off the mull & a Black-throated & Great Northern Diver around the Soleburn zone of LR.

Yesterday flying south over St Medan golf course, Monreith.

Lorna Lomas has requested for this petition to do the rounds. Duly obliged.  https://petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE2202

Matthew Cookson has seen a Greenshank in Drummore harbour & a Barn Owl at Dally Bay. At Lochrutton Loch, not much but several Goosander, 2ea of Goldeneye & Little Grebe, 4 GC Grebe, Heron, Snipe & Mallard being the only other duck.