Mainsriddle : I've never seen a yellowhammer use a tubular feeder, until today. It's even in a cage thing which even the chaffinch find hard to get through! The yellowhammers are all very reluctant to use any kind of feeder, even a table platform. Very wary. So, a real surprise!  10 yellowhammer  6+ tree sparrow 4 siskin 1 redwing - still 1 gsw, though m&f regular Treecreeper & nuthatch still making appearances. A jay stopped by last week, a rare visitor. Usual others. However, no goldcrest nor blackcap, yet? PJ

27/02 16:46 : Crook of Baldoon : Drake still on lagoon just north of car park (15:20). Per BirdGuides.

Highlights: multiple red throated divers & slavonian grebes, numerous common scoter, scaup, eider & RB merganser & at least 8 long tailed ducks close inshore, near the Wig. Steve Matthewman. @RareBirdAlertUK

Tues 22nd Feb; Loch Ryan 12:40-13:40; V windy but sunny periods. 35 Eider nr railway station + small nmbr Scaup. Oy'catchers roosting on jetty inc 1 Leucistic bird. Bishop Burn good nmbrs Wigeon, a few Turnstone & 2 Knot + Rock Pipit. Chris Baines

Seen yesterday at Crook of Baldoon. Still. Per BirdGuides.

Quick visit. 13:00 c200 black-tailed godwit.  8 rbm - head throwing going on by resplendent males. PJ 

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Message received from Martin Harris.  FYI, I'm 90% certain I relocated this juvenile Iceland gull again on Carlingwark yesterday afternoon, but as I'd only gone out for a bit of air after work I only had binos with me and it was at an awkward distance. Obviously by the time I'd walked home to get the scope and back it had gone. I'll have another look this afternoon if it's not too horrible out. Martin Harris Anyone else in CD should check out the loch.... PJ 

From the 14th. 1 leucistic barnie amgst lrge mxd flck barnacle & pfgs in fields beside path frm village to Torr Point. Good nmbr sheldck, oycatcher curlew some lapwing redshank on foreshore in front of hide. Peregrine buzzard red kite o/head. Martin

19/02 16:33 Dumfries & Galloway : Wigtown Bay LNR : 1 on saltings near the hide (14:30). Per BirdGuides.

19/02 16:32 Dumfries & Galloway : Crook of Baldoon : 1 on salting just north-east of car park with Rock Pipits and Eurasian Skylarks (12:29). Per BirdGuides.

19/02 16:28 Dumfries & Galloway : Crook of Baldoon : Drake still on lagoon just north of car park (12:25). Per BirdGuides.

19/02 14:35 Dumfries & Galloway : Stranraer : 4 off old terminal; also 2 Greater Scaup (12:50). Per BirdGuides.

Good to know that the 2 female RND's are still present today on Longtown ponds adjacent Gretna Road, A6071. Just over the border 👍. Per BirdGuides. 

It was reported somewhere at Mersehead (this winter, this year?).  It's perhaps hanging around with a small dunlin flock that I sometimes see feeding on the sand/mud just off the beach even at low tides. I've not scrutinized these small flocks before on the beach. Gavin

From the cliff top A710, looking down over Lot's Wife. Small flock waders on the 'spit', mostly dunlin with  a few knot & ringed plover + 3 sanderling & LITTLE STINT @RareBirdAlertUK. Gavin

15/02 13:22 Dumfries & Galloway : Crook of Baldoon : Drake still on pond north of car park (12:30). Per BirdGuides. 

Road passable this morning and hopefully only going down! Gavin

Courtesy of Chris Baines 😁  Many thanks for the great pictures Chris 👌⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

12 Bramblings also Siskins in garden. Lbb Gulls back in the felds with the Herring, Common and Black headed Gulls. Regards, Chris Baines

Seen 13th ; Todds/Lesser Canada Goose frm Bruaich Hide 13th pm with Barnies. Access Rd flooding ➕ 150 Pintail, 12 Gadwall, 3 Whoopers, good murm'tn of starlings +6 Little Egret to roost. Gavin. @RareBirdAlertUK

Grief, someone's on tour.... thankfully!  10/02 14:51 Dumfries & Galloway : Slav Grebe, Loch Ryan : two viewed close inshore near St Mary's Croft; also 4 Long-tailed Duck (14:00). Per BirdGuides.

10/02 12:24 Dumfries & Galloway : Stoneykirk : 103 in field west of village (12:00). Per BirdGuides.

10/02 11:53 Dumfries & Galloway : West Freugh Airfield : 14 in field viewed from minor road off B7084 north-west of Luce Sands (11:00). Per BirdGuides.

FYI : This has been updated for January 2022 , viewable via the DGBN blog or directly, should you choose; DGBN blog here ➡ dumfriesgallowaybirdnews.blogspot.com PJ

08/02 14:19 Dumfries & Galloway : Water Pipit : Crook of Baldoon : one on saltmarsh E of car park with Rock Pips & Skylarks; also ringtail Hen Harrier on marsh edge & 3 (1 drake) Scaup on pond (13:30). Per BirdGuides.