Carsethorn :  Arrived at HT ; 19 Dunlin on the waters edge.  Southerness :  No waders but 10 Sandwich Terns perched out on the rocks.  Kirkgunzeon :  On the top road to Caulkerbush, Wheatear and 2 Stonechats.  Chris and Pat Baines. Great pics Chris 👍 PJ.

29/04 09:46 : Port Logan : juvenile again on water in Port Logan Bay then drifted west out of view (09:00). Per BirdGuides.

Loch Ryan : 2000hrs : 8 male Velvet Scoters; 51 Red-throated Divers, 16 Whimbrel at The Wig. Earlier pm 19 singing Blackcap, 11 singing Chiffchaffs and 13 singing Willow Warblers at Corsewall Estate woods. Regards, Steve Grover. @RareBirdAlertUK

28/04 19:50 : Port Logan : juvenile in sheep field south-west of village at 54.7198, -4.9623 (10:00). Per BirdGuides.

Shingle shore walk this pm; 3 whimbrel - 2 in Carse Pow low tide. Yep, it's that time of year.  5 wheatear - 3m 2f.  1 little egret.  Cuckoo calling towards Criffel, believe I saw "a" cuckoo low-lying over fields towards A710 (falcon/hawk-like). Green Woodpecker yaffling in nearby wood copse back of the Pow. Also Pipits & Linnets, couple ringed plvr & dunlin. PJ

Only highlight is that 5 whimbrel were present today. Also sandwich tern heard. Carse Bay 1530+ : 8 Scaup a nice surprise, 2m 6f. Pair Tufted Duck, some Pintail & Teal still all in Carse Gut. PJ

Cluden Water am. No sign of the Green Sandpiper but the Common Sandpiper was showing well down to a few yards behind Gillyhill Farm. Only other Waders a couple of pairs of Oystercatchers. A Sedge Warbler was rattling away which was my first for this year. Also Reed Bunting noted. Chris Baines

Colin Kinnear tells me that ; "It resides just below Gillyhill Farm and is best approached from the Lincluden Abbey side. Good luck, it is a very flighty bird ... " Thanks to Colin, PJ. 

Another Wheatear today in the same field as last week. Also a pair of Stonechats . Main interest this last  week is 3 displaying Lapwings that are favouring clear-fell. Also 2 displaying Curlew . With the scarcity of breeding waders inland now I am keeping my fingers crossed. One of the Siskins visiting the garden is ringed. Chris Baines.

Quick visit 1730-1900 to find a stiff biting East-south-easterly interfering with a stable scope view. Low numbers of all birds that remain but 2 whimbrel still, moving together & with both seen in flight, I can confirm neither are Hudsonian! PJ 

Green Sandpiper on Cluden Water yesterday in company of Common Sandpiper. Regards, Colin Kinnear

Castle Wood : Loads of Blackcap, Chiffchaff & Willow Warblers all in good voice. 1 early Grasshopper Warbler near the hide but no Garden Warbler yet. Flooders Reedbed : First Sedge Warblers displaying in reeds. No Reed Warblers yet. Kirkconnell Flow : Crossbills still around but young becoming independent now so not as nosiey a spectacle. Adam Murphy | Nature Reserve Officer NatureScot

Balcary : 2pm as the tide reached the fishing net stakes, there were 4 Sandwich Terns sitting atop. Anna W

3 Wheaters on the Kirkgunzeon to Milton road this morning & my first Blackcap at the old Railway station. Regards, Chris Baines

Latest 20th April update from Pete Berry at his Luce Bay caravan on DGBN blog site here ;  https://dumfriesgallowaybirdnews.blogspot.com/p/visiting-mancunians.html?m=1 Forum direct here ;  https://manchesterbirding.activeboard.com/mobile.spark?p=topic&topic=13255103

A Cuckoo calling in the wood beyond the track to Muil Farm. Anna W.

Between 1st & 2nd hides Pied Flycatchers, Willow Tits, Blackcap + a Tawny calling during the day & a Woodcock flew up while watching the Pied flycatchers. Anna W.

First male Whinchat back at RSPB Barclye this afternoon. Good to see some pairs of wheatear and hear or see the woodland species back in the Wood of Cree (pied flycatcher, redstart, blackcap etc). Willow tit singing by the Wood of Cree car park. Gavin. Great👌, PJ. 

RSPB Crook of Baldoon : Spoonbill on lagoon south of car park adult bird this morning. Regards, Ivan Lang. @RareBirdAlertUK

One seen in Gatehouse of Fleet area yesterday , unfortunately not by me. David H @RareBirdAlertUK

Late report from yesterday. Bird seen on 15th at a "private site" in Port Logan, for the seventh day in a row. NO SIGN SINCE. Reported to Birdguides yesterday for the first time. Someone's garden presumably... PJ

This pm, at the junction of the minor road to Drumcoltran Tower, 2 Wheatears & 3 Buzzards with 2 talon-grappling. Linnets, Pied Wagtails a Raven and my first Orange Tip butterfly this Spring. Chris Baines

Hooded Crow at Quayhill summit - road frm Glencaple east towards Bankend Rd. With other Crow spcs feeding in fields at 15:00. Looks like a thorough-bred ex. A first for me in the area after being here for 45 years. Duncan Irving. Excellent 👍. PJ @RareBirdAlertUK

RSPB Crook of Baldoon : American Wigeon has reappeared at 12.30pm. Regards, Ivan Lang.👌@RareBirdAlertUK

18th April 2022 : 2000hrs : 107 Red-throated Divers (both immatures and adults still in winter plumage). Regards, Stephen Grover.

Peregrine Falcon showing well this morning on St Michael's Church steeple eating a feral pigeon. Chris Baines.