Images on Facebook and looks like the bird we saw at a distance at The Crook of Baldoon on Sunday....  Chris Baines Ed. Keep your eyes peeled Ivan Lang! PJ

Pictures from & courtesy Paul Donald. Juv PALLID HARRIER at Point of Lag this evening!! Around 17.45.

My word. 30/09 18:41 Pallid Harrier, Whithorn, juvenile at golf course at Point of Lag (17:45). Per BirdGuides. Is that you Paul?! PJ 😳👍

One, possibly 2 Little Stint along the beach at RSPB Mersehead at high tide among small flock of dunlin, ringed plover and 1 sanderling. Gavin

After the rain. Good numbers of waders but nothing unusual found. c300 golden plvr, c30 or more bar-tailed godwit, c30 sanderling, half dozen knot, 2 little egret, plus usuals. Nothing really offshore apart from a few common scoter. PJ

Yesterdays picture of the Red Legged Partridge's... Michael Marko. ( Ed. Good to see an image now & then  👍) 

Went to Gelston to see if could find the Turtle Dove, not to be seen, headed to Milton Loch to find the Pochard Ducks. On the way back, about a mile from Milton Loch, 4 red Legged Partridge's flew off the road and landed on a dike down a field....Michael Marko

2 drake pochard still. 100+ tufted duck, 4 little grebe & red kite over. PJ

Whooper Swan touchdown today. Via Twitter

Kirkgunzeon ; Marsh Harrier (cream crown) over field of kale at 1120 lifting all the Linnet flock. Chris Baines

14:00 After many hours & 3rd time lucky for me, thanks to the eagle-eyed Colin Kinnear, we both saw this immensely & frustratingly elusive bird today. On wires back of cottages, circled ⭕ on pic. 😜PJ @RareBirdAlertUK

7 on Cairnsmore of Fleet. Via Anna W. @RareBirdAlertUK

Found this poor fellow off the 13th golf course tee Southerness a few days ago. PJ

Message from Andy Riches; Dear All Please find herein a bulletin on BTO surveys in D&G. Original pdf link here . Feel free to pass it on to anyone that you think might be interested. If you have any questions about BTO surveys, then do not hesitate to get in touch. Kind regards, Andy nb; links in the imaged document below will not work. Please go to the original pdf document for full usability.

At last! A proper report!  27/09 15:28 ; Gelston, again briefly in gardens by school although elusive (15:00). (Ed. You can say that again!) Per BirdGuides

A single Whooper Swan associated with a group of Mute, possibly the bird that has summered. GWE still present around site & the first autumn Merlin over the marsh. Regards, Ivan Lang @RareBirdAlertUK

Ebb tide. On the rocks ; 1 curlew sandpiper luckily picked out of c2000 dunlin + c500 sanderling. Also 1 juv sandwich tern again, 1 bar-tailed godwit, 4 little egret, 2 RTD, 1 gannet, 6 common scoter & 1 winter guillemot offshore. PJ

Recently ; A pod of at least a dozen Bottlenose Dolphins close off the point today, the young ones constantly breaching. Also 1 Whimbrel, 1 Common Sand, a distant flock of around 300 Golden Plover, 1 Wheatear, 1 Grey Wagtail and about 12 Stonechats. Two male Eiders in flight past Burrow Head on Friday and a 1W Med Gull on Monreith beach. Regards, Paul Donald

4 greenshank on rising tide. PJ

Message from Ivan Lang regarding this bird.  (The bird was/is) " Not a sighting but I echo editor's comments it is exceptionally important for the reserve to report sightings, especially unusual birds. Please either report through bird track or to the warden so sightings can be entered on to the reserve's database. If the person who recorded the Glossy Ibis could forward the photos it would be much appreciated ." Ivan Lang, RSPB Crook of Baldoon PJ ; If anyone knows Ralph Harris (the reported photographer), could they let him know of Ivan's request? I've no knowledge of him at all.

I don't believe it. 26/09 09:00 ; Gelston ; adult again in gardens. Per BirdGuides 😳

Great White Egret still present, 5 Little Egrets, Grey Heron, Little Grebe, Shoveler, Pintail, Wigeon & Teal, 15 Pale-bellied Brent @RareBirdAlertUK Good numbers of waders on HT roost incl Dunlin, Knot, Golden Plover & our first Grey Plovers of the Autumn. Ringtail Hen Harrier gave a good display over the Merse. Small flock of Linnets and Skylarks. Apparently a couple of weeks ago a Glossy Ibis was on the reserve and photographed by local resident Ralph Harris. Chris and Pat Baines. (Ed.🙄, great news of historical sightings now gone 😖. DGBN, existing for an end to secrecy ).

Ebb tide. ;46 at least bar-tailed godwit, c275 golden plvr, many more dunlin & ringed plvr. PJ

On the rocks HT ; 1 juv sandwich tern, 1 grey plvr, 1-2000 dunlin, c2-300 sanderling, 5 golden plvr. Chill wind. PJ

Browhouses 07.30am. Bar-tailed Godwit x4, Black-tailed Godwit x2, Ruff 1, Hen Harrier 1 ring-tailed, Peregrine 1, Kingfisher. Ian Irving @RareBirdAlertUK

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