Carlingwark Loch starling roost. Good murmuration this evening, I find it really hard to estimate numbers but I guess 5000-10,000? Best viewed from Buchan Bridge as the starlings are roosting in the reeds at the far corner. Regards, Martin Harris

Carse Gut rising tide : 1♀️ scaup (3 off Carsethorn - 1 drake) =4 ttl, 2+ black-tailed godwit, 1 rt diver fishing the Gut, 1 possibly juv peregrine stirred things up (looking too small for fem), sitting offshore for a while, several little egret spread widely. PJ

WWT Caerlaverock : still present from Saltcot Observatory Tower. Per BirdGuides

Yep, smallspotted catshark, also known as lesser-spotted dogfish. Adam Murphy https://www.sharktrust.org/blog/creature-feature-smallspotted-catshark From: Nigel Willits Sent: 27 October 2022 20:22 Spotted Catshark perhaps. Nigel

c.40 little grebe, 1 GC grebe, 2 goldeneye, some teal and tufted duck, plenty of mute swan, coot, moorhen, mallard, cormorant. Quite a large wagtail roost in one of the reed beds. Starling murmuration, maybe 1000 birds? Female sparrowhawk overseeing proceedings from the top of a tree. Regards, Martin

WWT Caerlaverock from Saltcot Observatory Tower 15:00. PJ

From Saltcot Observatory Tower ; ♂️ & ♀️ peregrine together on stranded flotsam log. PJ

13:15+ ; Fabulous male hen harrier from Saltcot Observatory Tower. Other birders report ringtail too plus merlin. PJ

Sadly not present at 12:30pm+🙄

Whooper Pond WWT Caerlaverock, via Lucy Mortlock, Twitter.

4 Whooper Swans flew over the village west towards Beeswing. Small numbers of Redwings and Fieldfares. Flock of 15 Long-tailed Tits, Sparrowhawk & single Goosander on the river at the old railway bridge. Chris Baines

Very windy and choppy so difficult to view anything on the water -- the best was a female type Long-tailed Duck initially close in but soon flew off into the loch. Red-throated Diver, RB Merganser, Eider, 3 Common Scoter and a Razorbill. Ivan Lang

Late again but nothing unusual. 2 whimbrel, 3 snipe, 2 little egret, 7 bar-tailed godwit, 7 grey plvr, 5 scaup. Popped to Southerness but too late for any exposed rocks & too rough around HT for anything to be there. 2 rock pipit west of lighthouse. Mersehead Bruaich Hide - winter duck, 4 little egret & several snipe, at least 1 hybrid goose. PJ

27/10 20:25 : Twite, c40 feeding above strandline opposite jetty (17:00). Per BirdGuides

Visited last 2 days but poor timing & rough weather producing nothing unusual plus distant birds. A stonechat was west of the lighthouse yesterday in v rough conditions, plus golden plover. Typical wader mix but impossible to get a steady view of anything. Grey plvr, Bar-tailed Godwit, sanderling & usual winter others inc little egret. Same today but found washed-up dogfish? (small-spotted catfish, among other names ) in Mersehead Bay. Probably should've gone to RSPB Mersehead to sit in the hide. P

Another image of bird at Point of Lag today courtesy Paul Donald👌

25/10 15:47 ; Maryport, Mull of Galloway ; 1st-winter off caravan site this afternoon. Per BirdGuides

One Purple Sandpiper still at Point of Lag this morning, now in with the flock of Turnstones and Ringed Plovers. Paul Donald

2 Blackcaps seen at Baldoon. Maisie Welsh

2 Purple Sandpipers at Point of Lag, Monreith this evening as well as the Jack Snipe there this morning. Paul Donald.

Point of Lag, Monreith, one Jack Snipe flushed from long grass by the golf course. Paul Donald

2 imm. from Meida Hide Mersehead. G.Chambers

23/10 11:58 : Wigtown. One at Wigtown Wetlands; also 2+ Jack Snipe. Per BirdGuides.  Ed. Is that Wigtown LNR?? PJ

In Carse Gut falling light; 3 greenshank, 25+ black-tailed godwit, several little egret. Also, calling whimbrel on Carsethorn foreshore, per normal. PJ

From West Lodge to Arbigland House & return via road. Looking for eastern migrants but nothing found. 1 1st winter/female blackcap, 2 chiffchaff, 3 jay, 1 sparrowhawk imm/fem, grey wagtail over, bullfinch, nuthatch, crests. Hedgerows & sky full of winter thrush, about 5:1 fieldfare to redwing on the ground. 3 buzzard, lapwing in number in the fields plus some pfg. 2 bartail & a little egret on the beach as well as an illegal? quad-bike. PJ

Possible Pacific Diver at the Wig, Loch Ryan, seen this morning, 21-10-22.  Distant views, hence possible.  Is this the returning bird from the last winter period? Regards, Stephen Grover. Ed. Calling Paul Donald! Or any birder in the vicinity, any chance of getting to The Wig for a look-sea!? And get a pic!!