Reed Warbler singing, this morning. The first record for there as far as I'm aware. Slightly odd that it was well up in a hawthorn and cherry tree/shrub rather than the sedge/reed habitat. Gavin Chambers.

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Golden Eagle over the southern fields heading east 15:00. Ivan Lang.

1 Reed Warbler singing & showing well this morning from Phragmites reed bed at the side of main road near town sign. Also Garden Warbler. Chris and Pat Baines.

WWT Caerlaverock. 1 on Folly Pond this pm. Acc to BirdGuides.

26th May. Churring bird from 22:40 at map location, east side of Auchenhay Hill, off Kirkgunzeon road from Caulkerbush. Continuous for several minutes at least, though bird seemed to be moving location. 6 different locations tried but no other birds heard. Usual place produced nothing so perhaps tonight's bird is the same bird from 24th moved 🤔. A bit chill mind.  https://maps.app.goo.gl/JiZiATNy294Hy8Pb8 PJ

Drake Am. Wigeon showing well again this afternoon, no sign of the  Spoonbill or PFG we saw on Tues. Port William, 1 Lssr Whitethroat heard in the scrub + Com Whitethroats. The highlight here was 2 Otters on the rocks, an adult & cub viewed from the café. Chris and Pat Baines.

Carstramon Wood yesterday. Singing birds: 3 Redstarts, 4 Wood Warblers, 7 Pied Flycatchers. Kirkcudbright: Kookaburra pair seen from garden, 20 house martins from Dee bridge. Barry O'Dowd.

WeBS, c250 Rngd Plvr, c50 Dunlin & 1 Turnstone a surprise. Otherwise virtually birdless. Carse Bay, 1 Whimbrel having a break, perhaps the "regular"? One pair of the nesting Rngd Plvr have hatched 3 fluff balls which is a veritable miracle for the locality but I think there's another with a scrape somewhere around the spit. Good to see the nest zone "cordoned off" & I didn't think the Oystercatchers either would have a chance when I found the 1 egg last time I was there. There's 2 now & the scrape cleverly identified by a local stone artist. Reassuring that someone does actually give a toss! PJ

Bob's Loch, Shancastle, nr Kirkland/Moniaive. 2 Mute Swans & 1 Whooper Swan. Cuckoo calling. Black-headed Gull, Greylag, Canada Goose, Mallard all with young. At least 3 pairs of Little Grebe. 5 Tufted Duck 4m, 1f. Coot, Moorhen. Sedge Warbler, Blackcap, Willow Warbler & Whitethroat. Reed Bunting, Pied Wagtail. 2 Swift, Swallows & Sand Martins. Cairn Head nr Moniaive. Whinchat, Stonechat, Tree Pipit, Linnet, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Reed Bunting, Cuckoo calling. Chris Sutton.

Showing well on pond at Wigtown Harbour. Mick Whitehouse & Nancy Harrison.

Auchenhay Hill, 24th. 1 churring bird at 22:10 but just short bursts. Sustained churring at 22:50+ & only distant churring at around 23:20+ for a short time. Bird not seen & no roding Woodcock at all! PJ

Pied Flycatchers and Wood Warblers at Wood of Cree this afternoon but I failed to detect Redstart. Nigel Willits. 

Drake American Wigeon re-found 1600 today Wigtown LNR. Also Spoonbill on the Merse. Chris & Pat Baines.

Back on the merse at Wigtown LNR acc to BirdGuides.

Report from a visitor that the American Wigeon was on Wigtown Wetlands this morning. Ivan Lang.

Sat in the back garden today & at 12:30 a Golden Eagle was circling over the house being mobbed by a Buzzard. By the time I got the camera out it was moving away towards Milton. Chris & Pat Baines.

Browhouses. 1 from 1st cottage. According to BirdGuides.

Single dotterel seen at c680m on Cairnsmore of Fleet plateau on 20 May. Good view as bird walked away then flew. Martin Kirkbride.

Long-tailed Duck still at Broadstone, Loch Ryan today although well off-shore. Nigel Willits. 

Tue 16th May, 1100-1545. 1 pale morph Arctic Skua close in. Usual passage of Guillemots, Razorbills, Kittiwakes, Sandwich & Common Terns, plus Wheatear, Stonechat & Kestrel.  Loch Ryan , Broadstone car park, 1 lingering LTD with Eider.  Bishop Burn , 7 Ringed Plover. Chris & Pat Baines.

BirdGuides reports a drake at Luce Bay... but it flew off 😳

Spotted Flycatcher & Nuthatch at Balkail Glen Wood ("The Glen"), Glenluce this afternoon. Nigel Willits. 

From Glenimshaw NS837097 to the end of the track past the Beam Engine; Ring Ouzel ♂️, Whinchat - ♂️, Grey Wagtails, Merlin ♂️, Cuckoo, 8 Dippers, Hen Harrier ♂️ & ♀️, 2 Com Sandpipers, 4 Buzzards , 4 Red Kites, 2 Red Grouse, Wheatear ♂️, Willow Warblers & Meadow Pipits many. I walked about a mile up the Glen had Dipper Grey Wagtail Cuckoo Merlin there & then drove to a car park on the left below Wether Hill where I heard the Ring Ouzel then turned down past the Museum & parked by a cattle grid at the end of a very rough track & had Whinchat & Hen Harrier there. Anna White. 

Pair of Common Sandpipers at Blackloch, Gatehouse of Fleet (yesterday evening). Nigel Willits. 

My brother has found this Lesser Scaup at Castle Loch, Lochmaben within the last hour. Initially in Vendace Bay but since flown around towards hide. Everything said to look good for LS rather than a hybrid. Gavin Chambers