30 reported passing Hartfell, Moffat Hills. Via AR. 

Browhouses 6am. 2 juv Little Stint & 2 juv Spotted Redshank. Via BirdGuides. Nice 😊👍 

Green Sandpiper & Water Rail at RSPB Crook of Baldoon this evening. Paul Massey. Also today 2 Osprey, 4 Wheatear and 3 Whinchat. Ivan Lang. 

A ringtail seen off Wigtown LNR this morning & 15 Scaup seen off Bishop Burn Stranraer on Sunday. Via BirdGuides.

My niece saw one of the kookaburras in Kirkcudbright this morning - along the edge of the golf course at Stirling Crescent. Nigel Willits. 

"Non birding hill walking friends sent me a photograph of a juv Dotterel taken of Cairnsmore of Fleet yesterday." Colin Kinnear.

0630 - 0800. Osprey -1, Avocet -1, Greenshank -8, Spotted Redshank -2 juvs, C Sandpiper -4, Black-tailed Godwit -2, Bar-tailed Godwit -1. Ian Irving. 

2000+ Swallows roosting at the Kirkcudbright (Tarff stream) reedbeds Sat 26th evening. Also 150 Sand Martins, 200 Pied Wagtails & 3 Water Rails. Barry O'Dowd.

1 Sooty Shearwater "at least" seen on this mornings sailing. Via BirdGuides.

Generally quiet with light winds with no obvious migration. 1500+ Gannets, 30+ Manx Shearwater, Arctic Tern, 7 Eider and 4 Twite on the rocks were the avian highlights. Nice pod of 15 Bottle Nosed Dolphin north past the point. Ivan Lang. 

A noticeable increase in Redshank numbers during last few days with about 80 this afternoon. Also 6 Knot. Offshore about 50 R-b Mergansers and 11 Common Scoter. 9 Wigeon at Bishop Burn. Nigel Willits. 

Fri 25th. Chats on the move with 8 imm. Whinchat, 4 Stonechat and a couple of Wheatear. Also 2 Spotted Flycatcher and Whitethroat. Ivan Lang.

Slipping through my net is a bird seen off the Mull of Galloway late morning, plus European Storm Petrel. Via BirdGuides.

2 juv Arctic Skuas chasing terns off Balcary Heughs this evening (19:00-19:20). Also 1 Puffin on sea. c200 terns, vast majority Sandwich. Regards, Martin Harris.

Number & variety of waders continues to increase, including this afternoon: Whimbrel 2, Turnstone 8, Rgd Plover 280, Knot 4, Greenshank 1, Snipe 4, Oystercatcher 180, Curlew 60, Redshank 4. Also a Wheatear. Nigel Willits. 

c.125 Red-breasted Mergansers and 8 Wigeon off Balyett, plus a Turnstone there. Also 3 Black-tailed Godwits at Bishop Burn. Nigel Willits. 

Reports of a Curlew Sandpiper off the spit though mobile & Greater Scaup. Via BirdGuides.

For those unaware, a bird seen briefly at Bishop Burn, Stranraer today. Via BirdGuides.

You'll all be aware of the; Juvenile Red-necked Phalarope at WWT Caerlaverock. Today 1pm at Whooper Swan Pond. Report & images courtesy Robbie Purdie.

Saturday 0640 - 3 Common Sandpiper & 1 ad winter plumage Mediterranean Gull. Ian Irving.

15/08/23 0630-0800. Ringed Plover - 100+, Dunlin - 200+, Curlew Sandpiper - 1 moulting adult, Greenshank - 1, Com Sandpiper - 5, C Snipe - 10.  16/08/2023  0620-0800. Greylag Goose - 600+, Little Egret - 20, Avocet - 1, Golden Plover - 1, Knot - 1, Greenshank - 1, Black-tailed Godwit - 3, Com Sandpiper - 6, C Snipe - 12. 15/08/23 - 0630-0800. Greenshank - 5, Black-tailed Godwit - 1, Ruff - 5 juv fs, C Tern - 1. Ian IRVING. 

Cream capped Marsh Harrier hunting successfully over lagoon north of Car Park. Flushed 8 Snipe. Also Water Rail in same lagoon this morning. Ivan Lang. 

Crook of Baldoon. 1 heading south with small group of Teal. Ivan Lang.

This afternoon; Whimbrel 2, Wheatear 2, Greenfinch c.30, L. Egret 14, R. Plover 55+, Peregrine 1 - hunting low over the estuary. One little Adder (c.15 cms) snoozing in the sun. Nigel Willits. 

2 hrs at Southerness Point till high tide. At 11:40 returning to the lighthouse a very black looking Skua with light underwingtip stripe flew south-north a few times then went off north. No light front or tail appendage? Sorry I couldn't be sure which it was but my first thought was Great Skua !? anna white. 

In a stream 100 yds nort of Barbey Farmhouse on the Milton - Kirkgunzeon road.  anna white.