American Wigeon still present on the lagoon north of the car park, also 34 Twite sitting on the fence by the entrance track. Ivan Lang. 

A bird reported gracing the Folly Pond, WWT Caerlaverock. 

Still present on the lagoon north of car park at Wigtown RSPB Crook of Baldoon. 

Images courtesy of Paul Massey. The luckiest occasional D&G visitor for sure! Thankful, we are!  Seen near Kirkconnel, nr Sanquhar. Paul's message; "Shorelark on private opencast coal site near Kirkconnel. Unfortunately no public access." 

26th.  Grobdale ; Skylarks back on territory and singing. Golden Eagle, Merlin, Kestrel, several Buzzards & Red Kites.  Castle Douglas to Gelston Road ; 6 Whooper Swans.  Balcary Point ; 40 Common Scoter & Peregrine Falcon. Chris & Pat Baines.

500-1000 Common Scoter offshore but nothing unusual spotted amongst them. Not easy at the distance. Not a single Scaup however. 2 Whooper heading inshore on the water. Rock Pipit, 2 Little Egret & 1 Knot in Rockcliffe Bay. PJ

A Red-throated Diver was on the Solway at high tide. Also noted were 11 Grey Plover, a single Knot and good numbers of Dunlin, Turnstone, Ring Plover and Goldeneye. Bill Jamieson. 

Eoin Fraser reports one seen in Dalveen Pass, near Moffat. Also Red Kite.  Ed. I looked long at this image & wondered & the primary "fingers" led me to issue as reported. Thanks to "Rick", my eyes agree that it's the Englishmans Eagle, the Common Buzzard. Doesn't matter how many times you see these birds, you can still be mistaken! Lesson ended 😳👍😊

23rd. This afternoon a Water Pipit present with a small flock of Meadows out at the back of the fields south of car park, primarily in the area fenced off, therefore not accessible to visitors. pp Ivan Lang. 

Bill Jamieson reports; Common Sandpiper remains on River Annan at Mein Water, this morning. At Caerlaverock in the afternoon a ♂️ Hen Harrier was excellent viewing from the Saltcot Observatory Tower hide. 

Ivan Lang reports Am Wigeon still present this morning on lagoon. 

21st. About 50 Whooper Swans at West Freugh this evening with 70 Mutes. Nigel Willits.

Rookery counts should take place between mid March & mid April. Help is requested with any rookery between the Nith in Dumfries & the Cree in Newton Stewart. Many thanks for your considering to assist with this long term survey. David Hawker.  Ed. Please go to the Rookery Survey page on the DGBN blog for information & to submit your data for this easy-to-do survey effort. Link for convenience ; Rookery Survey

19th. Third time lucky. 3 Green Sandpipers where the Mein Water meets the Annan River, plus 10 Oystercatchers. You walk down from the bridge alongside the river but the birds do not hang around and fly off up river. Chris & Pat Baines.

Elusive flock of 114 Greenland White-fronted Geese in fields before the RSPB car park around midday before they flew closer to loch. Sign of duck movement with 6 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall & 1 Tufted Duck all being a slightly unusual sight here through the winter. 116 Wigeon & a few hundred Canada & Greylag Geese also present. Gavin Chambers. 

Scaup still present on one of the ungiven ponds, presumably !

2 birds reported seen there yesterday. 

Late survey revealed no real surprises yet again. However, no Scaup or RBM's, divers or grebes. 2 Whimbrel, 16 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Grey Plover, c125 Knot, c40 Wigeon, c15 Ringed Plover, a few Dunlin & singing Thrush in the village (non-ailment per NW). PJ

2 reported again seen in Kirkcudbright. Reported by "Robert". Many thanks for the report Robert. 

Bill Jamieson reports;  4 Green Sandpiper remain at Mein Water, no sign of the winter Common Sandpiper though (last seen Feb 6th). Also worthy of note were 13 Siskin and 2 Tree Sparrow. 

Bill Jamieson reports ; Crossbills again at Auchenroddan Forest, Applegarth. A flock of 26 this morning. Interesting variation of colour, with males ranging from a bright red to orange and 2 of the females showing a lot of yellow as opposed to green in the plumage, it's highly likely the same lot I ran into last week.  Ed. Where is it? https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/auchenroddan-forest/  

Great White Egret still at CL but Bittern not seen today. 1st-winter drake Greater Scaup still on the Whooper Pond at WWT & a dozen or more same, various locations as ever, on LR.

Still on Loch Ryan but where isn't given, which would be helpful... 

Bittern at Vendace Bay, Castle Loch, Lochmaben late morning. Still present 1150hrs when I left. Dave Pullan. Ed. Dave has kindly sent me pic of the Bittern at Castle Loch from today. It really does exist 😮 ! Thank you Dave!

Highlight of today's high tide was a 2cy Med Gull in with Black-headed Gulls. Am Wigeon still present. Ivan Lang. 

Useful to know that the bird has been seen "on the west side of Vendace Bay", Castle Loch this morning.