2000+ Gannet, 120+ Manx Shearwater, 2 Arctic Tern, 70+ Sandwich Tern & 5 Common Tern, an Eider, first two Red-throated Diver of the winter & couple of Common Scoter. A little vis mig from passerines with Meadow Pipit, Linnet & White/Pied Wagtail all going through. On the mammal front, grey seal, bottle nose dolphin, harbour porpoise & 2 Otter. Ivan Lang. 

Dotterel calling flying south west across the southern reserve. Ivan Lang. 

Single Green Sandpiper again on rain swelled flash pool 0715. PJ

West of lighthouse to 13th golf tee; 0645+. Several Little Egret & 6 maybe 7 Wheatear. Fem except maybe 2 juvs. Most appeared to emerge from the sea defence boulders, so probably used to roost in. A seemingly injured or exhausted juv Guillemot on the east Mersehead Bay sands. East of lighthouse & Gillfoot Bay; 7 Bar-tailed Godwit, 6 Golden Plover, 2 Knot, several Little Egret, 200+ Sandwich Tern, 1 Whimbrel. A very different to all recent birds seen, a summer turning winter ad Med Gull. A lot of black still on the rear head. PJ

Short-eared Owl & 14 Storm Petrel off Isle of Whithorn. 2 Storm Petrel past Maryport flying west. All reported this morning. Another SP past Maryport later on. 

Dark phase Arctic Skua flew south past Carsethorn this morning at about 7.25am. Gavin Chambers. 

Short-eared Owl quartering the fields along the shoreline north of Carsethorn. 440 Ringed Plover at high tide among the usual suspects. A juvenile commic tern feeding offshore on the rising tide, not seen well enough to be sure of ID. Gavin Chambers. 

1 Black-tailed Godwit, several Whimbrel, 2 rbm, 1 ad winter Med Gull, 4 Little Egret. PJ

1 Greenshank, 11+ Little Egret, 3 rbm & 1 Otter feeding around the Carse Pow confluence in Carse Gut on early rising tide. PJ

Late afternoon a Spoonbill flew across the marsh south of the car park. Headed out to the edge of the merse and then south. Also on the reserve 2 Osprey, 5 Swift, 2 Spotted Flycatcher & a Whinchat. Ivan Lang. 

3 reported past Isle of Whithorn this morning & 1 Balearic Shearwater reported close inshore off Maryport late afternoon. 

13th golf tee HT roost; c100 Knot (1 still with some colour), 37 Golden Plover, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Sandwich Tern, 1 Rock Pipit plus usuals. A Whimbrel on the way back to the lighthouse. PJ

Late report of 1 past Corsewall Point. Also Leach's & 5 Storm Petrels. 

Visiting Tom Parkinson reports; All birds moving out to sea west, bar RTD. Manxie 337, Balearic 2, Gannet 102, Razorbill 2, Fulmar 15, Guilemot 10, Whimbrel 13, Ringed Plover 33, Dunlin 2, Sanderling 23, Shag 15, Cormorant 2, Sabines Gull 1, Kittiwake 5, Red-throated Diver 1, Risso's Dolphin. TP. 

1 reported past Corsewall Point 0830-1130 today plus 2 Balearic Shearwater. 

Nowt unusual over the sea today. About 100 Turnstone in the roosting pack on the beach west of lighthouse. Also a ♀ Wheatear along the shingle beach & around 13th golf tee. Autumn is here already. PJ

1800-1940, ebbing tide. Little Stint (1), Whooper Swan (3), Golden Plover (6), Greenshank (1), Common Snipe (5) also Curlew, Lapwing & Mute Swan in good numbers. Bill Jamieson. Ed. Welcome back Bill ! 

Visiting Tom Parkinson reports today; Knowing there were strong gales during the night I was keen to check some bushes on a headland. Upon arrival I spent a while checking the scrubby bushes NW of the visitor centre. Sightings included - Song Thrush, Willow Warbler x2, Grasshopper Warbler, Redpoll, Stonechat x2, Goldfinch x4 & Whitethroat. Then even more impressively, 2 Spotted Flycatcher & a juv Pied Flycatcher. Rest of the headland had Stonechat x4, Wheatear, Linnet x24, Hooded Crow, Kestrel & Peregrine. At sea, Manxie x77, Gannet x53, Fulmar x26, Razorbill x1, Guilemot x11, Shag x23 & Black Guilemot x3. 

22nd. 0530-0730. 1 Great Shearwater & 1 Grey Phalarope reported past Corsewall Point. 

1 reported in scrub near the Mull of Galloway visitor centre today.

Report of 1 BS, 3 SG & 4 Storm Petrel off Corsewall Point between 0530-0900 today. 

Visiting Tom Parkinson reports; Isle of Whithorn 07:30 to 11:30am. Manxie 251, Balearic 1 (8:45) with group of 3 Manxies. Displaying stocky build & notable browner colouration alongside the other birds. Distinct flight pattern. Sandwich Tern 96, Gannet 82, Shag 8, Cormorant 2, Fulmar 11, Pomarine Skua 1 (9:32). Heavy bird, spoon tail, showing clear(n?) underparts. Spent 15 mins chasing Sarnies giving clear consistent views. Arctic Skua 2, Kittiwake 21, Grey Seal 5, Common Dolphin 2. Harbour; Curlew 1, Oystercatcher 9, Redshank 27, Common Sandpiper 2, Mute swan 6, Greylag Goose 1, Black-headed Gull 3, Herring Gull 49, Lesser Black-backed Gull 1, Greater Black-backed Gull 1, Common Gull 2. 

Very quick look at the shingle spit roost. Maybe 100 Sandwich Tern, 1 Sanderling amongst plenty Ringed Plvr & Dunlin with an increased number of Turnstone present. Too rainy to linger. PJ

1300-1500. Right conditions & plenty fishing Sandwich Tern but a diff result today. 2 dark Skua at distance on the sea. 1 flew a little showing pale outer wing feathers. Take your pick of the 3 likely spcs! 3 Manx Shearwater, 2 Gannet, c60 Com Scoter. PJ

1 seen flying west from the Isle of Whithorn 0930. 

A single Whinchat seen this afternoon on the east shore of Luce Bay. This is the first Whinchat I have seen in the garden. Rob Wadsworth