Last ditch survey again but better late... Bit of a surprise to find half dozen Whimbrel on the foreshore. Ditto 4 Bar-tailed Godwit. Unusual was a single Common Sandpiper but given the numbers in Carse Gut today, not so. An Osprey was eating a fish on offshore mudflats. 3 Ringed Plover, 1 Redshank. 3 flying-in juv Greenshank was pleasing as I got good view of them just off Hogus Pt. Single Little Egret & Mallard & another surprise, a black armpitted Grey Plover dropped in. Hopping on one leg suggested possible injury. So, a bit of a hint of winter in the mix on the last day of June! PJ

Rising tide early pm. No less than 11 Common Sandpiper on the channel edge, a juv Greenshank surprised me & a delightful 3 recently hatched Ringed Plover chicks confirming breeding success in the shingle spit zone of the beach no doubt. Great 😊👍 PJ

Trip with RP, CK & CB. Langholm Moor - 3m Hen Harrier, 1 Cuckoo & a few Whinchat. Mennock Pass - fem Ring Ouzel, several Wheatear, Stonechat, Grey Wagtail on the burn. PJ

Whinchats sadly didn't want to be photographed! A chilly afternoon yesterday too. PJ

5 pfg on Kirkconnell Merse from Glencaple. Quail in possible hay or, silage field 4pm. Road from Glencaple to Bankend here;  https://maps.app.goo.gl/J2jAQC5QZTvuahQb6  

12/6. 0530-0620; Pink-footed Goose 2, Great Egret 1, Avocet 25, Bar-tailed Godwit 11. Ian Irving. 

10:00-10:30pm+. 2 churring birds of 1 min+, with 1 in flight seen within yards & circling the nearby area along Kirkgunzeon road south of the Glider Club turning. Same place as last year. Nothing heard or seen in former Auchenhay Hill location off B793 Dalbeattie road. PJ

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Woodcockair. Redstart pair remain at woodland edge with young (at least 2 noted). Second pair down beside the river with at least 2 young (looking 2/3 days older than the pair at the south end of the wood), constant tail twitching. Adults can be very bold with a tic ticking alarm call. So far 2 out of 4 estimated pairs in here have fledged young, looking great. Bill Jamieson. 

After three failed years the Carlingwark (roadside) Great Crested Grebes have at last hatched at least one of four eggs. Seen feeding happily. Barbara Williams. 

Hoddam, Woodcockair. Pair of Redstart with newly fledged young this morning at woodland edge. Ssw one young on the bracken but female disappearing with food and coming out with nothing. Watching for 10 minutes at a safe distance. Bill Jamieson. 

One flew west off the Mull of Galloway this afternoon. 

c1300 Common Scoter distantly out from Carsethorn, in line roughly with Chapelcross Power Station, so probably off WWT/NNR. Gavin Chambers.

4th.Heard between Bankend Road & Craigs Road c8:45pm. https://goo.gl/maps/tnaDzFd9tDJLtR4g8  

RSPB Crook of Baldoon. Quail flushed c0915 from lagoon path. Headed towards airfield. Ivan Lang. 

Saw it briefly c5pm in the garden opposite the play area. I suspect it likes the wetter garden boundary with the burn. Spooked v easily when it saw me walking along the road back to the play area. It flew up into the large oak tree, then towards the school field where boundaries with the same burn. So that would seem to be it's current range looking for food. Sister got a better view! 🙄😁 PJ

I saw it for around 30 seconds on my arrival at 11am in garden across from children's play park but it flew away over rooftops heading south. Never seen again in the two hours I was there. Colin Kinnear.

Hoopoe flying near Glencaple swing park this morning. Duncan Irving. Still present in the close & nearby area early evening. 

30th. "I did another tour of Glencaple without seeing the Hoopoe and was back home when I decided to have another look at the grass across from the swing park at the junction of Wardlaw Drive and Great Eastern Drive - and there it was. This was at 8pm. If it's there [tomorrow] you will be able to see it from the roadside. The bird has been seen at several places in the village so it will probably be difficult to locate." Duncan Irving. 

Newbie. 29th. Little Stint was with a flock of Ringed Plover. Also 5 summer Turnstone, a single Dunlin and 3 Whimbrel. Bill Jamieson. 

A bird reported in a Glencaple garden, centrally located in the village. Viewing possibilities aren't known & I would strongly advise caution & complete respect for residents privacy should anyone try to find it. 

Not much variety but 1 Bar-tailed Godwit & continuing strong Whimbrel passage with 15 - 20 birds. PJ

Browhouses ; Curlew Sandpiper this morning with Dunlin & 3 Little Gull on the rising tide. Seafield ; 2 Long-tailed Skua this morning flew east past Whinnyrigg, showing some of the recent passage Skua do actually grace the Scottish side! 

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April 2025 report published 19th May. FYI. The Wig April 2025 report

Heard and spotted Green Woodpecker at The Hills plantation this evening. Robbie Purdie. 

Returned for a couple of hours & a better result. 24 or more Bar-tailed Godwit, though 20 or so were on the English side! 1 in sumplum. 5 Avocet total, 1 with yellow rings on both tarsus, maybe red too but couldn't read. A Little Egret with rings; red H on right & yellow 4 on left tarsus. 2 juv Little Gull as recently reported largely sticking together. 3 Whimbrel briefly around 6:30pm. Group of Shelduck with 10 recently hatched fur balls. Cute! PJ

Mein Water confluence with River Annan. No Blue-headed (Channel) Wagtail found, just a lonesome LRP, Common Sandpiper, half dozen Swift & stoat across road. PJ. https://maps.app.goo.gl/SdjP8w1qKBHEvCBZA  

2 Avocet flying downriver, Dornock way. No Little Gull found in short visit. 

Little Ringed Plover and Yellow Wagtail (blue headed race) at Mein Water this evening (19th), both showing well but the wagtail was very mobile and difficult to get a really good picture, but I think pretty diagnostic. Bill Jamieson.  Ed. Great find again from BJ.