Ad winter & 1st summer Med Gulls still. Adult sticking to far merse shore Carse Bay. 1st winter offshore Carsethorn village. Plenty Whimbrel still. PJ

Hello All, I am pleased to advise that, after some unforeseen problems,  the D&G Bird Report No.34 (2023) is now available to purchase. We have managed to reduce the cost by a pound so that the price for this report is £7.00 + £2.00 p&p. If you would like a copy I would be very happy to send you one. Payment can be made by cheque payable to; Scottish Ornithologists Club Dumfries and Galloway Branches. and sent to me, : Peter Swan,13 Robb Place , Castle Douglas, DG7 1LW Or, by Bank X'fer. To:-Account as above. Account No:-06041606. Sort Code: 80-11-60  Please put your name as Reference. I look forward to hearing from you and wish you Good Birding for the remainder of the Summer. Kind Regards, Peter Swan (Treasurer)

Falling tide 1300-1400. Carsethorn. At least 9 Whimbrel & several Little Egret. Returned Redshank numbers well up. 1 Bar-tailed Godwit & later 7 Black-tailed Godwit flew in. Carse Bay. Ad winter & 1st summer Med Gulls, 1 Whimbrel, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, several Goosander, 1 Greenshank at mouth Carse Pow. Several Ringed Plover & Dunlin in both areas. PJ

🗣️ A 1st summer Mediterranean Gull lingering off Carsethorn currently. Gavin Chambers. 

If you haven't already... There's soo much to bleat about I'm afraid. Say No To Berwick Bank Windfarm - Scottish Seabird Centre [ https://www.seabird.org/conservation/say-no-to-berwick-bank-wind-farm ]. Still worth sending subsequent to the decision-in-principle in favour! 😠

Adult Little Gull roosted with Common Gulls yesterday evening, was not present today. Tom Parkinson. 

747 Manx, 1 Balearic, 4 Fulmar, 8 Kitti, 1 BTD, 2 RTD, 8 Sandwich, 2 Common & 19 Arctic Tern, 1 DM Arctic Skua, 18 Guillemot, 1 Razorbill, 2 Black Guilemot, 1 Whimbrel, 11 Curlew, plus a pod of Common Dolphin between 5:30-9:30. Tom Parkinson. 

Dipper spotted around 12.30 on the Fleet River by Mill on the Fleet in Gatehouse of Fleet. Nicki Sibbald. 

Signs of movement with a lot of Chiffchaff calling around the Crook, as well as a family party of 3 Whinchat and a Merlin. Also 2 cream capped Marsh Harrier. Ivan Lang

Green Sandpiper this morning, also Common Sandpiper and Sedge Warbler. Bill Jamieson. 

Only a couple of weeks late. Best birds, a good dozen Whimbrel & the early returning Grey Plover from last month still. 5 Goosander. Ringed Plover I believe have bred successfully between Hogus & Borron Pts. Carse Bay through the heat haze near HT, 2 Greenshank at least, dozen+ Dunlin & Ringed Plover, several Little Egret. PJ

Yesterday 20th. Juvenile Little Stint on Sunday pm right in front of small parking area. Greenshank 2, Common Sand 20+, Avocet 11 incl a bird with apparent yellow ring on each leg. Steven Cooper. 

A Whimbrel at Piltanton Burn estuary this morning. Nigel Willits. 

One flew south past the Mull of Galloway mid-afternoon. 

Nightjar flushed from Shell Road down towards the crook this morning at 09.00. Ivan Lang.

10/7. 0600-0700. Barnacle Goose 9, Greenshank ad & 2 juv, Common Sandpiper 22 (60+ on 6/7). Ian Irving.

2 Great Egrets and a (s?c)harming water rail. Mick Whitehouse & Nancy Harrison. 

I pretty much agree with 6 of the 7 comments (as at 6/7/25) left on this topic.  https://www.birdguides.com/news/conservationists-to-revive-tern-colony-in-southern-scotland/  

One reported high tide at Skyreburn, Gatehouse of Fleet. 

A bit off topic.... Had a few hours with the lonesome friendly piper last Saturday. Lighting could have been better. Quite tolerant of humans but def didn't like dogs. Lots of humans with dogs. Bird frequented, or stuck to, to keep out of the way, the harbour "spit". Late afternoon, when tide receding, it fed for a while on the harbour mud along same spit. It runs like a Sanderling but usually quite slow moving. Also "crept" a little at times, reminiscent of a (non-springy) Jack Snipe. Where will it go in a few weeks time? Europe? I wonder. PJ

Folly Pond - 1 young LRP. Mick Whitehouse & Nancy Harrison.

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

We can't escape the need to be heard & our real concerns counted! (if we have any!!).  Friends of the EARTH, inform us that; "UK companies are trashing the environment and wrecking the lives of people overseas through their global supply chains - and UK law lets them do it. We need a new law to make them accountable. Sign this Friends of the Earth petition if you agree".  https://action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/make-companies-accountable-harm-for-destroying-forests-and-lives?utm_source=whatsapp_share&utm_campaign=%5B2159%5D&utm_medium=share  

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.