13th golf tee roost, ebbing tide. c1000 Dunlin but no white rumps spotted. c20-30 Sanderling, 6 Golden Plover, 21 Grey Plover, 2 Little Egret. Along the shore back to the lighthouse, a colour-ringed Curlew plus a surprise Kingfisher briefly, which caught a nice fish, & 3 Rock Pipit. I think the birds will be glad when half-term is over.

If anyone's interested there's currently 3 sets for sale on ebay. The best is £89 or best offer, with fair board cover. 2nd best ditto but more external wear to board cover/case, bids starting at £45 and the worst set is without the board cover/case and has noticeable scratches to one volume cover and usage wear, for £42.

20/10/25. Water Rail this morning. Kev & Sue Richardson.

One offshore from the Isle of Whithorn late pm.

Coming to your garden soon... 2 at Makbrar Meuse, Dumfries. Reported by Simon Burton.

18th. 3 RTD & 1 Black-throated Diver offshore reported by Stuart Housden.

West of Southerness Lighthouse this morning - 4 Twite feeding along shoreline, Kingfisher feeding in rock pools, usual waders on a small tide. 9 Swallow over fields near West Preston. Mersehead - 2 Cettis Warbler singing at Meida Hide, immature male Marsh Harrier over reedbed, Goldcrest and Chiffchaff scattered across site. Gavin. 

Fieldfare (42) - Reported Oct 17, 2025 15:23 by Stuart Housden - Langholm Moor.

17th. 1 Jack Snipe on the rocks at Southerness Point high tide plus 4 Grey Plover. Also 2 Wheatear on shoreline. Mick Whitehouse & Nancy Harrison.

From Stairhaven. Great Northern Diver (Ed. imm), 4 Red-throated Diver, 3 Swallow, pair of Grey Wagtail. Kev & Sue Richardson.

The usual Hooded Crow in Dumfries on rooftops along A780 just east of Brownrigg Loaning at 3pm. Gavin. 

Reported seen 1240 at Rascarrel Bay before flying inland. Apparently seen yesterday around 4.30pm & a juvenile, along the strandline. 

Barn Owl (1) - Reported Oct 17, 2025 05:18 by Gyorgy Szimuly - A74(M), Lockerbie. (presumably from the M74!?).

Wed 14th ; "31 west of B7084", Sandhead.

9 in Makbrar Meuse, Dumfries. Reported by Simon Burton.

Barry O'Dowd reports ; Drake Ring-necked Duck yesterday (14th) late pm on a small farm Loch at Borgue. Not there today. Barry O'Dowd.

A Redwing & a Kingfisher seen from there by David Leedham.

This evening. 7 Red-throated Diver, 5 Red-breasted Merganser, Mallards and Wigeon. 8+ Greenshank, 20+ Turnstone, 20+ Ringed Plover, Curlews, Redshank, a few Knot and amongst the hundreds of Oystercatcher, this pied (Ed. leucistic) individual. Kev & Sue Richardson.

Siberian Chiffchaff this morning still, at Dalavan Bay south of Cardoness.

Sibe reported this morning at Dalavan Bay ( See here ), near to Cardoness.

So, there's a drake been spotted at high tide this evening at Skyreburn...

3 Green Sandpiper standing with 3 Common Snipe and 2 remaining Common Sandpiper this morning. Also a Kingfisher and a fly over Red Kite. Bill Jamieson.

Great White Egret there yesterday. Reported by Chris Baines.

Still present in much the same place at the Crook of Baldoon, about 10m further south from where it was last night. Ivan Lang (pic IL). 

Loch Ken (South end) - 2 Great White Egrets (1 at Balmagie and Mains of Duchrae), ringtail Hen Harrier and 32 Greenland White-fronted Geese by Mains of Duchrae. Gavin

Saltcot Merse hide, 1345-1610. Merlin, (female), sat on fence post in front of the hide, Marsh Harrier, (juv), Hen Harriers Quartering the merse on and off all afternoon (females). 2 together west of the hide at one point, Peregrine Falcon, showed twice, Kestrel and a Great White Egret, later showed all afternoon. Bill Jamieson.

2 Curlew Sand still on big winter wheat field, Bladnoch airfield with RP and a few Dunlin. Also about 1000 Skylarks. Someone on WhatsApp. 

RSPB Crook of Baldoon. Snow Bunting on path south of car park opp the flash at the Crook. Ivan Lang.

Highlights at Meida hide area with sightings of Great White Egret, Kingfisher doing circuits in front of hide and Cetti's Warbler (heard not seen). Robbie Purdie.

7th. Green Woodpecker calling south end of reserve nr Osprey tree. Ivan Lang.