Hobby again, flew over the farm, then out over the lagoon north of the car park, then over the saltmarsh. Ivan Lang. 

8th. Redstart pair with 5/6 juveniles this morning. Adults hunting in the bracken and adjacent field, juveniles higher in the oaks and more difficult to pin down. Seem to be a day or 2 older than the norm, possibly delayed vacation of the breeding site because of the strong wind and rain the last couple of days. Male of this pair been on territory since 15th April. At least another 2 pair in here. Bill Jamieson.

Today. 5000 Manx Shearwater tallied & a Storm Petrel offshore in autumnal storm weather conditions.

1700-1900. All counted heading out. Easily 200 Manx in 1½, 250+ in 2hrs, but not the glut nor glamour of the west. c25 Gannet, c15 Aukses, c20 Sandwich, 2 Kittiwake & 2 Fulmar. About 500 eye-floaters.

3 Whooper Swan seen on the Cree estuary at Creetown. Andrew Baxendale.

A quick hour at the IOW produced a staggering 1022 Manxies, also 2 Arctic Skua, 2 Fulmar, Gannets and Kittiwake. Ivan Lang. 

An adult bird reported seen flying past the Isle of Whithorn at 7pm.

Late Whimbrel yesterday [5th] along with 11 Tundra Ringed Plover. Amazing to see 18 Avocet feeding in deep water all in a line! 6 Goosander and 20+ Mute Swan. Interesting drake Shelduck helping his wife with 4 little ducklings! John Miles.

5 seen well along the Mabie Forest butterfly walk above Lochaber Loch. Green Woodpecker heard from either end of the loch. Garden Warbler families on the move. Large number of painted lady butterfly.

FYI. Reported ♀ off Bowness on Solway yesterday & again today.

8 at Skyreburn, Fleet Estuary & 10 at Bishop Burn, Stranraer.

Still present on the merse flash north of car park at RSPB Crook of Baldoon.

2 at RSPB Crook of Baldoon on the merse flash (not lagoon), north of the car park.

Fulmar off Brighouse Bay. GWE on River Dee at Threave NTS. Willow Tit at Castle Corner, Caerlaverock NNR. 2 Pied Flycatcher at Kirkcudbright Wildlife Park. Crossbill at Cairnsmore of Fleet NNR. Green Woodpecker at Shambellie House, New Abbey.

Best birds several Whimbrel, 1 non-breeding plumage Knot, 2 Little Egret, half dozen Rgd Plover. Easily 20 or more painted lady butterfly along the beach. Whitethroat singing. Sand Martin colony ongoing. House Martins gathering beach mud. No disturbance. OMG! 😱😁👌

3 Manx Shearwater over D&G Irish Sea waters. GWE at Threave recently.

Barry o'Dowd reports; 29th "I had a Little Owl this evening while surveying swifts in Kirkcudbright town centre. It landed on a chimney pot."

Seafield, high tide, Arctic Skua (dark morph), Gannet(2), Eider Duck (2). Bill Jamieson.

3 Common Tern reported seen yesterday. Hopefully not decoys...

The LR Wig report was published 26th. See here;  https://awanderroundthewig.blogspot.com/2026/05/seasonal-change-bird-report-for-april.html?m=1

You'll probably know.  Email snippet; Dear supporter We are delighted to share some exciting news - WWT Caerlaverock is reopening.   After a period of closure, we can’t wait to welcome you back to experience one of Scotland’s most spectacular wetland reserves once again.  As a thank you for your patience and continued support during this time, you will be able to visit us on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 June. We will then reopen to all visitors from Thursday 2 July, initially for three days per week – Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. We will be open between 10AM and 5PM, with last entry at 4PM.

Went to see both Osprey nests & birds today. I was clearly unaware that a second nest site had been built downriver, viewable from the Steppingstones Hide. And much closer viewing of the birds too, so great! Summer warblers in occasional song but hard to see. Best was 3 Spotted Flycatcher along the railway walk to the Lamb Island Hide. No miracle Black Reds I'm sorry to report. Peregrine in the air around the castle, which is open to visitors again.

Spotted Flycatcher at dead the tall bleached trees LHS as approach Meida Hide. Cetti’s Warbler loud and proud too. Robbie Purdie.

2 Ruff at RSPB Mersehead reported Sunday 24th. 2 Dipper & 2 Kingfisher at New Bridge near Cluden Water, SW of Holyrood. A Green Woodpecker, 3 Wood Warbler & 2 Tree Pipit at Mabie Forest. Osprey over Loch Ken. Redstart & Lesser Whitethroat at Threave NTS by the river which I'm sceptical about, but that's me. A Great White Egret near Steppingstones Hide there. 

23rd. Jürgen Zapp has reported 2 from the Lamb Island hide at Threave NTS. Is it at all possible? One would be hard to believe but 2?? At Threave??? " I have looked through my D&G Bird Reports and have found three previous May and early June, records of Black Redstart dating back to 1991. There will probably be others too. They were from Caerlaverock in 1994, Mull of Galloway, 2006 and Port William, 2011.   Most records are from October to March backing up its status as a winter visitor in the region especially in Wigtownshire and western Stewartry. I had one in my garden in Glencaple in 1977 probably attracted to the numerous caterpillars eating my broccoli plants but that would have been a bit later in the summer. I think that they still breed in southern England so it isn't surprising that an occasional summer vagrant turns up here. Best wishes, Duncan (Irving) "

https://search.app/?link=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c87qqg7jg9lo&utm_source=dsdf,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4&utm_campaign=share-sdl-aga-discover Breeding season bans required & it's decades overdue. Ground nesting birds are at the mercy of an out-of-control human population & associated development crisis. Assertiveness by the wildlife organisations has long been necessary in putting wildlife FIRST, & human recreational interests secondary & subordinate. Necessary, in an increasingly over-populated world which our "leaders" blindly purport & promote is the way forward. Bunch of idiots all. 

23rd. Stephen Parker reported ; A walk around the Glenkiln area at 6:30am. Cuckoo, Stonechat, Whinchat, Meadow Pipit, Siskin, Redpoll, Skylark, Red Kite, Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, Black Swan. Best of all, I had the place to myself. Ed. Joy indeed 👍

Gropper singing in the reeds at Wigtown Wetlands. Ivan Lang. 

10 Pink-footed Geese flown east over RSPB Mersehead this morning, 8 Little Egret on wetland and Cetti's singing around Meida Hide. Gavin. 

Quail singing somewhere in the southern fields early this morning on BBS at the Crook. Ivan Lang.