Reminder that the reserve only opens to the public on Thursday, Friday & Saturday, until further notice.

Update 1330; Ruddy Shelduck with Shelduck flock on mudflats in front of storage tanks (Airds Point) opposite Glencaple, near Castle Corner. Flew off with a group to a more distant seaward sandbank. Robbie Purdie.

2 Glossy Ibis still at WWT Caerlaverock, Folly Pond. Ruddy Shelduck still off Castle Corner, Caerlaverock NNR.

On the Nith estuary off Castle Corner this afternoon.

Glossy Ibis x2 reappeared at WWT Caerlaverock Folly Pond. Showing well this afternoon. Robbie Purdie.

This morning, 21 Avocets in 2 groups LHS sandbanks. Robbie Purdie.

Btwn Kingholm Quay & Keltonbank, 3 Barnacle & 1 PFG seen. Injured birds maybe, or are the Barnies from Linlithgow?

13 Avocet at lunchtime+. Colin Kinnear.

On the lagoon north of car park at RSPB Crook of Baldoon.

4/5 Comm Sand on the Nith at Carnsalloch. 5+ along Nith from Glencaple. Also 5 Redshank in the creek opposite the quay. Egrets, Shelduck, Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Med Pipits, Skylark, Hirundine, bubbling Curlew.

Swift & Skylark at Screel Hill. Hirundine cheer you up every day. Warblers Willow, Garden, Wood & Grasshopper, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Whitethroat & Lesser. All the choir of summer's harmony. Spotted, Pied Flycatcher & Redstart the jewels of the woods punctuate the byways. All dancing on the Summer's Breeze. Still with us & there to be found.

Keen followers of the historical revelations of the blog, will be eager to read the latest May installment of AWRTW, published yesterday, 27th June.  See;   https://awanderroundthewig.blogspot.com/2026/06/wildlife-to-rescue-bird-report-for-may.html

2 Glossy Ibis on Folly Pond yesterday. Note that the reserve reopens to the public on 2nd July AFAIK.

A bird from the ferry from Cairnryan to Belfast. Scottish waters... Only 1?

Calling bird off Teregles Rd, west Dumfries at 55.0692, - 3.7245.

Juv Ring Ouzel & 3 Wheatear in the Mennock Pass. 14 Black Guillemot at Portpatrick.

Carse Bay much as ystrdy. Low tide. 25-30 Shelduck goslings & Greenshank. Up to 10 Comm Sand today. A brick red Black-tailed Godwit nice to see on Carsethorn foreshore, Goosander redheads again. Plenty of Little Egret.

Reported to who- & wherever, seen WWT Caerlaverock (not open to the public yet except local members Fri 26th & Sat 27th).

Redstart (4), adult female and 3 juveniles. Estimated 3 pair in here this year and looking like they have all had a successful year. Bill Jamieson.

Best; 1 Whimbrel maybe 2 (1 seen, 1 heard in different location), 14 Goosander redheads, 3 Sandwich Tern. Several painted lady butterflies. 1 harbour porpoise.

Spotted Flycatcher, Wood Warbler, Whitethroat, Garden Warbler et al .

Early returning juv bird low tide where Carse Pow meets Carse Gut. Also a family of 5 Comm Sand. Also colour ringed Little Egret ; yellow left, green right. Too far for details. Family of 15-20 Shelduck goslings. 2 Ringed Plover chicks just a few days old + another maybe 2 week old chick on North Carse shingle. 4 ads. 

Kirkconnel Flow NNR ; Cuckoo, 2 Nightjar 22:10, 4 Woodcock, 2 Swift, 2 Stonechat. Mull of Galloway ; 5 Puffin, Black Guillemot, 60 Razorbill, 230 Guillemot, 209 Kittiwake, 2 Fulmar, 11 Gannet, Stonechat. Barn Owl off the A76.

East of New Galloway town 17th.

19th. In the harbour. Mute Swan 22, Rock Pipit 2. Offshore. Puffin 2, Razorbill 12, Guillemot 20, Kittiwake 4, Sandwich Tern 4, Fulmar 2, Manx Shearwater 100, Gannet 12.

A Spotted Flycatcher at Beattock & Redstart at Borgue.

Cetti's Warbler around Caerlaverock WWT Folly Pond area. Single Avocet at Browhouses.

A Spotted Flycatcher & interestingly a Pied Flycatcher seen along the former Cream o' Galloway nature trails.

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.