Large number of returning Whimbrel, maybe 20+. A fabulous still summer Knot. A Sandwich Tern was a late addition & in the fields behind Hogus Pt, a Quail was calling a few times around 3.30-4pm.
The Med Gull in Carse Gut was harassing a Bh Gull. 4 Whimbrel on Carsethorn foreshore. Apart from the Med Gull, in Carse Bay off Carse Gut low tide, 4 Comm Sand, maybe 25 Redshank & a minimum of 130 Curlew looking like they'd just arrived. At 5.30pm a pair of Peregrine were calling & circling overhead North Carse before heading west, accompanied by a probable Sparrowhawk until they moved on.
WWT Caerlaverock, Folly Pond. My bro has kindly provided some pic's to confirm ID. Plus a Wood Sandpiper & juv Water Rail & poor contrรฉ jour group shot of my own.
A Pec Sand has turned up at WWT Caerlaverock Folly Pond. See pic. Also 2 juv LRP, the Wood Sandpiper still, reappearance of a Glossy Ibis, back-end of a Water Rail. Also a ♀ Marsh Harrier & Peregrine over the merse.
Pair still present but relocated to new dig pond east of the Salcot Tower Avenue. Folly Pond water level much reduced & surely to dry out in coming days. https://maps.app.goo.gl/MNYuRfdNHrE6Bz2D7
The bird I was hoping to find last week at WWT Caerlaverock has turned up this pm. Somewhere around the most recent ponds btwn The Avenue & Saltcot Tower avenue.
12th, over 100 Common Sandpiper counted between the point and the steelworks (probably more round the corner towards the harbour). Mediterranean Gull, (summer adult) on the coast at Newbie Barns. 13th, 3 Green Sandpiper at Mein Water with 6 Common Sandpiper. Bill Jamieson.