Here's a pic which shows 1 bird with & 1 without the white forehead. 1 bird without a sub-adult perhaps??

Rascarrel Bay. The 2 surfers and what I believe, a (American) Black Scoter.  Note that there's NO available parking space at the end of the road to "Farhills". Roads are PRIVATE. There's a forest access path half-way down the road and space for a couple of cars there. See; https://maps.app.goo.gl/6p79WtYqExpoawC28 The path takes you to the rocky shore I believe and it's a fairly short walk once you arrive at it. Alternatively, having parked there, walk along the road & turn left for the 5 ⭐ lodges. PJ.

Male & (I suggest) ringtail Hen Harrier from Saltcot Merse Observatory Tower Hide, plus GWE. Reported by Jock Hughes today.

Report from Paul Massey.  Loch Kindar: Tufted Duck (51), Goldeneye (male) & Little Grebe (7). Balcary Point: Velvet Scoter (male). Loch Mackie: Teal (67). Rascarrel Bay: Surf Scoter (2 male) with Common Scoter (350+) flock close inshore off new cabins. Grey Phalarope (1) on sea off original cabins. Peter: I had the phalarope after you left!

Paul Massey found a Velvet off Balcary Heughs. The 2 ad ♂️ Surfs remain at Rascarrel Bay. I left Paul Massey to check what I believe may be an American Black, due to the bulbous yellow bump on the upper mandible, right down to the lower. PJ 

5 ♀ Scaup low tide. 1 of them in Carse Gut. PJ. 

Carlingwark - redhead Smew, 56 Little Grebe, Kingfisher, not many Tufted Duck. Auchenreoch - 83 Tufted Duck, 38 Goosander, 1 juvenile Scaup, 1 drake aythya hybrid. Milton - 123 Coot, 10 Gadwall, not many Tufted Duck. Gavin.

2 adult drake Surf Scoters at Rascarrel Bay. With flock of Common Scoter fairly close to shore off luxury lodges. Robbie Purdie.

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Drake amongst Tufties at the town end of Carlingwark Loch.

Take a look at this activity I've found on the RSPB website: https://www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happening/news/tell-the-uk-government-they-must-do-better-for-nature   DO IT NOW!!

Bro saw a chiffy at WWT Caerlaverock on 25th.

Recap. 25th. Greater Scaup (9), Surf Scoter (3) "3 adult drake: 1 Balcary Point, 2 Rascarrel". Common Scoter (600). Common Greenshank (1). Red-throated Diver (10). Grey Wagtail (1). Rock Pipit (8). Ross Ahmed.

Water Rail (1). Hen Harrier (1), "Ad male" today early doors. Ross Ahmed.

Redhead today seen at south-western end of Carlingwark Loch. 3x 1st-winter Gtr Scaup still & Kingfisher. Ross Ahmed. 

24th. Caerlaverock NNR, 20 Twite somewhere. Castle Loch, single Kingfisher. 25th - Auchenreoch Loch, Greater Scaup. Ross Ahmed. A ringtail Hen Harrier was on the merse & ad ♀ Peregrine sat on post at WWT Caerlaverock seen by Chris Baines. 

Auchenreoch Loch, drake Aythya hybrid still. Castle Loch, 2 GWE around the edge. Caerlaverock NNR, Brow Well, Curlew Sandpiper on Lochar Water & from presumably Hollands Hide, 1 GWE & 1 Ruff. Latter amongst lapwings. Also found 3 drake Surf Scoters today along the Balcary to Rascarrel coastline. One distant from Balcary and two together off the cliff tops west of Rascarrel. With Common Scoters. Ross Ahmed.

I've some mixed feeling about "Country Sports" but blood-sport it should be correctly accredited to be. I can understand shooting pigeons and corvids, given the majority of landscape just so happens to benefit them, but some duck and goose, and woodcock and snipe, certainly NOT. Rough Shooting – Galloway Country Sports [ https://gallowaycountrysports.co.uk/rough-shooting/ ]. Is this activity allowed on the Carse Bay merse north of Carse Pow? Isn't that area the SWT reserve of Drummains Reedbed? So do SWT allow it or do they have no say in this inappropriate activity for the location (IMO)? PJ

Large number of waders today & virtually no gulls. Usual Whimbrel, c500-1000 Dunlin, c500 Knot several Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Grey Plover, c15 Snipe. Carse Bay. Wandered to the bench at Carse Pow. No Shorelark or Snow Bunting! Fabulous male Merlin failing to catch a wader, 1 Greenshank, Peregrine over back fields, GC Grebe, plenty Pintail, Wigeon, Teal, couple of RBM, maybe up to 1000 Dunlin & probably a few Twite seen.

A bird reported at Lochar Water, Brow Well today. A Peregrine was at Southerness yesterday per Rosie Filipiak.