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Quail

North of Bankend this evening. A bird calling in the corner field off Bankend Road & the road to Glencaple.

Pectoral Sandpiper

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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. 

RSPB Crook of Baldoon

Temminck's Stint north flash. Ivan Lang. Ed. Whopper! 

Pectoral Sandpiper

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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. 

Glossy Ibis

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

Wood Sandpiper

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Plus Snipe & juv Redshank at WWT Caerlaverock Folly Pond to 11am. Bro saw a Bittern fly up from there yesterday.

Quail

A calling bird still yesterday evening near the village of Whithorn, Wigtownshire.

Wood Sandpiper

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.

Quail

Carse Loch. Calling bird 16th near Ellisland Farm, Robert Burns visitor attraction. 

Ruddy Shelduck

Still hanging out with Shelduck flock in the Castle Corner-Caerlaverock NNR area.

Quail

2 calling birds off the A746, nr Whithorn village.

The Ibis' have it

Folly Pond, WWT Caerlaverock 2 still. Also 2 LRP juvs. 

RSPB Crook of Baldoon

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LRP and probable Pectoral Sandpiper on the flash north of car park. Also Dunlin, Greenshank and Blackwit. Ivan Lang. 

Barnkirk Point & Mein Water (Annan confluence)

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.

RSPB Crook of Baldoon

Wood Sandpiper, Blackwit, Dunlin and Greenshank on the flash north of car park. Ivan Lang. 

CR Little Egret 7th July

The bird I saw at Browhouses is the same bird from 18th September 2025. Barry the ringing project organiser said back then; "BTO Ring No.GY74260. In colour-ringing speak it is LAYN(4);RARW(H). For future reference this states the ring positions and colours of rings and digits as: Left leg Above the ‘knee’ with a Yellow ring with a black (Niger) digit of 4. Right leg Above the ‘knee’ with a Red ring with White digit of H. I hope that makes sense. The position of the BTO Metal ring on the tarsus is immaterial under this scheme. This egret was ringed in the nest as one of a brood of five at Birks Wood, Rockliffe Estate, near Carlisle, by Thalia Sparke and her ringing team on 14 June 2024." 

Carsethorn

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Smart 2nd summer Mediterranean Gull off the old pier at Carsethorn today, still present. Acting very similarly to last years first summer in exactly the same spot. Gavin Chambers. 

Glossy Ibis

11am. 2 still on Folly Pond WWT Caerlaverock. Also ♂️Whinchat hawking from pond fringe vegetation. Later, a juv Ruff appeared. Also a Snipe & fem type Marsh Harrier. Same or another fem type Marsh Harrier seen from Hollands Hide, Caerlaverock NNR. No Cetti's heard, no Bittern encountered. 

Reports from the 7th July

2 Glossy Ibis still at WWT Caerlaverock Folly Pond (probably). 2 Great Skua & 2 Storm Petrel from Cairnryan, Loch Ryan. Bittern at Caerlaverock NNR rather unexpected & potentially very sensitive.

Glossy Ibis

2 still at WWT Caerlaverock, Folly Pond. Reserve not open to the public until Thursday through to Saturday.

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