Quail year continues with a bird calling still at RSPB Crook of Baldoon. Has a WWT Ibis jumped ship & turning up at RSPB Mersehead lunchtime today?

23rd. Quail NE of Lockerbie, nr Boreland. At least 1 Willow Tit nr Stroan Loch, Raiders Road. GWE flying upriver on the Dee at Threave NTS.

Not much water & mud left on Folly Pond to hold a passage migrant now. The 2 Glossy Ibis for the time being remain tripping between ponds with more water & the remnants of Folly. 2 White Wagtail & a Green Sandpiper briefly, spotted by bro, around Whooper Pond. Latter dived into the area of Back Pond (?). Soon afterwards a couple of photographers were poking around there so it probably flushed elsewhere. Also the juv Water Rail showed well for a while in front of the Scottish Water Hide. Plus Snipe.

2 Glossy Ibis at WWT Caerlaverock where 3 juv LRP have been reported. Quail at RSPB Crook of Baldoon. From the Cairnryan ferry in Scottish waters, 50 Manx Shearwater.

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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.

Gavin's bird briefly seen opposite the old pier 1230, Carsethorn.

RSPB Crook of Baldoon, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 LRP (1 juv), 20 Snipe, 52 Dunlin, 2 plastic Comm Tern decoys, 2 calling Quail. Isle of Whithorn, 3 Sandwich Tern, 2 Manx Shearwater, Black Guillemot & Kittiwake. RSPB Wood of Cree, 4 Spotted- & 1 Pied Flycatcher, 1 Redstart.

2 calling Quail & the Temmink's Stint still on the merse flash pool.

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

WWT Caerlaverock, Folly Pond. My bro has kindly provided some pic's to confirm ID. Plus a Wood Sandpiper & juv Water Rail & poor contré jour group shot of my own. 

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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