The resident Black Swan present. Also a Dabchick, several Mistle Thrush on berries, couple of Stonechat, flocks of Med Pipit & Jay in the area.

Here I saw 50-100 likely Lesser Redpoll. Might have been the odd Siskin but didn't spot any. Flying & flocking around the larch trees there. https://maps.app.goo.gl/dgtdKtkkk6gRVKGq7?g_st=am

In this field, were 9 possibly 10 Buzzard & 1 Red Kite all on the ground & spread quite evenly! Never seen such a spectacle. They didn't move really, as if gathered for a worm hunt. Gradually each bird left the field, some to trees on the fringe, others further. https://maps.app.goo.gl/GW6t6ZGF6Tb1fNNs5?g_st=am

RSPB Crook of Baldoon. A bird seen rising from a ditch along Shell Rd & alighting in the reeds at the northern end of the lagoon. At Auchencairn from Shore Rd, a Greenshank. 

2 still at RSPB Crook of Baldoon on the lagoon north of car park.

A couple of hours at Corsewall Point good movement of Gannet, Kittiwake and Auks. Highlights 2 Leach's and 1 European Storm Petrol and a Great Skua. Ivan Lang. 

Barnkirk Pt. Midway between the point and the steelworks. Also Bar Tailed Godwit (5) and 7/8 Greenshank this morning, tide well on the ebb. Bill Jamieson.

8 Leach's, 5 Storm Petrel & 882 Kittiwake offshore.

Browhouses, 8 Gadwall, 5 Snipe. Wigtown Harbour hide, a Kingfisher. Brighouse Bay, a couple of Rock Pipit. Off the Mull of Galloway, a Manx Shearwater & 2 Great Skua.

Ringtail HH quartering the scrub betwixt Saltcot & Avenue Tower hides. ♂️♀️ Marsh Harrier too.

2 on the lagoon north of the car park at RSPB Crook of Baldoon this afternoon.

A bird reported off Portpatrick 17th. Today a Storm Petrel off Isle of Whithorn. Dumfries 18th, around the Kingholm Quay area, 2 Barn Owl, a GWE & 72 Goosander.

Barnacle Goose or geese at WWT Caerlaverock or anywhere are surely the feral Linlithgow flock. Stonechat & Rock Dove at the Mull (latter may not be pure species in D&G). GWE & Marsh Harrier at WWT. Kingfisher, Dipper & Grey Wagtail on the Annan, Peregrine at Grey Mare's Tail & 40 Sandwich Tern at Luce Sands, Luce Bay.

A bird seen at WWT Caerlaverock today.

For a 2nd day 🙄😖😔, a bird running around fields back of the Wig spit, Loch Ryan. Reported towards the end of the 2nd day?? Dear oh dear. 

RSPB Crook of Baldoon. Seems legit. A bird seen on the merse flash before moving to the shoreline. Some back & forthing, hopefully not due to birder pressure. 

4 birds reported from around the Birkshaw Forest area, SE of Eskrigg LNR. A Willow Tit seen by a lucky observer along the Dee at Threave NTS.

88 Golden Plover, 55 Ringed Plover, 5 Whimbrel, 25 Curlew, 85 Turnstone, 14 Sanderling & 30 Dunlin & 87 Sandwich Tern et al.

You'll be aware that many geese have arrived in the last week. I'm hearing & seeing plenty of them in the fields around Mersehead & Preston Merse. Ian Bainbridge says today; "Pinkfeet: 19 westbound over Gatehouse this morning, plenty of Swallow and House Martin still around."

Message from WWT Caerlaverock management team.   Caerlaverock Wetland Centre "   Hello, We’re getting in touch to share some exciting news that we’ll be extending our opening days from  Tuesday  29 th September. As part of our phased reopening, you’ll soon be able to visit us five days per week, Tuesday to Saturday, increasing from the current three days per week, Thursday to Saturday. We want to thank you all for your patience while we’ve been building resilience in our small but mighty team and working hard to make longterm improvements to the reserve. What is changing and when?  From Tuesday 29 th  September, we will be open from 10am to 4:30pm (last entry at 3:30pm): Tuesdays Wednesdays Thursdays Fridays Saturdays As well as opening for more days of the week, the team will also be reintroducing live swan feed events, when the whooper swans arrive, more details of which will be shared soon on our social media channels. So, keep your eyes peeled. ...