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WeBS : Carsethorn to Borron Pt

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.

Carsethorn

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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.

Mediterranean Gull

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

Today 19th

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.

RSPB Crook of Baldoon

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

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. 

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