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RSPB Crook of Baldoon

An early Jack Snipe flushed whilst topping. Also two Blackwit on lagoon this morning. Ivan Lang. 

Garganey

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

Glenkiln Reservoir

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

Glaisters Wood

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

Meeting of Buzzards

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

Bittern

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. 

Garganey

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

Corsewall Pt

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. 

Spotted Redshank

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.

Corsewall Pt

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

East to West

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.

WWT Caerlaverock

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

Garganey

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

Sooty Shearwater

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.

Last Few Days

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.

Marsh Harrier

A bird seen at WWT Caerlaverock today.

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

For a 2nd day ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ˜–๐Ÿ˜”, a bird running around fields back of the Wig spit, Loch Ryan. Reported towards the end of the 2nd day?? Dear oh dear. 

Baird's Sandpiper

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. 

Fieldfare

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.

Luce Bay sands

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


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