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Juv Ring Ouzel & 3 Wheatear in the Mennock Pass. 14 Black Guillemot at Portpatrick.

Carsethorn

Carse Bay much as ystrdy. Low tide. 25-30 Shelduck goslings & Greenshank. Up to 10 Comm Sand today. A brick red Black-tailed Godwit nice to see on Carsethorn foreshore, Goosander redheads again. Plenty of Little Egret.

Glossy Ibis 20th

Reported to who- & wherever, seen WWT Caerlaverock (not open to the public yet except local members Fri 26th & Sat 27th).

Woodcockair

Redstart (4), adult female and 3 juveniles. Estimated 3 pair in here this year and looking like they have all had a successful year. Bill Jamieson.

WeBS : Carsethorn to Borron Pt

Best; 1 Whimbrel maybe 2 (1 seen, 1 heard in different location), 14 Goosander redheads, 3 Sandwich Tern. Several painted lady butterflies. 1 harbour porpoise.

Knockman Wood

Spotted Flycatcher, Wood Warbler, Whitethroat, Garden Warbler et al .

Greenshank - Carse Bay

Early returning juv bird low tide where Carse Pow meets Carse Gut. Also a family of 5 Comm Sand. Also colour ringed Little Egret ; yellow left, green right. Too far for details. Family of 15-20 Shelduck goslings. 2 Ringed Plover chicks just a few days old + another maybe 2 week old chick on North Carse shingle. 4 ads. 

Currently Seen...

Kirkconnel Flow NNR ; Cuckoo, 2 Nightjar 22:10, 4 Woodcock, 2 Swift, 2 Stonechat. Mull of Galloway ; 5 Puffin, Black Guillemot, 60 Razorbill, 230 Guillemot, 209 Kittiwake, 2 Fulmar, 11 Gannet, Stonechat. Barn Owl off the A76.

Willow Tit

East of New Galloway town 17th.

Isle of Whithorn

19th. In the harbour. Mute Swan 22, Rock Pipit 2. Offshore. Puffin 2, Razorbill 12, Guillemot 20, Kittiwake 4, Sandwich Tern 4, Fulmar 2, Manx Shearwater 100, Gannet 12.

Summer's Joy

A Spotted Flycatcher at Beattock & Redstart at Borgue.

Cetti's & Avocet

Cetti's Warbler around Caerlaverock WWT Folly Pond area. Single Avocet at Browhouses.

Brighouse Bay

A Spotted Flycatcher & interestingly a Pied Flycatcher seen along the former Cream o' Galloway nature trails.

The Crook

Hobby again, flew over the farm, then out over the lagoon north of the car park, then over the saltmarsh. Ivan Lang. 

Woodcockair

8th. Redstart pair with 5/6 juveniles this morning. Adults hunting in the bracken and adjacent field, juveniles higher in the oaks and more difficult to pin down. Seem to be a day or 2 older than the norm, possibly delayed vacation of the breeding site because of the strong wind and rain the last couple of days. Male of this pair been on territory since 15th April. At least another 2 pair in here. Bill Jamieson.

Isle of Whithorn

Today. 5000 Manx Shearwater tallied & a Storm Petrel offshore in autumnal storm weather conditions.

Southerness

1700-1900. All counted heading out. Easily 200 Manx in 1½, 250+ in 2hrs, but not the glut nor glamour of the west. c25 Gannet, c15 Aukses, c20 Sandwich, 2 Kittiwake & 2 Fulmar. About 500 eye-floaters.

Creetown

3 Whooper Swan seen on the Cree estuary at Creetown. Andrew Baxendale.

A breeze quick seawatch

A quick hour at the IOW produced a staggering 1022 Manxies, also 2 Arctic Skua, 2 Fulmar, Gannets and Kittiwake. Ivan Lang. 

Glaucous Gull

An adult bird reported seen flying past the Isle of Whithorn at 7pm.

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