Species Location/Comments/Number
 Red-throated Diver Loch Ryan, 10+
 Great Crested Grebe Loch Ryan, 1 
 Red-necked Grebe Loch Ryan, 1 
 Atlantic Great Cormorant  
 European Shag  
 Grey Heron  
 Mute Swan  
 Whooper Swan Loch Ken, 20+
 Pink-footed Goose  Loch Ken, 400+
 Greylag Goose Whole area, thousands in flocks of up to 600
 Ross's Goose Skinburness, Cumbria
 Greater Canada Goose  
 Barnacle Goose 4000+ Skinburness
 Common Shelduck  
 Eurasian Wigeon  
 Common Teal  
 Mallard  
 Common Pochard  
 Tufted Duck  
 Greater Scaup Loch Ryan, 40+
 Common Eider   
 Common Goldeneye  
 Smew Talkin Tarn, 1 male
 Red-breasted Merganser  
 Goosander  
 Red Kite Loch Ryan/Parton area, 2
 Northern Goshawk Glentrool area, 1
 Sparrowhawk  
 Common Buzzard 40+ throughout the weekend
 Rough-legged Buzzard Ken Dee RSPB Reserve, 1
 Common Kestrel  
 Common Pheasant  
 Moorhen  
 Coot  
 Eurasian Oystercatcher  
 European Golden Plover  
 Northern Lapwing  
 Common Snipe  
 Eurasian Woodcock Talkin Tarn, 1 
 Eurasian Curlew  
 Common Redshank  
 Greenshank Rockcliffe, 1
 Turnstone  
 Mediterranean Gull Castle Douglas, 1
 Black-headed Gull  
Little Gull Off Heysham, 2
 Common Gull  
 Lesser Black-backed Gull  
 Herring Gull  
 Great Black-backed Gull  
 Guillemot  
 Razorbill  
 Woodpigeon  
 Collared Dove  
 Short-eared Owl Skinburness, 1
 Great Spotted Woodpecker New Galloway Forest Park, 2 males
 Meadow Pipit  
 Rock Pipit  
 Pied Wagtail  
 Wren  
 Dunnock  
 European Robin   
 Stonechat  
 Blackbird  
 Fieldfare  
 Song Thrush  
 Redwing  
 Mistle Thrush  
 Goldcrest  
 Long-tailed Tit  
 Willow Tit Ken Dee RSPB Reserve, 1
 Coal Tit  
 Blue Tit  
 Great Tit  
 Nuthatch Talkin Tarn, 2
 European Jay Ken Dee RSPB Reserve, 2
 Magpie  
 Jackdaw  
 Rook  
 Carrion Crow  
 Common Raven  
 Starling  
 House Sparrow   
 Chaffinch  
 Brambling Talkin Tarn, 150+
 Greenfinch  
 Goldfinch  
 Eurasian Siskin  
 Common Crossbill New Galloway Forest Park, several
 Bullfinch Loch Ken 1 female
 Reed Bunting  

                                                                          

      

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