Just had a great week in the Isle Of Withorn(not actually an island). Cottage overlooking the Solway firth. A family holiday but managed to squeeze a bit of birding in, well you have too haven't you From the cottage... Sea watching from the conservatory 100s Manx Shearwaters passing daily Common Scoter Great Skua Sandwich Tern Gannet Fulmar Razorbill Black Guillemot Guillemot Kittiwake Shag Cormorant Oystercatcher Raven Meadow Pipit Stonechat Goldfinch Chaffinch Greenfinch Swallow Swift House Martin Grey Wagtail Yellowhammer Whitethroat Gt Sp Woodpecker Kestrel Twite Linnet Curlew Willow Warbler Lesser Whitethroat Wheatear Peregrine Buzzard Hen Harrier Short Eared Owl The usual Gulls Hares in the garden Fox cubs and Deer. Portyerrock/Cairnhead Bay... Colony of breeding Sandwich Terns Kittiwake Redshank Turnstone Dunlin Curlew Arctic Tern Ringed Plover Oystercatcher Shag Mull of Galloway(rspb) Wish i'd have had more time here. Great Skua Sandwich Tern Manx Shearwater Guy next to me picked up a Gt Northern Diver but i couldn't get on it, same with a Storm Petrel Had a brief stop at Loch Ryan... Red Breasted Merganser Eider Redshank, Black tailed Godwit, Curlew, Ringed Plover. No Divers, but looks a great place. Went to the Red Kite feeding station at Loch Ken Must've been 80 Kites in the air, spectacular to say the least Pretty good weather all week as well, we got sunburned!! Cheers Dean.