Walk at Threave Castle to test out new binoculars. Very swampy near hide where I have seen hen harriers before at this time of year, so not much doing. Walked on to the river where there was a reed bunting and a couple of red kites plus two goldeneye (probable - not great with ducks) travelling very fast downstream on river. Just upstream of the castle there seems to be a have been a second attempt at an osprey nest*.
Some geese on far side of river I took to be greylags (including one leucistic) although these are not mentioned on the information boards but they weren't the greenland white-fronted geese people have been seeing. Also took an extra walk to Lamb Island where there was a tree I didn't recognise that had dark pinnate leaves and was full of berries. It looked a certain target for waxwings.
*Note: I later learned it was being constructed by wardens as the original nest is becoming unstable.
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