Tricked by an over-optimistic weather forecast, I set out on a brief afternoon bike ride to Caerlaverock to check for egrets. In cold, foggy conditions with no hint of the promised sunshine, the emphasis was on staying warm but I did see another bullfinch before spotting four shelduck filtering the estuary mud like flamingos. On peering through the binoculars, I could see that there were another ten further away as the fog lifted momentarily, so it would be hard to say how many might have been visible in better conditions but there were no egrets.
Later, unsurprisingly spotted a goosander on the Nith by Kingholm Park.
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