Butterflies, Barnacles & Pink-feet
The sun is shining and it is very warm on the reserve. It certainly feels like summer, with lots of butterflies now flying. Our first Orange-tip Butterflies were seen yesterday.
Despite the summer-like weather there are still geese around. 1500 Barnacle Geese and 168 Pink-footed Geese in the Corner Field this morning.
Blackcaps, Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff are all singing away in the Avenues, House Martins are nest building around the Farmhouse Tower and a large flock of Golden Plover are in the Lochar Field viewed from the Avenue Tower.
Photo credit: Alex Hillier
High Tide: 13:48, 9.9m
Opening times:
10am - 5pm every day except Christmas Day
Around the reserve:
Wildflowers
Primrose
Daffodil
Cuckoo Flower
Dog Violet
Bluebell
Insects
Peacock Butterfly
Red Admiral Butterfly
Orange-tip Butterfly
Hawthorn Shieldbug
Buff tailed Bumblebee
White tailed Bumblebee
7-spot Ladybird
11-spot Ladybird
Mammals
Badger
Fox
Otter
Brown Hare
Mole
Wood Mouse
Field Vole
Weasel
Stoat
Pipistrelle Bat
Whooper Pond
Mute Swan 4
Mallard 24
Moorhen 2
Oystercatcher 2
Folly Pond
Teal 24
Wigeon 1
Shelduck 4
Oystercatcher 1
Black-tailed Godwit 6
Lapwing 2
Common Sandpiper 1
Grey Heron 1
Teal Pond
Mute Swan 2
Moorhen 2
Avenue Tower
Mallard 7
Teal 49
Wigeon 1
Shoveler 5
Gadwall 2
Redshank 1
Oystercatcher 2
Snipe 1
Golden Plover 312
Lapwing 14 - nesting
Mute Swan 2 - nesting
Grey Heron 1
Black-headed Gull 12
Longhorn Cattle 2
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Hen Harrier
Buzzard
Mute Swan
Shelduck
Lapwing
Oystercatcher
Curlew
Little Egret
Hebridean Sheep 12
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Robin
Blackbird
Chaffinch
Long-tailed Tit
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Song Thrush
Great-spotted Woodpecker
Webcam
See live footage of our local Osprey nest here: https://www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/caerlaveroc...
It seems the birds have moved to a different nest but please let us know if you see Ospreys on the nest!
The camera is online between 10am and 5pm daily.
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