Spoonbill-2 at Friends hide Grey heron Great egret Little egret Redshank Lapwing Oystercatcher Avocet Moorhen Coot Black-tailed godwit Shelduck Mallard Shoveler Greylag goose Mute swan Whooper swan Swallow House martin Jackdaw Rook Stock dove Goldfinch Tr
16 July 2018
The following sightings were recorded today at Low tide from the reserve at Castle Espie. It's safe to say the Black-headed gulls have finished nesting now; their numbers have dropped way off and the birds are spending more time away from Castle Espie. Ho
16 July 2018
a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Common sandpiper 1 Lapwing 21 Avocet 29 (12 ad + 17 juveniles) Greylag 1 Pied wagtail 4 Redshank 21 Grey heron 6 (juv) Little ringed plover 4 (2 ad + 2 chicks) Saline Lagoon (flooded) Lapwing 11 Hawthorn Wood Nuthatch 1 Wi
16 July 2018
2 Greenshank - main lake 5 Little Egret - wader scrape 2 Redshank - wader scrape 12 Teal - wader scrape, main lake, reservoir lagoon 5 Common Tern - main lake, reservoir lagoon 4 Shoveler - wader scrape 1 Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon Pochard brood of
16 July 2018
In 2015, as part of a monitoring programme funded by the Environment Agency, areas of the reserve within the 3 main wetland habitats, freshwater, brackish and saltwater were surveyed for the plants that were present. Known as the National Vegetation Class
16 July 2018
Kestrel juveniles by Ian Hamilton Kestrel are thriving at Washington Wetland Centre for the first time in more than a decade, thanks to funding to improve key meadow habitat. The Making Meadows project was awar
15 July 2018
Wader Lake (AM, high tide): Avocet 10 adults plus broods of 2, 3, 3, 2, 4, 2 and 3 Stock dove (outside kestrel box) 1 Grey heron 9 (2 adults and 7 juveniles) Little ringed plover 4 (2 adults and 2 chicks) Lapwing 29 Redshank 13 Curlew 2 Mallard 10 Shelduc
15 July 2018
1 Hobby - sheltered lagoon 2 Nuthatch - wildside 2 Little Egret - wader scrape 18 Teal - wader scrape, main lake, reservoir lagoon 6 Common Tern - main lake, reservoir lagoon 6 Mandarin - reservoir lagoon 3 Little Grebe - main lake 3 Sedge Warbler - g
15 July 2018
Whooper swan Greylag Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Gadwall Coot Moorhen Spoonbill x2 (Lyle) Grey heron Great white egret Little egret Avocet Black-tailed godwit Redshank Greenshank x2 (Friends) Ruff Lapwing Black headed gull Green woodpecker Swallow House mar
15 July 2018
Whooper swan Greylag Shelduck Mallard Pintail Cormorant Coot Moorhen Spoonbill (x2) Grey heron Little egret (x22) Black-tailed godwit Ruff Redshank Avocet Green sandpiper Snipe Lapwing Common tern Black-headed gull Starling House martin Swallow Whitethroa
14 July 2018
1 Black-Tailed Godwit - main lake 1 Redshank - wader scrape 7 Common Tern - main lake, reservoir lagoon 6 Mandarin - reservoir lagoon 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital 2 Sedge Warbler - singing from grazing, wildside June bird highlights: Green Sandp
14 July 2018
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Common Tern - 140+ (54 & 80 young) Avocet - 26 (11 & 15 young) Teal - 4 Lapwing - 38 Little Ringed Plover - 1 Curlew - 1 Pied Wagtail - 4 Gadwall - 2 Shelduck - 3 Grey Heron - 5 Saline Lagoon Cana
14 July 2018
The touch of rain that we had yesterday has started to draw the waders into Folly Pond. A Little Ringed Plover dropped in for a brief visit late on last night and we currently have 16 Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit and a couple of Snipe. There are als
14 July 2018
Rushy Avocet 8ad 5 fledged young and broods 3,2 and 1. Oystercatcher 4 Shelduck large creche of 23 Tufted Duck broods of 3,2,2,2. Pied Wagtail feeding young. Holden and Walkway Green Sandpiper 8 Little Egret 1 Lapwing 4 Avocet 2 Curlew 102 on high tide ro
14 July 2018
TV presenter and naturalist Chris Packham is coming to WWT Caerlaverock Wetland Centre, on Tuesday 17th July 2018 as part of the first independent audit of its kind in the UK. His goal is to investigate the extent to which the nation’s wildlife species
13 July 2018