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Todays sightings
A lovely day on the reserve today, lots of Bewick's swans on the reserve that are just coming in off the continent. Including one Bewick's swan with a colour ringed neck collar 078E which was ringed in the Netherlands. Also on the reserve Lots of Black-
6 January 2016
Firecrest
The nights slowly drawing out. A good day to be out and about, great in the sun by mid afternoon. Some good coverage round the reserve today resulting in a couple of sightings of the Firecrest inside the Waterfowl Gar
6 January 2016
Around Caerlaverock, Wed Jan 6th
No problems with access today, though boots/wellies are still recommended for the avenues. Up to 12 Little Egrets can be found dotted around, especially on the merses from Saltcot Merse Observatory. 7000 Barnacle Geese are similarly quite widely distrib
6 January 2016
Wildlife sightings for 6th January 2016
1 Bittern - resr lagoon 1 Jack Snipe - scrape 2 Pintail - main lake 10 Snipe - marsh, scrape 1 Peregrine - main lake 3 Fieldfare December bird highlights: Bittern, Shelduck, Goldeneye, Jack Snipe, Dunlin, Stonechat, Brambling, Water Pipit, Treecree
6 January 2016
Hide access
Water levels have risen over the last week and we have had to close Reedbed hide today, but access to all the other hides is still available. Good numbers of birds in front of the main hide at swan feed times and hopefully once this fog lifts we will be
6 January 2016
Wednesdays bird news
Two cranes foraging. Nov 2005. The Tack Piece Greenland White-fronted Goose 5 E White-fronted Goose 118 Teal 2100 Wigeon 1800 Pintail 220 Shoveler 50 Pochard 60 Ruff 14 Little Stint 1 Redshank 40 Black-tailed Godwit 1
6 January 2016
Todays Sightings
A great day out on the reserve, the sun is shining and there are lost of birds to be seen. Great White egret at Friends hide All of the hides are open but the water levels are coming up. The 3:30pm feed was fantastic lots of whooper swans flew in just bef
5 January 2016
Wildlife sightings for 5th January 2016
1 Bittern - flew from the resr lagoon to the reedbed 1105hrs 135 Teal - wader scrape, grazing marsh 66 Wigeon - wader scrape, grazing marsh 68 Lapwing - main lake 7 Snipe - wader scrape, main lake 4 Redwing - flew over heading SW 1 Chiffchaff - singing in
5 January 2016
Soggy Caerlaverock, Tuesday 5th Jan
Currently raining, forecast to dry up a bit... All usual roads to here passable with no problems. Avenues remain quite wet but are easily walked in decent waterproof footwear, wellingtons ideally. Lots of water lying in the fields, so a good broadcast of
5 January 2016
Todays Sightings
Great white egret showing well today from Lyle hide. The 3:30pm feed was great today the water levels have come up slightly so the swans are feeding out of the wheelbarrow! All of the hides are still open but there is a puddle in the path on the way to Re
4 January 2016
Recent Sightings, Millennium Wetlands
Lapwing 9 Snipe 8 Teal 28 Mallard 39 Shoveler 11 Tufted Duck 38 Gadwall 17 Pochard 6 Moorhen 2 Coot 9 Cormorant 13 Grey Heron 3 Herring Gull 17 Black-Headed Gull 1 Mute Swan 6 Cetti's Warbler 1 Siskin 29 Nuthatch 1 Barn Owl 1 Tawny Owl 1 Brambling 1
4 January 2016
Today's sightings- high Teal count and phalarope still here...
Male Eurasian Teal with reflection at Slimbridge by James Lees Eurasian Teal 3295! were counted from the hides this morning with 2314 present on the Tack Piece alone. The shallow flooding here is ideal for this speci
4 January 2016
Belated Green-winged Teal and Harriers
Starting off with the drake Green-winged Teal which we gleaned from the internet was present on the 2nd Jan. As usual the bird was seen from the Ron Barker Hide. Do bear in mind that the 3000+ Teal end up being regularly flushed by the 4 Marsh Harrier and
4 January 2016
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid Gadwall (pair) - 2 Shoveler - 2 Mallard - 65 Eurasian Teal - 76 Mute Swan (pair?) - 2 Tufted Duck - 16 Canada Goose - 1 Great Black-backed Gull - 6 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/Mid Grey Heron - 1 C
4 January 2016
Wildlife sightings for 4th January 2016
8 Mandarin - world wetlands 1 Pintail - male, marsh 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital 61 Lapwing - main lake 2 Stonechat - reservoir lagoon December bird highlights: Bittern, Shelduck, Goldeneye, Jack Snipe, Dunlin, Stonechat, Brambling, Water Pipi
4 January 2016