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Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 125 Mute Swan 70 Wigeon 110 Tufted Duck 60 Canada Goose 110 Greylga Goose 9 Pintail 3 Teal 60 Avenue’s Yellowhammer Reed Bunting Tree Sparrow Fieldfare Song Thrush Treecreeper Coal Tit Linnet Saltmarsh Hen Harrier 1 Merlin 1 Ge
16 December 2012
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Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 109 Mute Swan 50 Wigeon 100 Tufted Duck 50 Canada Goose 110 Greylga Goose 9 Pintail 3 Shoveler 4 Teal 60 Avenue’s Yellowhammer Reed Bunting Tree Sparrow Fieldfare Song Thrush Treecreeper Coal Tit Linnet Saltmarsh Hen Harrier 1
13 December 2012
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Once again the weather has caught us again and just after all of our pools defrosted, they are frozen solid once again. It makes for beautiful pictures but sadly the wildfowl don't agree and head off the reserve to the free flowing rivers and estuary. Th
12 December 2012
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Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 109 Mute Swan 50 Wigeon 1100 Tufted Duck 50 Canada Goose 110 Greylga Goose 9 Avenue’s Yellowhammer Reed Bunting Brambling Tree Sparrow Fieldfare Song Thrush Treecreeper Coal Tit Folly Pond Teal 10 Shoveler 1 Wigeon 10 Saltmarsh
11 December 2012
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Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 159 Mute Swan 70 Wigeon 80 Tufted Duck 60 Canada Goose 70 Greylga Goose 9 Tawny Owl still in the Owl Box Avenue’s Yellowhammer Reed Bunting Brambling Tree Sparrow Fieldfare Song Thrush Treecreeper Coal Tit Folly Pond Teal 100 S
10 December 2012
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Although most of the ice is starting to thaw here, most of the ponds except the whooper pond, Folly Pond and Flood Ground remain frozen. Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 154 Mute Swan 60 Wigeon 110 Tufted Duck 80 Gadwall 2 Canada Goose 70 Greylga Goose 2 Tawn
9 December 2012
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Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 90 Mute Swan 60 Wigeon 111 Tufted Duck 64 Teal 14 Gadwall 2 Canada Goose 70 Greylga Goose 2 Avenue’s Lesser Redpoll Yellowhammer Reed Bunting Brambling Tree Sparrow Fieldfare Redwing Song Thrush Treecreeper Coal Tit Saltmarsh H
6 December 2012
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Lesser Redpoll photo by visitor Andrina Laidler Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 90 Mute Swan 60 Wigeon 111 Tufted Duck 64 Teal 14 Gadwall 2 Canada Goose 70 Greylga Goose 2 Tawny Owl still in the Owl Box Avenue’s Lesser Redpoll Yellowhammer Reed Bunting Bramb
5 December 2012
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Although some of the ice is starting to thaw here, all of the ponds except the whooper pond remains frozen solid. Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 130 Mute Swan 50 Wigeon 114 Tufted Duck 70 Teal 40 Gadwall 2 Canada Goose 70 Greylga Goose 2 Tawny Owl still in the
4 December 2012
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With the overnight snow fall, most of the water bodies are not just ice covered but also snow covered. Due to this all the wildfowl, bar the birds on the Whooper Pond, have moved into the free flowing rivers and estuaries around the reserve such as the Ri
3 December 2012
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Due to the frozen nights over the last three days all of the water bodies except the Whooper Pond are now frozen. Due to this a lot of the wildfowl which have been on the site have moved on into the nearby estuaries such as the Nith and Lochar. Good numbe
30 November 2012
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Whooper Pond Tawny Owl – sat in entrance to Owl Box Whooper Swan 90 Wigeon 100 Tufted Duck 60 Canada Goose 104 Greylag Goose 2 Folly Pond Teal 100 Wigeon 10 Snipe 2 Lapwing 4 Corner Field Curlew 10 Lapwing 10 Flood Ground Teal 300 Wigeon 150 Whooper Swa
29 November 2012
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Brambling on the feeders, M.Youdale © Copyright 2012 WWT Whooper Pond Tawny Owl – sat in entrance to Owl Box Whooper Swan 90 Wigeon 100 Tufted Duck 70 Canada Goose 104 Greylag Goose 22 Folly Pond Teal 400 Shoveler 15 Wigeon 100 Black-tailed Godwit 1 R
28 November 2012
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Whooper Pond Tawny Owl – sat in entrance to Owl Box Whooper Swan 40 Wigeon 100 Tufted Duck 80 Canada Goose 104 Greylag Goose 22 Folly Pond Teal 700 Shoveler 35 Wigeon 270 Black-tailed Godwit 11 Redshank 1 Snipe 7 Lapwing 23 Corner Field Teal 100 Wigeon
27 November 2012
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Barnacle Goose from Newfield Hide. M.Youdale © Copyright 2012 Whooper Pond Tawny Owl – sat in entrance to Owl Box Whooper Swan 60 Wigeon 110 Tufted Duck 86 Canada Goose 100 Greylag Goose 2 Folly Pond Teal 200 Shoveler 5 Wigeon 70 Black-tailed G
26 November 2012