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Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Tufted Duck 5 Canada Goose 50 Greylag Goose 2 Gadwall 1 Folly Pond Teal 50 Shoveler 2 Teal Pond Little Grebe 1 Avenue Tower Shoveler 15 Teal 30 Meadow Pipit 100 Mute Swan 30 Lapwing 50 Linnet 10 Corner Field Little Egret 1 Magpie 2 (still ver
17 September 2012
latest sightings Tuesday 4th September
An osprey was perched on the big tree washed up on the tideline off slatcot merse this morning. Still good numbers of teal, 182 on the folly pond with 25 shovelers and a lone wigeon. The wet areas of Prince Philip's field is proving to be a magnet for the
4 September 2012
latest sightings Monday 3rd September
One osprey was showing most of the day, perched on a log eating a fish in the morning and then flying along the merse being mobbed by a group of shelducks. Duck numbers are still good with 450 teal in Prince Philip's field and another 152 on the Folly pon
3 September 2012
Latest Sightings
Folly Pond RED NECKED PHALAROPE (juv) Black-tailed Godwit 3 Snipe 2 Lapwing 20 Curlew 130 Teal 300 Shoveler 30 Wigeon 1 Whooper Pond Tufted Duck 2 Mute Swan with cygnets Teal Pond Little Grebe (juv) Saltmarsh Osprey 1 Peregrine 1 Canada Goose 100 Pink-foo
28 August 2012
Latest Sightings
Please note, from today for the next two weeks (approx) the Flood Ground area is going to be heavily disturbed due to habitat work being carried out in the field. We hope that this new management work will provide both great habitat for wintering wildfowl
27 August 2012
Latest Sightings
Black-tailed Godwit (not taken today), M.Youdale © Copyright 2012 WWT Whooper Pond Mute Swan with cygnets Black-tailed Godwit 3 Tufted Duck 1 Teal Pond Little Grebe (juv) Teal 4 Avenue Tower Marsh Harrier Gargan
22 August 2012
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Mute Swan with cygnets Tufted Duck 1 Coot 1 Folly Pond Black-tailed Godwit 14 Teal 314 Shoveler 7 Teal Pond Young Little Grebe Avenue Tower Lapwing 560 Teal 30 Golden Plover 10 Buzzard 1 Saltmarsh Osprey 1 Kittwake 1 Osprey & Badger Cam
21 August 2012
Latest's Sightings
Whooper Pond Mute Swan with cygnets Tufted Duck 1 Coot 1 Folly Pond Black-tailed Godwit 12 Teal 122 Shoveler 2 Teal Pond Young Little Grebe Avenue Tower Lapwing 160 Teal 694 Bar-tailed Godwit 2 Golden Plover 38 Pintail 14 Saltmarsh Ospreys 2 Osprey &
20 August 2012
Friday 17th August
A possible reserve record of 76 snipe was counted by Richard Hesketh this morning with the lapwings in the wet fields. As the rains eased just after lunchtime, the huge lapwing flock moved from Prince Phillip's field to the corner field, right in front of
17 August 2012
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Tufted Duck 3 Shoveler 2 Teal 1 Mute Swan and youngsters Folly Pond Teal 243 Shoveler 10 Snipe 3 Corner Field Lapwing 303 Ruff 5 Snipe 10 Dunlin 1 Avenue Tower Lapwing 700 Golden Plover 30 Teal 30 Heron 5 Little Egret 2 Saltcot Tower Osprey 1
16 August 2012
Latest Sightings
Gargany on the Teal Pond, taken by Reserve Warden Mike Youdale © Copyright 2012 WWT Whooper Pond Tufted Duck 1 Mute Swans 2 with 6 Cygnets Mallard 140 Teal Pond Little Grebe (juv) Teal 4 Gadwall 1 Avenue Tower GARGANEY 1 Teal 30 Heron 3 Buzzard 2 Gr
15 August 2012
WWT Caerlaverock news 15th August 2012
In the last week waders have been arriving with two green sandpipers on the 11th and a ruff on the 13th and the flock of lapwings is now over 600 strong. A juvenile marsh harrier has been quartering the merses for the last week and up to 3 ospreys have be
15 August 2012
Today's sightings
High Tide LITTLE EGRET 3 (Still very scare birds in Scotland, and Caerlaverock hold the highest counts record in Scotland) Peregrine 2 Canada Goose 60 Greylag Goose 500 Bar-headed Goose (usual late summer visitor) Knot 6 (2 in summer plummage) Oystercatch
31 July 2012
Todays Sightings
High Tide LITTLE EGRET 3 (Still very scare birds in Scotland, and Caerlaverock hold the highest countsrecord in Scotland) Peregrine 2 Canada Goose 60 Greylag Goose 500 Bar-headed Goose (us [...]
31 July 2012
Today's sightings
Folly Pond Shoveler 5 Teal 2 Curlew 60 Oystercatcher 1 Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 6 cygnets Tufted Duck 4 Gadwall 2 Teal Pond Little Grebe still with one chick Young Moorhen and Mallard Avenue’s SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 juvenile Chiffchaff Sedge Warbler Wil
30 July 2012