Another bright cloudless day with a stiff easterly breeze. Yesterday's Black-tailed Godwits have disappeared, replaced by 2 Greenshanks on the Floodground with a pair of Wigeon lingering ther [...]
26 May 2012
Another scorcher. 12 Black-tailed Godwits on the Folly Pond, several Common Whitethroats singing with a pair quite prominent near the Avenue Tower, where sadly no sign today of both the earlier L [...]
25 May 2012
Whooper Pond Mute Swan and 6 Cygnets Pied Wagtail 1 Teal Pond Little Grebe on nest Oystercatcher on nest Flood Ground Wigeon 2 Pied Wagtail 1 Lapwing 2 with 1 chick Stock [...]
24 May 2012
Whooper Pond Mutes 2+6 cygnets Mallard 25 Moorhen 4 Pied Wagtail 2 Folly pond Pied Wagtail 2 Black tailed Godwits 7 Sheldck 7 Mallard&nbs [...]
23 May 2012
Avenue's SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 1 Common Whitethroat Sedge Warbler Willow Warbler Chiffchaff Blackcap Reed Bunting Skylark Meadow pipit Lots of fledged young again such as Great [...]
22 May 2012
Avenue & Meadow Walk LESSER WHITETHROAT (unusual bird here at Caerlaverock) Common Whitethroat Sedge Warbler Blackcap Willow Warbler Chiffchaff Reed Bunting Skylark Meadow Pipi [...]
21 May 2012
Garden Warbler, Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff still singing from the Peter Scott Trail, despite the cold easterly wind. Further Willow Warblers and Blackcaps and Sedge Warblers from the two avenues an [...]
19 May 2012
Whooper Pond Oystercatcher 3 Tufted Duck 1 Teal Pond Little Grebe on nest Mute Swan on nest Folly Pond Gadwall 4 Shoveler 5 Shelduck 3 Oystercatcher 2 Teal 3 Wigeon 4 [...]
17 May 2012
For an update on the current Osprey situation: http://www.wwt.org.uk/news/wwt-diaries/osprey-diary/ Around the rerserve: Singing warblers include Garden (first for this season), Willow, Ch [...]
16 May 2012
Whooper Pond Oystercatcher 2 Tufted Duck 1 Folly Pond Shoveler 3 Teal 2 Wigeon 2 Gadwall 3 Black-tailed Godwit 9 Oystercatcher 3 Avenue Tower Teal 4 Lapwing 3 Sheld [...]
15 May 2012
Yellow Wagtail from last Wednesday, M.Youdale © Copyright 2012 Saltcot Merse Observatory Kittiwake 50 Great-black Backed Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Black-headed Gull Cormorant [...]
14 May 2012
Black-tailed Godwit on the Folly Pond, M.Youdale © Copyright 2012 WWT Whooper Pond Oystercatcher 3 Tufted Duck 2 Teal Pond Mute Swan on eggs Moorhen with chicks Wigeon 1 L [...]
13 May 2012
Reed Bunting, M.Youdale © Copyright 2011 Whooper Pond Oystercatcher 4 Tufted Duck 3 Swallow 10 House Martin 12 Teal Pond Little Grebe 1 Moorhen with chicks Mute Swan on [...]
8 May 2012
Folly Pond Shelduck 12 Black-tailed Godwit 3 Shoveler 2 Teal 2 Gadwall 2 Whooper Pond Tufted Duck 1 Oystercatcher 1 Teal Pond Gadwall 1 Mute Swan on eggs Little Grebe [...]
7 May 2012
Willow Wabler in Peter Scott Trail, M.Youdale © Copyright 2012 Whooper Pond Swallow 20 House Martin 10 Tufted Duck 3 Oystercatcher 2 Mute Swan 1 Folly Pond Shoveler 4 Ga [...]
6 May 2012