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Today's Sightings
Folly Pond Black-headed Gull 1 Common Sandpiper 1 Shoveler 4 Canada Goose 1 Teal 10 Oystercatcher 1 Shelduck 1 Teal Pond Gadwall 3 Little Grebe 1 Moorhen 2 + 2 chicks Mut [...]
1 May 2012
Winter Sunday
Brisk, cold easterly winds make for wintery conditions on the reserve. The early morning minimum temperature was only 1°C. Peter Scott Trail: A lone chiffchaff called from the c [...]
29 April 2012
Northerly Thursday
Strong northerly winds mean it is an unseasonably cold day on the reserve. Peter Scott Trail: Chiffchaff, willow warblers were the only audible species today however there was plenty of finch [...]
26 April 2012
Stormy Wednesday Sightings
Strong north easterlies are sweeping across the reserve with some heavy showers. Peter Scott Trail: With the strong winds this trail is quiet however there are chiffchaff, willow warblers, bla [...]
25 April 2012
Tuesday sightings
It is very still with a hint of north westerly, mild with intermittent showers. Around the Visitor Centre and Farm House Tower swallows and house martins are hunting. Starlings have nes [...]
24 April 2012
Monday's sightings so far...
A north east wind is gathering strength this morning and the exposed areas are cold. Around the Visitor Centre and Farm House Tower it is sheltered from the wind and pleasantly warm, which means a [...]
23 April 2012
Todays Sightings
It is a cold spring morning here at Caerlverock. On my cycle in to work, I heard the first grasshopper warbler, which was a fantastic start to the day. If you are visiting the reserve the grasshopper [...]
22 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Short eared Owl on Saltmarsh last week, taken through HTC phone, M.Youdale © Copyright 2012 WWT Whooper Pond Wigeon 4 Tufted Duck 13 Oystercatcher 3 Mute Swan 23 Teal Pond M [...]
16 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Spring Migrants Willow Warbler 3 Blackcap 2 (singing males) Chiffchaff 2 Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 5 Wigeon 4 Oystercatcher 2 Folly Pond Shoveler 24 Shelduck 2 Redshank [...]
11 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 4 Tufted Duck 35 Wigeon 2 Oystercatcher 2 Folly Pond Green-winged Teal 1 Redshank 8 Shoveler 21 Oystercatcher 1 Teal 82 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Sh [...]
9 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 3 (including one of our new neck collared birds) Wigeon 8 Oystercatcher 2 Teal Pond Gadwall 7 Little Grebe 2 Flood Ground Teal 10 Wigeon 10 Oyst [...]
8 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 8 Pintail 2 Teal 2 Oystercather 2 Tufted Duck 30 Wigeon 16 Teal Pond Gadwall 14 Teal 2 Little Grebe 2 Mute Swan 2 (nest building) Flood G [...]
5 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Flood Ground Green-winged Teal 1 Teal 30 Black-headed Gull 2 Oystercatcher 2 Lapwing 5 Wigeon 4 Teal Pond Gadwall 7 Little Grebe 2 Mute Swan 1 Reed Bunting 2 (singing) Wi [...]
3 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Green-winged Teal, M.Youdale © Copyright 2012 WWT Flood Ground Green-winged Teal 1 Teal 30 Wigeon 10 Black-headed Gull 4 Lapwing 2 Oystercatcher 2 Whooper Pond Pintail 1 [...]
2 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Record shot of the drake Green-winged Teal on the Flood Ground, taken Thursday 29th, M.Youdale © Copyright 2012 WWT Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 10 Wigeon 10 Tufted Duck 30 Pintail 1 [...]
31 March 2012