News
Monday June 27th
A brood of (at least) two Gadwall chicks on the Teal Pond this morning, plenty of Linnets from the Avenue Tower and a late burst of song from the Avenue itself, with Blackcap, several Sedge Warblers and Reed Bunting all in full voice first thing Today's h
27 June 2016
Reserve Update Saturday 25th June
The moorhen parents on Teal Pond are going to have an interesting time....eight chicks to look after! There are also swallow chicks hatching out in nests all over the reserve including within the Teal Pond Hide. Elsewhere on the reserve, a female sparro
25 June 2016
Latest Sightings - 24th June
Another sunny morning on the reserve and still more young birds flitting around the Avenues. Mallard and Moorhen have recently hatched young on the Teal pond, so the breeding season is still in full swing! The Mute Swan family with seven cygnets are makin
24 June 2016
Thursday June 23rd
Still no real change around the reserve, with the locally scarce Reed Warbler still active in the filtration reedbed Today's high tide is at 15:02, 8.8m Around the reserve today: Wildflowers Cuckoo Flower Red Campion Foxglove Northern Marsh Orchid Twa
23 June 2016
Tuesday June 21st
Little real change from yesterday with plenty of young bird activity, especially around the feed stations Today's high tide is at 13:48, 8.7m Around the reserve today: Wildflowers Cuckoo Flower Red Campion Foxglove Northern Marsh Orchid Twayblade Orch
21 June 2016
Update, Monday June 20th
Cloudy and damp today. Lots of young birds of course, a couple of Little Egrets out on the merse, Buzzard overhead, Kingfisher at the Teal Pond, Lapwings starting to flock down on the Lochar Field reseed Today's high tide is at 13:12, 8.6m Around the
20 June 2016
Reserve Update Saturday 18th June
There are baby birds everywhere...and some very frazzled looking adults trying to keep them safe and fed! Seen this morning were juvenile Pied Wagtails around Whooper Pond, baby Robins and Carrion Crows down the Avenue and not forgetting the ducklings o
18 June 2016
Reserve Update Friday 17th June
Plenty of Grey Herons around the reserve this morning, with one individual doing battle with an eel in Teal Pond. When around Teal Pond and the Summer Walk keep your ears peeled for the distinctive song of the male Reed Buntings. Today's high tide is at
17 June 2016
Reserve Update Thursday 16th June - Stoat at Corner field
Swifts overhead the Farmhouse Tower, stoat at entrance to Corner field and swan cygnets on Whooper Pond....not a bad way to start the day! Today's high tide is at 10:24 7.8m Around the reserve today: Wildflowers Cuckoo Flower Red Campion Foxglove Nort
16 June 2016
Reserve Update Wednesday 15th June - Kingfisher on Teal Pond
This mornings excitement saw a kingfisher being mobbed by swallows whilst flying over Teal Pond. The swallows were able to dunk it in the pond once but the kingfisher successfully flew out of the danger zone and perched up at the edge of the pond next t
15 June 2016
Reserve Update Tuesday 14th June
The meadow on the summer walk is really starting to come into its own. As well as the numerous northern marsh orchid, the twayblade orchid now has flower stalks and there is yellow rattle, lesser trefoil, red clover and buttercups. This has given th
14 June 2016
Latest Sightings - 12th June - Fox on the Folly Pond
The sun is just breaking through the cloud this morning, and it is still very warm despite some rain last night. A large male Fox was causing some disturbance on the Folly Pond first thing. There are a few Roe Deer around the reserve, they should already
12 June 2016
Latest Sightings - 11th June
Overcast and drizzly this morning, but still plenty of birds in song. Dragonflies and Damselflies a plenty around the Teal Pond at the start of the Summer Walk. Today's high tide is at 17:54 8.0m Around the reserve today: Wildflowers Cuckoo Flower Red
11 June 2016
Reserve Update Friday 10th June
Three ravens have decided that the platform out from Avenue Tower towards the Merse is the place to be this morning. Our flock of Hebridean sheep have been moved up to the paddock next to the farmhouse garden to help us graze it down. I am sure they wou
10 June 2016
Reserve Update Thursday 9th June
Lapwing numbers are starting to creep up on Folly Pond with fledglings also present. Interestingly, small numbers of teal have also remained. The moorhen family have constructed a new nest which is best seen from the Farmhouse Tower. Today's high tide
9 June 2016