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Autumnwatch On-site!
The set-up for Autumnwatch is in full swing today with cables being laid, trucks arriving, hay bales being moved about…….. Photo credit: James Stevens The presenters have arrived and are out and about, watching th
29 October 2015
Latest Sightings - 29th October - Autumnwatch on site and setting up!
It's very busy around the site now, with huge broadcasting trucks in the yard, miles of cabling being laid and a studio to dress. The BBC Autumnwatch presenters were on site yesterday filming some short pieces in advance of the live shows starting on Mond
29 October 2015
Caerlaverock sightings, Wednesday 28th Oct
The Kingfisher continues to show periodically, fishing in front of the Back Pond Hide the single male Green-winged Teal now seems well established on the Folly Pond, in the company of several hundred of his European cousins Whooper Swans are starting to
28 October 2015
Around Caerlaverock, Tuesday 27th Oct
The Kingfisher continues to show from time to time, catching fish in front of the Back Pond Hide Single male Green-winged Teal now seems well established on the Folly Pond, in the company of several hundred of his European cousins Whooper Swans are star
27 October 2015
Around the reserve, Sunday 25th October
A Kingfisher has been showing well, catching fish in front of the Back Pond Hide again today The drake Green-winged Teal is still on the Folly Pond with over 200 Eurasian Teal. Tricky to spot, but if it is the same one as the past 2 winters (which we beli
25 October 2015
Latest Sightings - 24th October
A Kingfisher has been showing well, catching fish in front of the Back Pond Hide this morning. The drake Green-winged Teal is still on the Folly Pond with over 200 Eurasian Teal. Tricky to spot, but if it is the same one as the past 2 winters (which we be
24 October 2015
Green-winged Teal Returns!
A Green-winged Teal has returned to Caerlaverock for the third winter in a row. We believe this to be the same bird as the past 2 years because it has very similar behaviour. It seems to have joined the Eurasian Teal population which migrate to Fennoscand
24 October 2015
Latest Sightings - 23rd October
Great news as early estimates from the coordinated Barnacle Goose census on the Solway put numbers over 41,000 for the first time ever for this population! This is an increase of around 3,000 on last years count and a massive achievement from just the 3
23 October 2015
Latest Sightings - 21st October
There has been an American duck on the Folly Pond the past few days. A drake Green-winged Teal has appeared. It's behaviour is very similar to the individual which has been seen here the past 2 winters so we expect it is the same one. He can be identified
21 October 2015
Around Caerlaverock, Tues 20th Oct 2015
A misty but beautiful calm sunny morning here. the 39 or so Whooper Swans to have arrived so far are in a stubble field just off the eastern end of the reserve. Two families of cygnets so far (a 2 and a 3) number amongst them. Just two birds were at the 0
20 October 2015
Caerlaverock bird sightings Monday Oct 19th
39 Whooper Swans feeding in a stubble field, just to the east of the reserve, with 20 present on Eastpark at 08:30 A Kingfisher has been seen intermittently from the Back Pond Hide Still plenty of Barnacle Geese around and amongst them today is the white
19 October 2015
Latest Sightings - 17th October - First Whooper family of the winter arrives
The first family of Whooper Swans this winter has arrived this morning. Z6L & Z7S (both 7 yr olds) have dropped in on the Whooper Pond with their 3 cygnets. A Kingfisher has been seen this morning from the Back Pond Hide. Still no sign of the Bitter
17 October 2015
Latest Sightings - 16th October
Still no sign of the Bittern today, it hasn't been seen since Monday so it may well have moved on. Still plenty of Barnacle Geese around and amongst them are still the 3 leucistic (white) Barnacles and also the Snow Goose. A male Hen Harrier was seen from
16 October 2015
Latest sightings
For anyone visiting at the moment, the spectacle of Barnacle Geese is only getting better with a whopping 12,000 seen on the reserve on Monday! There has been considerable interest in the white-phase Snow Goose seen most most days recently, but unwary vi
14 October 2015
Latest Sightings
For anyone visiting at the moment, the spectacle of Barnacle Geese is only getting better with a whopping 12,000 seen on the reserve yesterday! When you're looking through the geese, keep an eye out for any white ones as there are a few around at the mome
13 October 2015