Latest Sightings - Saturday 26th January
Opening times:
10am - 5pm every day except Christmas Day
A flock of 688 Lapwing are using the site at the moment. They are in the Corner Field just now but have also been at the Avenue Tower. A Golden Plover & 4 Dunlin mixed in with them.
Now the fields have thawed out and we are back to the mild weather again the Barnacle Geese are feeding in the fields and all of the ponds are full of wildfowl.
Named Whooper Swan arrivals:
YHS - Solway Siren
Lost Darvic - Hagar
YJL - Linda H
YSJ - Sheldon Whooper
ZVY - Orchid
YFS - Obi Swan Kenobi
Lost Darvic - Princess Layer
XLN - Gylfi
YFU - Magnus
YHV- Wowsie (+ 1 cygnet)
ZXJ - Ruth C (+ 4 cygnets)
Z6L - Rooby & Z7S - Bowie (+ 2 cygnets)
Z5N - Andy
YFB - Eric Anthony
YTC - Margaret Ruth
Z9F - Hendrik
APR - Elsie Barbara
YRG - Lucky Linda
ZJA - Annabel
YRS - Stephen
YSK - Countess of Boulogne
YFF - Solway Annie
ZXP - Mary
ZGT - Butterbur
YRN - Douglas Flintoff
YSF - Topsy
Lost darvic - Kate Two
Lost darvic - New York Lady
Lost darvic - Atty
Lost darvic - Renfrew
Lost darvic - Paisley
Lost darvic - Aspen
APC - George
YFP - Bekah Jo (+ 3 cygnets)
YHH - Lady Ela (+ 1 cygnet)
XKA - Eleanor
Z6R - Archie
YPH - McMurdoston
YTF - Odette
YPV - McNoo
ZKZ - Hector
Lost Darvic - Snoopy
YRH - Rufus
Lost Darvic - Silje
Lost Darvic - Blackbill Cupcake
Lost Darvic - Suzanne
Lost Darvic - T. J. Whooper
Lost Darvic - Whoopie
ZVA - Bonsai
ZFJ - Beryl
Around the reserve:
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 150
Mute Swan 62
Canada Goose 91
Mallard 252
Tufted Duck 18
Greater Scaup 1
Teal 18
Wigeon 88
Pintail 1 male
Moorhen 4
Folly Pond
Teal 370
Wigeon 260
Shoveler 9
Mallard 25
Shelduck 1
Pintail 4 (2 males, 2 females)
Oystercatcher 17
Black-tailed Godwit 14
Teal Pond
Mallard
Wigeon
Teal
Avenue Tower
Mallard
Teal
Shoveler
Wigeon
Gadwall
Pintail
Curlew
Lapwing
Golden Plover
Mute Swan
Whooper Swan
Barnacle Geese
Longhorn Cattle 2
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Pink-footed Geese
Barnacle Geese
Greylag Geese
Canada Geese
Peregrine
Merlin
Hen Harrier
Buzzard
Mute Swan
Shelduck
Mallard
Lapwing
Oystercatcher
Curlew
Little Egret
Great Black-backed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Common Gull
Herring Gull
Hebridean Sheep 12
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Yellowhammer
Bullfinch
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Robin
Blackbird
Chaffinch
Long-tailed Tit
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Song Thrush
Great-spotted Woodpecker
Goldcrest
Webcam
Unfortunately due to a problem with our network we are unable to show our webcams at the moment. We apologise for the delay in getting this fixed and hope to have them up and running again soon.
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