Sunshine and flooding
Please be aware, the B725 is closed at Brow Well bridge. If you are visiting from the Carlisle/Annan direction you have to come via Dumfries. The bridge has suffered severe damage due to recent flooding and may be closed for a significant amount of time.
The weather at the moment is changeable to say the least. We have just had the wettest September since we started recording
rainfall in 1994. 197.5mm of rain, over 100mm coming in the last week!
March 2019 was also the wettest we have recorded.
Needless to say, the paths and Avenues are very wet so wellies or at least walking boots are essential to access most of the site.
It is great for wetland birds though, with good numbers arriving at the moment and feeding in the flooded fields.
Commentated swan feeds begin today at 11am and 2pm at the Peter Scott Observatory. We are still waiting on the Whooper Swans to arrive but the cold weather and easterlie winds forecast tonight mean they may be here later this week.
A Kingfisher on the Back Pond and Otter in the Whooper Pond have been particular highlights recently along with Marsh Harrier over the Saltmarsh.
Photo Credit: Alex Hillier
High Tide: 14:30, 9.9m
Opening times:
10am - 5pm every day except Christmas Day
Around the reserve:
Whooper Pond
Mute Swan 21
Canada Goose 3
Mallard 30
Tufted Duck 8
Cormorant 2
Moorhen 1
Folly Pond
Teal
Wigeon
Shoveler
Mallard
Lapwing
Snipe
Teal Pond
Mallard 10
Gadwall 2
Moorhen 2
Corner Field
Wigeon
Pintail
Teal
Mallard
Lapwing
Avenue Tower
Peregrine Falcon
Marsh Harrier
Merlin
Mallard
Wigeon
Gadwall
Shelduck
Grey Heron
Little Grebe
Little Egret
Shoveler
Mute Swan
Longhorn Cattle 2
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Mute Swan
Barnacle Geese
Pink-footed Geese
Shelduck
Pintail
Dunlin
Lapwing
Oystercatcher
Curlew
Little Egret
Linnet
Hebridean Sheep 12
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff
Blackcap
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Robin
Blackbird
Chaffinch
Long-tailed Tit
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Song Thrush
Great-spotted Woodpecker
Goldcrest
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