What time of year is it?
You might be forgiven for wondering what season it currently is at Caerlaverock right now. What with brisk easterly winds adding a chill and a motley collection of wildfowl down at Avenue Tower. We have one Barnie, one pink-foot, one grelag and two canadas along with four Golden Plover, a Redshank and the nesting Lapwings. There is also a female Pintail back on Folly Pond. Fortunately the warblers are still in fine voice to remind us that Spring really has sprung!
Photo Credit: Alex Hillier
High Tide: 16:06, 8.8m
Opening times:
10am - 5pm every day except Christmas Day
Around the reserve:
Wildflowers
Primrose
Cuckoo Flower
Dog Violet
Bluebell
Red Campion
Marsh Marigold
Lesser Celandine
Greater Stitchwort
Bluebells
Ramsons
Insects
Peacock Butterfly
Red Admiral Butterfly
Orange-tip Butterfly
Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly
Green-veined White Butterfly
Large White Butterfly
Small White Butterfly
Hawthorn Shieldbug
Buff tailed Bumblebee
White tailed Bumblebee
7-spot Ladybird
11-spot Ladybird
Large Red Damselfly
Mammals
Badger
Fox
Otter
Brown Hare
Mole
Wood Mouse
Bank Vole
Field Vole
Weasel
Stoat
Pipistrelle Bat
Whooper Pond
Mallard 3
Moorhen 1
Oystercatcher 1
Folly Pond
Shelduck 14
Mallard 17
Grey Heron 1
Black-tailed Godwit 4
Lapwing
Pintail female
Moorhen 1
Teal 3
Teal Pond
Mute Swan 2
Moorhen 2 with chicks
Mallard 1 with ducklings
Oystercatcher 1 nesting on raft
Swallows nest building in the hide
Avenue Tower
Barnacle Goose
Pink-footed Goose
Greylag Goose
Canada Goose
Mallard
Teal
Wigeon
Shoveler
Gadwall
Redshank
Oystercatcher 2 (nesting on raft)
Snipe
Lapwing - nesting
Mute Swan - nesting
Grey Heron
Black-headed Gull - nesting
Longhorn Cattle 2
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Marsh Harrier
Buzzard
Mute Swan
Shelduck
Lapwing
Oystercatcher
Curlew
Little Egret
Linnet
Hebridean Sheep 12
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff
Sedge Warbler
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
Webcam
See live footage of our local Osprey nest here: https://www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/caerlaveroc...
It seems the birds have moved to a different nest but please let us know if you see Ospreys on the nest!
The camera is online between 10am and 5pm daily.
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