Latest Sightings - 22nd October - Paisley & Renfrew return!
Up early for the Icelandic Breeding Goose Census. Plenty of Pink-feet leaving the roost, mostly heading up the Solway towards Carlisle.
The ringtail Hen Harrier was hunting over the merse from the Saltcot Merse Observatory this morning, and a flock of 20 Fieldfare flew over the Avenue.
It looks like our regular pair of Whooper Swans, 'Paisley' and 'Renfrew' have returned for another year and have brought 5 cygnets with them! They are a tricky pair to identify because they have lost their coloured rings, but Renfrew has a unique diamond bill pattern which sets him apart from the others. We will confirm their identity when we read Paisley's metal ring.
Today's high tide 17:46, 8.3m
Around the reserve today:
Barnacle Geese: 12,000 inc 4 leucistics
Whooper Swans: 67
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 67
Mute Swan 6 + 7 cygnets
Canada Geese 2
Mallard 135
Wigeon 40
Tufted Duck 45
Moorhen 4
Gadwall 1♂
Teal 6
Folly Pond
Green-winged Teal 1♂
Teal 290
Wigeon 50
Moorhen 3
Teal Pond
Coot 1
Avenue Tower
Great Egret 1 (seen 17/10/16)
Barnacle Geese 6000+
Wigeon 100 (merse)
Teal 130 (merse)
Lapwing 400+ (merse)
Peregrine 1
Sparrowhawk 1♂
Linnet 10
Lesser Redpoll 2
Goldfinch 20
Longhorn Cattle 3
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Barnacle Geese 6000+
Peregrine 1
Merlin 1
Sparrowhawk 1
Rintail 1
Kestrel 1
Pink footed Geese 300+
Greylag Geese 20
Canada Goose 300
Pintail 200+
Wigeon 200+
Dunlin 200+
Golden Plover 100+
Knot 200+
Hebridean Sheep 12
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Yellow-browed Warbler (heard calling 17/10/16)
Redwing
Fieldfare
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldcrest
Chiffchaff
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
Redpoll
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Song Thrush
Great-spotted Woodpecker
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Osprey Webcam
The winter webcam is now showing the Whooper Pond. The first few Whooper Swans have already shown up and later in the winter we enjoy the superb spectacle of up to 300 of them along with a variety of wild ducks and geese at feed times - 11:00 and 14:00 daily
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