Latest Sightings - 6th October - Influx overnight!
A massive influx of birds overnight means we now have 63 Whooper Swans split between the Whooper Pond and the Folly Pond. A few families of Whoopers have already made the trip down from Iceland.
There are also hundreds of Pink-footed Geese resting on the Solway mud, clearly they have just flown in from the north!
Named Whooper Swan arrivals:
ZHP - Andrew K & YFZ - Ruth C A pair with 5 cygnets
YFS - Obi Swan Kenobi & YHZ - Princess Layer (probably, but she has lost her coloured darvic ring)
YSJ - Sheldon Whooper
YTG - Jack
Z6L - Rooby & Z7S Bowie A pair with 1 cygnet
Today's high tide is at 13:25, 9.6m
Whooper Swans: 63
Barnacle Geese: 201
Around the reserve:
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 29
Mute Swan 20
Mallard 147
Gadwall 1♂
Tufted Duck 20
Wigeon 3
Canada Geese 1
Greylag Geese 2
Folly Pond
Whooper Swan 34
Teal 500+
Shoveler 10
Black-tailed Godwit 10
Redshank 15
Greenshank 1
Teal Pond
Mute Swan 2
Moorhen 1
Gadwall 7
Avenue Tower
Mute Swan 2 & 1 cygnet
Grey Heron 1
Wigeon 4
Roe Deer 2
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Kestrel
Buzzard
Peregrine
Hen Harrier - ringtail
Mute Swan 18
Linnets - flocks of up to 60
Barnacle Geese 201
Pink-footed Geese 1000+
Roe Deer 5
Hebridean Sheep 10
Longhorn Cattle 2
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Great-spotted Woodpecker
Chiffchaff
Blackcap
Goldcrest
Webcam
The winter webcam is now showing the Whooper Pond during the day and the badger feeding area from 5pm onwards.
http://www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/caerlaverock/experience/webcam/
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