Latest Sightings - Saturday 7th July
Don't forget to check out our Osprey nest camera, there are two large chicks on the nest: https://www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/caerlaverock/experience/ospreys/
A Common Sandpiper was on the Flood Ground this morning, along with a Little Egret, Grey Heron and Mallards.
The Folly Pond has a bit more water in it now, very good numbers of Pied Wagtail feeding on the mud.
Today's high tide is at 07:04, 7.9m.
Around the reserve:
Wildflowers
Gorse
Red Campion
Herb Robert
Northern Marsh Orchid
Common Spotted Orchid
Twayblade Orchid
Dog Rose
Yellow Flag Iris
Yellow Rattle
Buttercup
Bird's Foot Trefoil
Lesser Trefoil
White Clover
Red Clover
Insects
Peacock Butterfly
Green-veined White Butterfly
Ringlet Butterfly
Meadow Brown Butterfly
Common Blue Butterfly
Red Admiral Butterfly
Tree Bumblebee
Buff-tailed Bumblebee
Common Carder Bumblebee
White-tailed Bunblebee
Emerald Damselfly
Large Red Damselfly
Four-spot Chaser Dragonfly
Common Blue Damselfly
Azure Damselfly
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Whooper Pond
Mallard 44
Mute Swan 2 plus 6 cygnets (often on Back Pond)
Folly Pond
Mallard 8
Teal 20
Lapwing 5 (including a chick)
Oystercatcher 3 (including a chick)
Moorhen 2 and a chick
Teal Pond
Grey Heron 1
Mallard 4
Avenue Tower
Marsh Harrier
Mute Swan 2 - with 4 cygnets
Mallard 19
Grey Heron 2
Little Egret 1
Common Sandpiper 1
Black-headed Gull 1
Longhorn Cattle 2
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Kestrel
Buzzard
Mute Swan
Shelduck
Mallard
Lapwing
Oystercatcher
Curlew
Little Egret
Great Black-backed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Common Gull
Herring Gull
Hebridean Sheep 9
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Great-spotted Woodpecker
Goldcrest
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Blackcap
Webcam
Watch our Ospreys 10am-5pm every day: https://www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/caerlaverock/experience/ospreys/
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