Reserve Update Thursday 15th December
Another lovely morning, although the darker start seemed to confuse some of the Whooper Swans who were a little late leaving the Folly Pond to head over to the Whooper Pond. Numbers of Whoopers are staying around the 150 mark with newcomers still arriving. Today we had Orange YDJ (Clara) join us.
Elsewhere there are ten Pintail on the Folly Pond and large numbers of Wigeon. The drake American Wigeon dropped into the pond at dusk last night but has since moved on and no sign so far this morning. A lucky few yesterday witnessed the passage of 30 Waxwings down the Saltcot Loaning, always one to keep an eye out for!
Todays high tide is at 12:55, 9.9m
Around the reserve today:
Barnacle Geese: 7000
Whooper Swans: 149
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 149
Mute Swan 41
Mallard 89
Wigeon 35
Tufted Duck 11
Moorhen 4
Gadwall 1
Teal 4
Scaup 1
Canada Geese 106
Greylag x Canada hybrid 1
Folly Pond
Green-winged Teal 1♂
Teal 91
Wigeon 314
Shoveler 14
Black-tailed Godwit 131
Lapwing 1
Pintail 10
Moorhen 3
Mallard 22
Teal Pond
Teal 1
Mallard 3
Gadwall 2
Wigeon 11
Avenue Tower
Wigeon 151
Teal 71
Shoveler 2
Goosander 1
Pintail 1
Grey Heron 1
Lapwing 2
Gadwall 1
Longhorn Cattle 3
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Peregrine 1
Merlin 2
Sparrowhawk 1
Hen Harrier 2♂
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)
Redwing
Fieldfare
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldcrest
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
Redpoll
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Great-spotted Woodpecker
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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/
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
rhiannon.hatfield@wwt.org.uk
