Reserve Update Thursday 16th March - Garganey returns
A solitary drake Garganey returned to the Folly Pond yesterday afternoon and has been sighted once again this morning, this time using the borrow pit in Corner Field. It is best viewed from the top floor of the Peter Scott Observatory or the small green hide first on the left down the Saltcot Loaning. Elsewhere there are over 100 Golden Plover present down at Avenue Tower showing a large variation in plumages. Whooper swan numbers have crept back up again with a new bird recorded yesterday that had previously been at Welney.
Todays high tide is at 14:33, 9.1m
Garganey picture by Daniel Gornall
Around the reserve today:
Barnacle Geese: 4,000
Whooper Swans: 122
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 122
Mute Swan 30
Mallard 35
Wigeon 31
Tufted Duck 23
Canada Geese 6
Moorhen 3
Oystercatcher 2
Little Egret 1
Garganey 1 ♂ (seen on borrow pit in Corner Field from top of Peter Scott Observatory)
Folly Pond
Teal 160
Green-winged Teal 1 ♂
Wigeon 180
Shoveler 45
Mallard 11
Moorhen 3
Redshank 20
Teal Pond
Coot 1
Mallard 2
Teal 6
Gadwall 5
Wigeon 8
Moorhen 1
Tufted Duck 2
Avenue Tower
Wigeon 100
Teal 220
Shoveler 7
Lapwing 20
Little Egret 8
Black-headed Gull 2
Golden Plover 103
Redshank 1
Oystercatcher 2
Greylag Goose 1
Pink-footed Goose 1
Mallard 1
Tufted Duck 1
Pintail 2
Longhorn Cattle 3
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Peregrine
Merlin
Sparrowhawk
Kestrel
Hen Harrier ?
Pintail
Wigeon
Dunlin (on rising/high tide)
Golden Plover (on rising/high tide)
Grey Plover (on rising/high tide)
Knot (on rising/high tide)
Hebridean Sheep 12
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Water Rail
Reed Bunting
Yellowhammer
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldcrest
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
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/
rhiannon.hatfield@wwt.org.uk
