Reserve Update Thursday 9th November
Lovely start to the morning today and what a change from yesterday. Whooper swan numbers for the Swan feeds are now regularly up to 90 birds with the cold snap at the beginning of the week encouraging them in. A few more named birds are in so please see below. The drake Pintail is once again on the Teal Pond and a second drake Pintail is asleep on the Flood Ground. The hybrid Barnacle Goose is in the Lochar field. A mixed flock of 50 Fieldfare and Redwing are roving along the Avenue. The Great White Egret is once again visible on the merse, quite close in to Saltcot Observatory first thing.
Named Whooper Swan arrivals:
YHS - Solway Siren
ZHP - Andrew K & YFZ - Ruth C A pair with 5 cygnets
YFS - Obi Swan Kenobi & YHZ - Princess Layer ( but she has lost her coloured darvic ring)
YSJ - Sheldon Whooper
YTG - Jack
Z6L - Rooby & Z7S - Bowie A pair with 1 cygnet
Z9F - Hendrick & Z6T - PP A pair with 1 cygnet
YRG - Lucky Linda
YSU - Nye
YPA - Eleanor
YSF - Topsy
YJL - Linda H
YTC - Margaret Ruth
APR - Elsie Barbara & YFB - Eric Anthony
ZGJ - Balthazar & YFP - BekahJo
YKJ- Hagar (lost coloured darvic ring)
YHV - Wowsie
YHD - Fionnaghal
Z4A - Argyll
YRK - Gylfi
YRN - Douglas Flintoff
YJF - Professor Sponge
YPK - Euan David
(Lost coloured ring) - New York Lady
ZDL - Rose (in with her mate and 2 cygnets)
YDK - Rowenna (in with a mate and 1 cygnet)
Z5N - Andy
Today's high tide is at 15:47, 8.9m.
Whooper Swans: 200 in the local area
Barnacle Geese: around 5,000
Around the reserve:
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 104
Mute Swan 63
Mallard 188
Gadwall 1
Tufted Duck 50
Wigeon 107
Teal 5
Canada Geese 85
Moorhen 1
Folly Pond
Teal 500
Shoveler 23
Wigeon 400
Mallard 4
Black-tailed Godwit 30
Redshank 4
Teal Pond
Coot 1
Mallard 20
Gadwall 10
Wigeon 20
Pintail 1
Moorhen 1
Avenue Tower
Hen Harrier 1 (female/juv)
Mute Swan 3
Wigeon 82
Teal 58
Shoveler 12
Pintail 1
Greylag Geese 23
Pink-footed Geese 1
Curlew 29
Lapwing 9
Little Egret 1
Roe Deer 5
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Great White Egret 1
Kestrel
Buzzard 1
Peregrine 2 adults (pair)
Merlin 1
Marsh Harrier 1 juv
Hen Harrier Male and Ringtail
Mute Swan 18
Barnacle Geese 7,500+ (leucistic 1)
Pink-footed Geese 2000+
Shelduck 1000+
Pintail 860
Red-breasted Merganser 6
Teal 20
Wigeon 140
Golden Plover 530
Dunlin 500
Lapwing 485
Oystercatcher 1570
Curlew 10
Little Egret 6
Cormorant 6
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
Goldcrest
Redwing
Fieldfare
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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