Reserve update Wed Feb 10th
A beautiful bright, calm and crisp day. 14 Little Egrets today is a reserve record. The Flood Ground especially looks great in the low winter sun, with a good variety of duck in good numbers, wspecially Teal and Wigeon of course. Decent nos. of Whoopers and Barnacles as of recent days. The sought-after Snow Goose has been seen at Netherwood Mains, between here and Dumfries a short while ago; similarly there are a few smaller flocks of Whooper Swans off reserve giving an area total of over 200
Today's high spring tide is at 13:27, 10.0m
Around the reserve today:
Barnacle Geese: C7000
Whooper Swans: 162
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 162
Mute Swan 58
Greater Scaup 1♂
Mallard 40
Tufted Duck 40
Wigeon 30
Canada Geese 65
Greylag Geese 2
Oystercatcher 3
Folly Pond
Teal 250
Wigeon 115
Mallard 10
Shoveler 6
Lapwing 200
Redshank 40
Oystercatcher 4
Roe Deer 4
Peter Scott Trail
Water Rail 3
Teal Pond
Little Grebe 1 - moulting into summer plumage
Avenue Tower
Teal 400
Wigeon 600
Shoveler 5
Mallard 35
Goosander 1♂
Roe Deer 2
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Barnacle Geese
Peregrine 2
Merlin 1
Hen Harrier 1♂
Little Egret 4
Roe Deer 6
Over the high tide
Dunlin 3000
Knot 2000
Pintail 1000
Shelduck 3000
Oystercatcher 500
Golden Plover 500
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Yellowhammer
Reed Bunting
Brambling
Sparrowhawk
Skylark
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Great-spotted Woodpecker
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