Reserve Update Wednesday 14th December
A cracking start to the morning with flights of curlew and barnacle geese illuminated by a stunning sunrise. No sign of the American Wigeon so far to day but he flew in late yesterday afternoon and stayed to dusk. The drake Green-winged Teal is at his usual spot on the Folly Pond and is joined by good numbers of Black-Tailed Godwit and Wigeon.
Two Scaup are present on the Whooper pond, there is still a drake Goosander on the Flood Ground and the hawthorns down the Avenue were alive with the sound of Long-tailed Tits.
Todays high tide is at 11:57, 9.8m
Around the reserve today:
Barnacle Geese: 6,000
Whooper Swans: 159
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 159
Mute Swan 41
Mallard 89
Wigeon 47
Tufted Duck 18
Moorhen 1
Gadwall 1
Teal 6
Scaup 2
Canada Geese 62
Folly Pond
Green-winged Teal 1♂
Teal 121
Wigeon 314
Shoveler 16
Black-tailed Godwit 131
Lapwing 1
Curlew 1
Pintail 1
Moorhen 4
Mallard 13
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
