Caerlaverock news
Yellowhammer increase - but cash only in the Visitor Centre
Opening times:10am - 5pm every day except Christmas DayDue to network problems we are unable to process card payments at this time. If you plan to visit, please bring cash with you. We apologies for the inconvenience.Over 25 Yellowhammers are feeding in t
7 February 2019
Wader Weekend starts today, Happy World Wetlands Day!
Opening times:10am - 5pm every day except Christmas DayToday is the start of our two day Wader Weekend, see above for timings.It is another frosty morning, but the sun is shining. Again, the Whooper Pond and Folly Pond are the only open water available so
2 February 2019
Wader Weekend Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd February
1 February 2019
Another frosty day
Opening times:10am - 5pm every day except Christmas DayAnother frosty start to the day with the Reserve looking like a winter wonderland. Both the Whoopers and Barnacle Geese were late leaving their respective roosting sites with the Barnies travelling t
31 January 2019
Cold, crisp morning
Opening times:10am - 5pm every day except Christmas DayIt is a cold, crisp start to the day with lots of frozen ponds. This means that Whooper Pond is busier than normal with a good range of species present including two drake Pintail. The Green-winged
30 January 2019
Latest Sightings - Saturday 26th January
Opening times: 10am - 5pm every day except Christmas DayA flock of 688 Lapwing are using the site at the moment. They are in the Corner Field just now but have also been at the Avenue Tower. A Golden Plover & 4 Dunlin mixed in with them.Now the fields hav
26 January 2019
Latest Sightings - Friday 25th January - Happy Burn's Day!
Opening times: 10am - 5pm every day except Christmas DayThe reserve has finally thawed after two days of hard frost and mist. We have been able to get out with the tractor to manage some of the rush on site, where it has begun to dominate in the Flood Gro
25 January 2019
Latest Sightings - Wednesday 23rd January - Whoopers in the mist
Opening times: 10am - 5pm every day except Christmas DayA hard frost last night has covered the reserve with ice. The Whooper Pond and Folly Pond are the only areas of open water on the site so most of the birds are using them. The Barnacle Geese are prob
23 January 2019
Latest Sightings - Saturday 12th January
Opening times: 10am - 5pm every day except Christmas Day No sign of the Green-winged Teal yet this morning, but it could still be around. Not as many Teal on the Folly Pond first thing, so it could have moved to the Flood Ground or Teal Pond. A large floc
12 January 2019
Latest Sightings - Friday 11th January - Green-winged Teal is back
Opening times: 10am - 5pm every day except Christmas Day The drake Green-winged Teal has reappeared on the Folly Pond today, currently best viewed from Sharp's Lookout. Named Whooper Swan arrivals: YHS - Solway Siren Lost Darvic - Hagar YJL - Linda H YSJ
11 January 2019
Latest Sightings - Wednesday 9th January
Opening times: 10am - 5pm every day except Christmas Day A frosty and sunny start to the day, with plenty of geese in the fields. The swans are doing their best to break the ice in the Whooper Pond which the ducks seem grateful for! Named Whooper Swan ar
9 January 2019
Reserve Update Monday 7th January
Blustery start to the day but this is proving ideal for wader watching. Mixed flock of over 300 Golden Plover and Lapwing in the Lochar field. This field has also been good recently for Redshank, Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit and Dunlin so do have a sca
7 January 2019
Latest Sightings - Saturday 5th January
Still no sign of the Green-winged Teal since it was seen on the 2nd January. The two Greater Scaup are still on the Whooper Pond, one of them appears to have some Tufted Duck in it's ancestry as it shows a Tufted Duck bill (completely dark tip, as opposed
5 January 2019
Reserve Update Thursday 3rd January
Happy New Year to everyone. Cooler start to 2019 which has drawn the smaller birds back into the Avenues, Treecreeper seen down Saltcot Loaning as well as Yellowhammers and Reed Bunting back in front of the Peter Scott Observatory. Two male Hen Harrie
3 January 2019
Reserve Update Monday 31st December
Usual suspects around this morning, waders in the fields, ducks on the ponds and Yellowhammers in the hedgerow! Hen Harriers were around yesterday with two male birds observed foraging over the outer merses. Tomorrow we will be holding our annual New
31 December 2018