Latest Sightings - 12th August - Bioblitz today - free event for all!
Join us between 10am - 5pm today for our Bioblitz event to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve (part of which we manage). We will try to find and identify as many species as possible in a day.
This is a free event for all!
Todays high tide is at 16:04, 8.9m
Around the reserve today:
Wildflowers
Elder flower
Dog Rose
Red Campion
Herb Robert
Common Vetch
Tufted Vetch
Forget-me-not
Mousear
Red Clover
Yellow Rattle
Insects
Peacock Butterfly
Large White Butterfly
Meadow Brown Butterfly
Ringlet Butterfly
Common Blue Butterfly
Small Tortoiseshell
Large Red Damselfly
Common Blue Damselfly
Four Spotted Chaser Dragonfly
Common Darter Dragonfly
Early Bumblebee
Tree Bumblebee
Common Carder Bumblebee
Red-tailed Bumblebee
Beefly
Drinker Moth caterpillar
Mammals
Brown Hare
Weasel - family with 4 young
Roe Deer - with fawns
Fox
Badger
Otter
Soprano Pipistrelle Bat - evening
Wood Mouse
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 1
Mallard 40
Teal 3
Shoveler 1
Moorhen 2
Folly Pond
Mallard 19
Teal 36
Grey Heron 1
Black-tailed Godwit 9
Greenshank 1
Curlew 90
Snipe 3
Canada Geese 17
Starling 300+
Moorhen 2
House Martins - 39 nests on Farmhouse Tower (youngsters now flying)
Teal Pond
Swallows nesting in hide
Mallard 6
Gadwall 2
Teal 4
Moorhen 2
Avenue Tower
Mallard 15
Teal 27
Mute Swan 2 & cygnet
Little Grebe 1
Brown Hare 1
Roe Deer 2
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Peregrine
Kestrel
Osprey - 1 feeding on driftwood out on mud
Buzzard
Swallows
Skylarks
Whooper Swan 1
Linnets - flocks of up to 60
Canada Geese 100+
Greylag Geese 50+
Roe Deer 5
Hebridean Sheep 10
Longhorn Cattle 3
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Great-spotted Woodpecker
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Blackcap
Twitter & Facebook
Follow us on Twitter @WWTCaerlaverock for instant WWT Caerlaverock bird news, wildlife news and upcoming events to your mobile phone or computer. This is a great way to get instant news as we update from our mobile phones as we are finding the birds.
You can also ‘Like’ us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/wwtcaerlaverock.
Osprey Webcam
See live footage of our local Osprey nest here: http://www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/caerlaverock/experience/ospreys/
The camera is online between 10am and 5pm daily.
joe.bilous@wwt.org.uk
