Latest Sightings - 14th July
A cooler start to the day, but the meadow is still alive with butterflies and dragonflies. The wildflowers are in bloom and it is well worth a walk along the mown path.
A Little Grebe has appeared on the Flood Ground this morning and there is still at least one Redstart at the Saltcot Merse Observatory.
Keep an eye out for a Roe Deer at the Avenue Tower with two fawns running around her.
The bridge at Bankend will be open until Monday, when it will be closed between 7am and 5pm. The diversion is via Dumfries.
Todays high tide is at 16:26, 8.5m
Around the reserve today:
Wildflowers
Elder flower
Guelder Rose
Dog Rose
Red Campion
Cuckoo Flower
Herb Robert
Northern March Orchids
Common Spotted Orchid
Lesser Trefoil
Common Vetch
Tufted Vetch
Forget-me-not
Mousear
Red Clover
White Clover
Yellow Rattle
Insects
Peacock Butterfly
Large White Butterfly
Green-veined White 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
Roe Deer
Fox
Badger
Otter
Soprano Pipistrelle Bat - evening
Wood Mouse
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 1
Mute Swan 2 plus 4 cygnets
Mallard 29
Canada Goose 1
Greylag Goose 1
Folly Pond
Mallard 8
Moorhen 2 & 2 chicks
Shelduck 6
Oystercatcher 2
Common Sandpiper 1
House Martins nesting on Farmhouse Tower
Teal Pond
Swallows - fledged youngsters sit on the window ledges
Gadwall - Female and 2 ducklings
Moorhen 2
Mallard 3 - with ducklings
Grey Heron 1
Avenue Tower
Lapwing 5
Little Grebe 1
Mallard 6
Curlew 2
Greylag Goose 1
Brown Hare 5
Roe Deer 3 (including 2 fawns)
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Redstart 2
Peregrine
Kestrel
Osprey
Buzzard
Skylarks singing
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
Garden Warbler
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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.
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