Latest Sightings - 21st January - slight frost & lots of birds!

21 January 2017

It's a stunning morning on the reserve! A light frost has kept more swans here with 205 Whooper Swans on the Whooper Pond right now.

The bright sunshine makes it hard to count the Folly Pond until later in the morning, but we can make out plenty of ducks on there.

Todays high tide is at 06:33, 7.4m

Around the reserve today:

Barnacle Geese: 7000

Whooper Swans: 205

Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 205
Mute Swan 50
Mallard 190
Wigeon 90
Tufted Duck 14
Gadwall 1 ♂
Teal 5
Canada Geese 190
Moorhen 10
Oystercatcher 2 - prospecting for nesting sites

Folly Pond
Green-winged Teal 1♂
Teal 130
Wigeon 90
Shoveler 8
Shelduck 2
Black-tailed Godwit 50+
Little Egret 2
Mallard 25
Moorhen 3

Teal Pond
Wigeon 2
Teal 10
Mallard 1
Moorhen 3

Avenue Tower
American Wigeon 1 ♂ - possibly here, could also be on the Folly Pond...
Wigeon 750+
Teal 500+
Shoveler 7
Pintail 3
Whooper Swan 3
Greylag Geese 20
Curlew 35
Lapwing 15
Little Egret 9
Longhorn Cattle 3

Saltcot Merse Observatory
Peregrine 1
Merlin 1
Sparrowhawk
Kestrel 1
Hen Harrier 1
Pintail
Wigeon
Dunlin
Golden Plover
Grey Plover
Knot
Hebridean Sheep 12

Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Reed Bunting
Yellowhammer
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldcrest
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
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/