Latest Sightings - 21st July
Another wet morning on the reserve, so waterproofs and wellies would be recommended.
Autumn wader passage could start at any minute, and we have some good muddy margins on the Folly Pond so do keep your eyes peeled. A juvenile Wimbrel was in the Corner Field on Wednesday.
Our local Osprey chicks will be taking their maiden flights very soon. Keep an eye on the webcam! Once they have left the nest we will see them more often perched on the merse learning to fish with their father!
Our Osprey chicks have now been ringed by Forestry Commission Scotland two males & one female. All blue rings with numbers PY5 ♂, PY6 ♂, PY7 ♀. PY5 & PY7 have been fitted with satellite tags so we can watch their progress south in the autumn.
Todays high tide is at 11:04, 8.8m
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
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
Mute Swan 2 plus 4 cygnets
Mallard 29
Canada Goose 1
Folly Pond
Mallard 25 - with ducklings
Moorhen 4
Black - headed Gull 2
Grey Heron 5
Oystercatcher 2
House Martins - 39 nests on Farmhouse Tower
Teal Pond
Swallows
Gadwall 4
Moorhen 2
Mallard 3
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
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
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.
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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.
joe.bilous@wwt.org.uk
