Latest Sightings - 27th May
A cooler start to the day, with more of a breeze than yesterday.
The Avenues are alive with bird song, and a lot of recently fledged Blackbirds, Robins, Blackcaps and many more!
Another big tide this afternoon could be worth a look. The heat haze we had yesterday might not be so bad as it is cooler today.
Todays high tide is at 14:09, 9.9m
Around the reserve today:
Wildflowers
Hawthorn
Guelder Rose
Ramsons
Red Campion
Cuckoo Flower
Bluebells
Herb Robert
Northern March Orchids
Common Spotted Orchid
Lesser Trefoil
Common Vetch
Tufted Vetch
Forget-me-not
Mousear
Insects
Peacock Butterfly
Large White Butterfly
Orange Tip 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
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 2
Mute Swan 1
Mallard 14
Moorhen 1
Folly Pond
Mallard 9 + lots of ducklings
Moorhen 2 + 2 chicks
Shelduck 4
Black-tailed Godwit 3
Mute Swan 2
Oystercatcher 2 - nesting on the raft
Black-headed Gull 2
House Martins collecting mud and nest building on Farmhouse Tower
Teal Pond
Mute Swan 1 - nesting
Grey Heron 1
Swallows - sitting on eggs on the left hand side - enter slowly and quietly
Oystercatcher 1 - nesting on raft
Avenue Tower
Mute Swan 2 & 1 cygnet
Lapwing 8 - nesting
Black-headed Gull 10 - nesting
Shelduck 2
Mallard 15
Gadwall 1
Greylag Goose 1
Moorhen 1
Longhorn Cattle 3
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Peregrine
Kestrel
Osprey
Buzzard
Skylarks singing
Hebridean Sheep 10
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.
joe.bilous@wwt.org.uk
