Latest Sightings - 3rd March - Yellowhammer singing!
A drizzly start to the day, and the birds are making the most of the flooded fields rather than the ponds!
We have started to see more Brown Hares around the reserve lately, and it is feeling a bit more spring-like with Yellowhammers singing opposite the Peter Scott Observatory.
Todays high tide is at 15:29, 9.4m
Around the reserve today:
Barnacle Geese: 7000 inc 1 hybrid
Whooper Swans: 125
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 125
Mute Swan 40
Mallard 15
Wigeon 40
Tufted Duck 15
Canada Geese 5
Moorhen 4
Oystercatcher 2
Folly Pond
Teal 300
Green-winged Teal 1 ♂
Wigeon 500
Shoveler 20
Pintail 10
Mallard 20
Moorhen 3
Black-tailed Godwit 100
Redshank 60
Curlew 50
Oystercatcher 2
Teal Pond
Little Grebe 2
Coot 1
Gadwall 2
Mallard 3
Wigeon 4
Teal 5
Avenue Tower
Wigeon 220
Teal 150
Shoveler 9
Lapwing 100+
Little Egret 7
Black-headed Gull 2
Oystercatcher 1
Longhorn Cattle 3
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Peregrine 2
Merlin 2
Sparrowhawk
Kestrel 1
Hen Harrier 2
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
Twite
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/
joe.bilous@wwt.org.uk
