Latest Sightings - 8th July - Details of road closure in Bankend next week
If you are planning to visit in the next month, please be aware of an up-coming road closure in Bankend village.
These are the details we have at the moment:
In the first week, the road will be open on Monday (10/07) and Tuesday (11/07) but will be closed from Wednesday (12/07) in preparing for the piling plant to be set up.
The second and third weeks the road will be closed during working hours (roughly 7am - 5pm). It should be noted that the road will only be closed to traffic when it is considered unsafe for the public to access due to specific site operation.
The fourth week will be a full road closure.
There will be a diversion in place which goes via Dumfries
For up-to-date information please see the link: http://www.caerlaverock.org.uk/road-closure-bankend/?doing_wp_cron=1499344040.8483240604400634765625
The Mandarin and Garganey ducks are likely still here, the Flood Ground and Lochar Fields are the best places to look for them.
Todays high tide is at 12:51, 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 - with 4 chicks on the left hand side and above entrance - enter slowly and quietly
Gadwall - Female and 2 ducklings
Moorhen 2
Mallard 3 - with ducklings
Avenue Tower
Black-headed Gull 10
Lapwing 100
Greylag Goose 4
Teal 50
Brown Hare 5
Roe Deer 2
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
