Accessibility during autumn and winter

During the colder months, the reserve can be wet and muddy so waterproof footwear is recommended. Those with limited mobility or using push wheelchairs may find traversing the Avenue and Saltcot Loaning unsuitable. Please call us on 01387 770200 for more info.

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Latest Sightings - Sat 24th September - Great Egret still here

The Great Egret has popped in on the Folly Pond this morning before heading back out onto the merse.

The Folly is definitely the place to be, with great numbers of duck and waders out there!

Today's high tide 19:21, 7.8m


Around the reserve today:

Whooper Pond
Mute Swan 3
Mallard 130
Wigeon 2
Tufted Duck 3
Moorhen 2

Folly Pond
Teal 590
Wigeon 339
Mallard 4
Snipe 6
Shoveler 38
Black-tailed Godwit 58
Greenshank 4
Curlew 36

Teal Pond
Mallard 2
Gadwall 3
Moorhen 4
Coot 1

Avenue Tower
Mute Swan 1
Mallard 20
Teal 30
Longhorn Cattle 3

Saltcot Merse Observatory
Great Egret 1 - briefly on Folly Pond @10am
Barnacle Geese 36
Mute Swan 12
Pink footed Geese 50
Canada Goose 300
Lapwing 50
Peregrine 1
Hebridean Sheep 12

Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)

Swallow
House Martin
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldcrest
Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff
Common Whitethroat
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
Redpoll
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Song Thrush
Great-spotted Woodpecker

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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.

You can also ‘Like’ us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/wwtcaerlaverock.

Osprey Webcam

The Ospreys have now fledged and are not returning to the nest very often so we will soon be starting our blog as we follow the satellite tagged chicks on their first migration.

As October approaches we will hopefully be switching to our winter webcam showing the Whooper Pond, where some 300 Whooper Swans will spend the winter.

joe.bilous@wwt.org.uk

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