Monday August 8th
Reserve looking pretty much as yesterday, with the Green Sandpiper again at The Whooper Pond and showing well from The Peter Scott Observatory. Three Snipe also in the vicinity. Yesterday the young Marsh Harrier was quite active out over the merse from Saltcot Merse Observatory. There are now flocks of feral geese around, with hundreds each of both Canada and Greylag. In only about a month's time there will be wild Pinkfeet, and we may expect to see our first Pintail any day soon...!
Today's high tide 16:35, 8.4m
Around the reserve today:
Wildflowers
Red Clover
White Clover
Red Campion
Foxglove
Yellow Rattle
Meadow Buttercup
Common Birds-foot Trefoil
Greater Birds-foot Trefoil
Forget-me-not
Germander Speedwell
Meadowsweet
Insects
Common Blue Damselfly
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Azure Damselfly
Large Red Damselfly
Four-spotted Chaser Dragonfly
Common Darter Dragonfly
Small Heath Butterfly
Meadow Brown Butterfly
Ringlet Butterfly
Red Admiral Butterfly
Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly
Whooper Pond
Mallard 47
Moorhen 2 + 1 chick
Cormorant 1
Grey Heron 1
Green Sandpiper 1
Snipe 3
Roe Deer 1
Folly Pond
Mallard 36
Teal 4
Curlew 120+
Lapwing 5
Snipe 1
Black-tailed Godwit 2
Moorhen 3
House Martins
Sand Martins
Swallows
Teal Pond
Little Grebe 1
Mallard 11
Moorhen 2
Mute Swan 1
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Common Blue Damselfly
Large Red Damselfly
Four-spotted Chaser Dragonfly
Common Darter Dragonfly
Avenue Tower
Mute Swan 4
Mute swan 2 + 7 large cygnets
Canada Geese 110
Brown Hare 5
Longhorn Cattle 3
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Sedge Warbler
Blackcap
Swallow
House Martin
Sand Martin
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Song Thrush
Great-spotted Woodpecker
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Osprey Webcam
See live footage of our local Osprey nest here: http://www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/caerlaverock/experience/webcam/
The camera is online between 10am and 5pm daily.
The chicks have now fledged so are flying around the local area with their parents learning how to catch fish. They do return to the nest periodically to eat their catch so keep an eye out for them.
This year the chicks have been fitted with satellite tags so we will have a regular blog update as they make their migration south in a few weeks!
steven.cooper@wwt.org.uk
