Monday May 29th
A bit wet today, must be a bank holiday for some... As expected the Ospreys have begun to hatch after their 35 day incubation, with the first of what we hope will become three appearing on camera yesterday. A few Lapwing and Oystercatcher chicks about, the former largely on the merses. Black-headed Gulls are still sitting, as are Oystercatchers. It's been gratifying to see the uptake of the new nest rafts. A Wood Sandpiper was on the recently inundated merse yesterday but very distant.
Todays high tide is at 15:49, 9.4m
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 27
Moorhen 2
Folly Pond
Mallard 9 + lots of ducklings
Gadwall 4
Moorhen 2 + 2 chicks
Shelduck 4
Black-tailed Godwit 1
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.
steven.cooper@wwt.org.uk
