Reserve Update Thursday 9th February
Wader numbers are looking good on the Folly Pond with 54 redshank, 19 black-tailed godwit, 25 lapwing and 7 oystercatchers there fist thing. The yellowhammers and reed buntings continue to appear in the hawthorn trees on the way down to the Peter Scott Observatory. Good views of the female merlin and the hybrid barnacle goose from the Avenue Tower yesterday afternoon so keep your eyes peeled for them if visiting today.
Todays high tide is at 10:59, 8.9m
Around the reserve today:
Barnacle Geese: C7000
Whooper Swans: 134
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 134
Mute Swan 37
Mallard 54
Wigeon 59
Tufted Duck 11
Gadwall 1 ♂
Teal 5
Canada Geese 30
Greylag Geese 2
Moorhen 12
Oystercatcher 2
Little Egret 1
Folly Pond
Green-winged Teal 1 ♂
Teal 250+
Wigeon 285
Shoveler 33
Shelduck 1
Mallard 16
Moorhen 3
Redshank 54
Black-tailed Godwit 19
Lapwing 25
Pintail 5
Oystercatcher 7
Teal Pond
Otter 1 - 08/02/17
Little Grebe 1
Moorhen 3
Mallard 8
Shoveler 2
Wigeon 26
Teal 14
Coot 1
Avenue Tower
Wigeon 200
Teal 300
Shoveler 4
Pintail 2
Redshank 1
Lapwing 188
Golden Plover 50
Black-tailed Godwit 4
Curlew 1
Little Egret 1
Shelduck 1
Longhorn Cattle 3
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Peregrine 1
Merlin 1
Sparrowhawk
Kestrel 1
Hen Harrier 1
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
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/
rhiannon.hatfield@wwt.org.uk
