Reserve Update Wednesday 8th February - Otter back again!
The otter was back fishing on the Teal Pond first thing this morning....with displaying Teal at the back of the pond seemingly unaware of it! Once again good numbers of lapwing and golden plover visible from the Avenue Tower, alas still no American Wigeon visible mixed in with the flocks of Eurasian Wigeon down there.
Todays high tide is at 10:01, 8.5m
Around the reserve today:
Barnacle Geese: C7000
Whooper Swans: 136
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 136
Mute Swan 49
Mallard 37
Wigeon 59
Tufted Duck 8
Gadwall 1 ♂
Teal 5
Canada Geese 41
Greylag Geese 2
Moorhen 5
Oystercatcher 2
Little Grebe 1
Folly Pond
Green-winged Teal 1 ♂
Teal 80
Wigeon 150
Shoveler 12
Shelduck 2
Mallard 30
Moorhen 5
Teal Pond
Otter 1
Little Grebe 1
Moorhen 6
Mallard 5
Shoveler 2
Wigeon 10
Teal 11
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
