Reserve Update Wednesday 8th June
Visitors today were rewarded with a circling osprey above the centre, obviously on its way out to the Nith.
Elsewhere the hedgerows are blooming well with hawthorn and dog rose abundant. Great for the bumblebees and butterflies!
Today's high tide is at 15:30 9.2m
Around the reserve today:
Wildflowers
Cuckoo Flower
Red Campion
Foxglove
Northern Marsh Orchid
Twayblade Orchid
Yellow Rattle
Whooper Pond
Mallard 39
Mute Swan 2 + 7 cygnets
Oystercatcher 2
Folly Pond
Mallard 4 + 4 ducklings
Moorhen 2 + 2 chicks
House Martins
Teal Pond
Mallard 3
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Common Blue Damselfly
Large Red Damselfly
Four-spotted Chaser Dragonfly
Avenue Tower
Teal 1
Mallard 2
Gadwall 3
Mute Swan 2 - with 5 cygnets
Black-headed Gull 2 - 1 pair still nesting
Lapwing 1
Oystercatcher 1
Grey Heron 3
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Reed Warbler
Garden Warbler
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Blackcap
Whitethroat
Swallow
Sand Martin
House 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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