Sightings 09/12/2016
A bit of a wet start to the day, however, a nice influx of Whooper Swans with 160 birds coming into the feed this morning. This gave us a chance to read some leg rings and 3 new birds were picked out. Orange YPJ & ZFJ were a new pair in with two cygnets and yellow Z7G is one of our named swans - Charners.
Elsewhere on the reserve 68 Black-tailed Godwits continue to roost on the Folly pond along with good numbers of Teal.
A single Scaup was amongst the Tufted ducks on the Whooper pond.
Todays high tide is at 19:24, 7.9m.
Around the reserve today:
Barnacle Geese: 6,000
Whooper Swans: 140
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 160
Mute Swan 38
Mallard 180
Wigeon 80
Tufted Duck 25
Moorhen 6
Gadwall 1
Teal 12
Scaup 1
Canada Geese 112
Folly Pond
Green-winged Teal 1♂
Teal 80
Wigeon 168
Shoveler 20
Black-tailed Godwit 68
Redshank 2
Moorhen 4
Teal Pond
Teal 3
Mallard 3
Moorhen 2
Avenue Tower
Wigeon 12
Teal 19
Shoveler 7
Longhorn Cattle 3
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Peregrine 1
Merlin 2
Sparrowhawk 1
Hen Harrier 2♂
Kestrel 1
Pink footed Geese 300+
Greylag Geese 20
Canada Goose 300
Pintail 200+
Wigeon 200+
Dunlin 200+
Golden Plover 100+
Knot 200+
Hebridean Sheep 12
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Redwing
Fieldfare
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldcrest
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
Redpoll
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/
The first few Whooper Swans have already shown up and later in the winter we enjoy the superb spectacle of up to 300 of them along with a variety of wild ducks and geese at feed times - 11:00 and 14:00 daily
Daniel.gornall@wwt.org.uk
