Sightings 23/03/2017
It looks like yesterdays bad weather has passed through and the forecast is looking really good for this afternoon and the next few days.
There has been a lot of Whooper Swan movement country wide over the last few days, we had a departure of birds overnight on Tuesday with around 37 remaining for the feeds. However, we could see more swans drop in over the next few days as birds from further south move up the country.
The single drake Garganey was see again on the 21st, this time on the back pond so could easily still be skulking about in any of the pools on reserve. Also the Green-winged Teal is still hanging around on the folly pond.
A flock of c1000 Golden Plover are still using the fields around the avenue tower, showing a range of plumage from winter to summer. A Turnstone was found in this flock on Tuesday, quite a rare bird for the reserve with it being the complete wrong habitat. Other waders include 56 Redshank using the folly pond.
Todays high tide is at 8:28, 7.2m
Around the reserve today:
Barnacle Geese: 6,000
Whooper Swans: 107
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 37
Mute Swan 34
Mallard 30
Wigeon 20
Tufted Duck 30
Canada Geese 6
Moorhen 3
Oystercatcher 2
Folly Pond
Teal 160
Green-winged Teal 1 ♂
Wigeon 180
Shoveler 54
Mallard 11
Moorhen 3
Redshank 37
Black-tailed Godwit 8
Teal Pond
Coot 1
Mallard 2
Teal 6
Gadwall 10
Wigeon 8
Moorhen 1
Avenue Tower
Wigeon 100
Teal 200
Shoveler 9
Lapwing 20+
Little Egret 3
Black-headed Gull 8
Golden Plover 100
Redshank 20
Oystercatcher 2
Mallard 1
Tufted Duck 6
Pintail 2
Goosander 1♂
Longhorn Cattle 3
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Peregrine
Sparrowhawk
Kestrel
Pintail
Wigeon
Dunlin (on rising/high tide)
Golden Plover (on rising/high tide)
Grey Plover (on rising/high tide)
Knot (on rising/high tide)
Hebridean Sheep 12
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Water Rail
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 webcam is 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/
Daniel.Gornall@wwt.org.uk
