Plenty of Grey Herons around the reserve this morning, with one individual doing battle with an eel in Teal Pond. When around Teal Pond and the Summer Walk keep your ears peeled for the distinctive song of the male Reed Buntings. Today's high tide is at
17 June 2016
Swifts overhead the Farmhouse Tower, stoat at entrance to Corner field and swan cygnets on Whooper Pond....not a bad way to start the day! Today's high tide is at 10:24 7.8m Around the reserve today: Wildflowers Cuckoo Flower Red Campion Foxglove Nort
16 June 2016
This mornings excitement saw a kingfisher being mobbed by swallows whilst flying over Teal Pond. The swallows were able to dunk it in the pond once but the kingfisher successfully flew out of the danger zone and perched up at the edge of the pond next t
15 June 2016
The meadow on the summer walk is really starting to come into its own. As well as the numerous northern marsh orchid, the twayblade orchid now has flower stalks and there is yellow rattle, lesser trefoil, red clover and buttercups. This has given th
14 June 2016
The sun is just breaking through the cloud this morning, and it is still very warm despite some rain last night. A large male Fox was causing some disturbance on the Folly Pond first thing. There are a few Roe Deer around the reserve, they should already
12 June 2016
Overcast and drizzly this morning, but still plenty of birds in song. Dragonflies and Damselflies a plenty around the Teal Pond at the start of the Summer Walk. Today's high tide is at 17:54 8.0m Around the reserve today: Wildflowers Cuckoo Flower Red
11 June 2016
Three ravens have decided that the platform out from Avenue Tower towards the Merse is the place to be this morning. Our flock of Hebridean sheep have been moved up to the paddock next to the farmhouse garden to help us graze it down. I am sure they wou
10 June 2016
Lapwing numbers are starting to creep up on Folly Pond with fledglings also present. Interestingly, small numbers of teal have also remained. The moorhen family have constructed a new nest which is best seen from the Farmhouse Tower. Today's high tide
9 June 2016
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
8 June 2016
Another scorcher of a morning. The reserve is getting very dry and managing water levels is getting tricky. The Mute Swan family with 7 cygnets are on the Whooper Pond, the youngsters growing quickly! Today's high tide is at 13:56 9.6m Around the res
7 June 2016
The sun is again shining and the birds are singing! A gang of 10 Grey Herons are on the Flood Ground today suggesting the Heronry has been successful! Today's high tide is at 13:56 9.6m Around the reserve today: Whooper Pond Mallard 58 Mute Swan 2 +
6 June 2016
The black-headed gulls were having a right set-to with three herons that had dared to get too close to the island in the flood ground. There must be chicks on it, we just haven't been able to see them yet due to the vegetation cover. The baby bird count
4 June 2016
Another lovely sunny day on the reserve. The Meadow is growing at a rate of knots, and more Northern Marsh Orchids can now be seen popping their purple heads up. Good numbers of Common Blue, Blue-tailed and Large Red Damselflies are around the Teal Pond,
3 June 2016
Reed Warbler still singing in the Peter Scott Trail, now in the filtration reedbed. Garden Warbler too, along with plenty of young Greenfinches etc around the feed stations. Both Mute Swan broods doing well, with 7 young on the Back Pond and 5 down on the
2 June 2016
A quick wander around the Peter Scott Trail earlier gave sight and sound of both the Reed Warbler and a Garden Warbler. No sign yet of the three Little Grebe chicks at the Teal Pond despite the presence of both adults... Today's high tide is at 18:33
29 May 2016