Latest sightings
Recent sightings
Refuge On the 27 January great sightings were witnessed In the Peninsula Salt Marsh - 20 Twite, 113 Oyster catcher, 30 Turnstone, 4 Ringed Plover, 8 Dunlin, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Black-tail [...]
27 January 2012
Recent Sightings
Reserve. On the 21st January the first signs of spring appeared with 12 shelduck visiting the main lake alongside 12 little egrets. 28 oystercatchers were spotted on the brickworks and on the 22nd [...]
24 January 2012
Recent Sightings
Reserve A pair of red-breasted mergansers are still enjoying residency on the Saline lagoon and have been seen daily along with 3 little grebes, 9 gadwall and 40 oystercatchers. On the 28th [...]
11 January 2012
Recent sightings
Reserve Greenshank and redshank are becoming more regular on the Wader marsh with oystercatcher and lapwing beginning to use the Peninsular salt marsh from December 5th. A pair o [...]
13 December 2011
Recent sightings at Castle Espie
Refuge Light bellied brent now down to 500 within the estuary gathering close to the Limekiln Observatory at high-water. Wigeon similarly reduced to approximately 130 with northern shoveler up to 38, shelduck now approaching 1000 and up to 320 eider regu
24 November 2011
23rd November
Refuge Light bellied brent now down to 500 within the estuary gathering close to the Limekiln Observatory at high-water. Wigeon similarly reduced to approximately 130 with northern shoveler [...]
23 November 2011
Oct 28th update from Castle Espie
Refuge Wigeon and Brent peaked mid month at 780 and 6000 respectively and have started to disperse southwards to pastures new. Shoveler (24 on 27th) and shelduck (260 on 27th) are still arriving, [...]
29 October 2011
Migration news from Castle Espie
Pale bellied Brent, having arrived in record numbers to Strangford this year, are now continuing their journey southwards, refuelled and ready for their next stopover. With a recent drop of 15,000 geese, this week's count was similar to the previous one
28 October 2011
Caerlaverock prepares for return of breeding ospreys
As the geese and swans head north to Spitsbergen and Iceland for the summer, our ospreys are due back from a winter in Africa and hopefully they will breed again successfully this year. We will have live images from the nest beamed to the big screen in th
24 March 2011