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Caerlaverock Wetland Centre is a place where the wild world still has the power to touch, thrill and inspire.
From dawn to dusk, from January to December, in fair weather and in foul, its open, coastal landscape and wide skies are full of the sights and sounds of nature – and very little else.
Most famous of all Caerlaverock’s wild visitors are the vast flocks of Barnacle Geese that return each October from the High Arctic archipelago of Svalbard to stay until April on the Solway’s saltflats and merses. Since the 1940’s, this population has recovered from fewer than 500 birds to more than 25,000.
Ten things you must see and do:
- Barnacle Geese wildlife spectactular
- See Ospreys and CCTV pictures from their nest
- Watch Barn Owls in and around their nest via CCTV
- Try to spot the rarest amphibian in Britain
- Saltcot Merse Observatory
- Use the largest binoculars in Scotland!
- Wild Whooper Swan spectactular
- Take an adventure on a wildlide safari
- Visit intimate hides installed by Sir Peter Scott
- See the rare Tadpole Shrimp
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Barnacle Geese wildlife spectactular
Try to spot the rarest amphibian in Britain
Saltcot Merse Observatory
See the wild Whooper Swan spectacular
Take an adventure on a Wildlife Safari
Visit intimate hides installed by Sir Peter Scott
See the rare Tadpole Shrimp