Latest Sightings - 25th February - Wet and wild
As forecast, it is a very wet and windy start to the day. Wellies are recommended for getting down the Avenues.
The Whooper Swans are battling the wind and waves on the Whooper Pond and the fields are becoming increasingly flooded.
Golden Plover are feeding away in the Lochar Field from the Avenue Tower, some of them beginning to show their black bellies!
We have a few new additions to the reserve, with gull/wader nesting rafts on the Teal Pond and Flood Ground!
The high tide could be interesting today, with the wind pushing the water up higher than normal.
Todays high tide is at 11:36, 8.9m
Around the reserve today:
Barnacle Geese: 7000 inc 1 hybrid
Whooper Swans: 163
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 163
Mute Swan 40
Mallard 120
Wigeon 80
Tufted Duck 35
Gadwall 1 ♂
Teal 6
Canada Geese 15
Moorhen 5
Oystercatcher 2
Folly Pond
Teal 160
Green-winged Teal 1 ♂
Wigeon 250
Shoveler 30
Shelduck 1
Mallard 16
Moorhen 3
Redshank 9
Black-tailed Godwit 30
Pintail 5
Oystercatcher 1
Teal Pond
Moorhen 1
Little Grebe 1
Coot 1
Gadwall 2
Mallard 4
Teal 3
Avenue Tower
Wigeon 120
Teal 150
Shoveler 9
Pintail 2
Lapwing 100+
Golden Plover 250+
Little Egret 1
Shelduck 1
Mute Swan 2
Redshank 5
Greylag Goose 1
Longhorn Cattle 3
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Peregrine 2
Merlin 2
Sparrowhawk
Kestrel 1
Hen Harrier 2
Pintail
Wigeon
Dunlin
Golden Plover
Grey Plover
Knot
Hebridean Sheep 12
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Reed Bunting
Yellowhammer
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldcrest
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
Twite
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/
joe.bilous@wwt.org.uk
