Reserve Update Thursday 14th September - Kingfisher on Folly Pond
There was a brief sighting of the Kingfisher again this morning whizzing across the Folly Pond towards the new Paddock hide. On your way through to the hide, stop and have a look at the Ice plant and Joe Pye Weed in the Wildlife Garden as they have been a mass of Bumblebees and Butterflies taking advantage of the late nectar source provided by the plants. Yesterday afternoon there was a maximum count of 12 Red Admirals, 2 Small Tortoiseshell and 1 Peacock on the Joe Pye Weed.
Today's high tide is at 18:33 at 7.8m.
Around the reserve:
Whooper Pond
Whooper Swan 1
Mute Swan 2+ 4 cygnets
Mallard 148
Gadwall 1♂
Tufted Duck 4
Wigeon 2
Cormorant 1
Canada Geese 28
Moorhen 5
Folly Pond
Kingfisher 1
Teal 245
Shoveler 20
Lapwing 32
Moorhen 1
House Martins - 39 nests on Farmhouse Tower (youngsters now flying)
Peregrine 1 adult (last seen Monday)
Green Sandpiper 1 (last seen Saturday)
Teal Pond
Gadwall 7
Coot 1
Moorhen 3
Avenue Tower
Mallard 4
Wigeon 2
Curlew 2
Mute Swan 2 & 1 cygnet
Grey Heron 1
Brown Hare 1
Roe Deer 5
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Kestrel
Buzzard
Swallows
Skylarks
Whooper Swan 1
Mute Swan 16
Linnets - flocks of up to 60
Canada Geese 300+
Greylag Geese 100+
Roe Deer 5
Hebridean Sheep 10
Longhorn Cattle 3
At high tide:
Shelduck 2000
Curlew 100+
Dunlin 370+
Redshank
Knot 50
Golden Plover 20+
Mixed Gulls 3000+
Barnacle goose 2 (over-summered)
Pintail 200
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Great-spotted Woodpecker
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
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Osprey Webcam
See live footage of our local Osprey nest here: http://www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/caerlaverock/experience/ospreys/
The camera is online between 10am and 5pm daily.
rhiannon.hatfield@wwt.org.uk
