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Spring Migrants
With most of the air flow coming from the north it does feel like a rather slow start to spring. There have been some birds battling in against the cool condition with the years first Willow Warbler s [...]
14 April 2012
Wildlife sightings for 14th April 2012
2 Mandarin - flew from sheltered lagoon to main lake 7 Redshank - wader scrape, grazing marsh 1 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh 7 Snipe - grazing marsh, sheltered lagoon 1 Wheatear - wader [...]
14 April 2012
Today's sightings-Migrants!
Common Redstart at Middle Point Copyright JSLeesWWT Middle Point Common Redstart 1 male Greenland Wheatear 3 Yellow Wagtail 1 White Wagtail 2 Swallow 200 north Zeiss Hide Avoce [...]
14 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake - AM - Tide Level: High Avocet - 8 Black-Tailed Godwit - 1 Redshank - 18 Lapwing - 20 Oystercatcher - 6 Shelduck - 14 Grey Heron - 42 Adults & 13 [...]
13 April 2012
LRP on wet grassland
Highlight of the day was a fantastic Little ringed Plover on the newly created wet grassland. It didn't stay for long but could this now be a regular sighting for the reserve? At least five Sa [...]
13 April 2012
Wildlife sightings for 13th April 2012
2 Shelduck - main lake 7 Redshank - wader scrape, main lake 2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 3 Swallow - main lake, reservoir lagoon 10 Sand Martin - wader scrape, main lake, rese [...]
13 April 2012
Todays sightings
A fantastic spring morning. Some new arrivals overnight, more warblers generally espeicially Reed and Sedge. South Lake Avocet 2 Black Tailed Godwit 45 Redshank 3 Oystercatcher 6 ( 1 I [...]
13 April 2012
Over 10,000 barnacle geese still at Caerlaverock on 10th April
The barnacle goose count from the farmhouse tower at Caerlaverock on Tuesday the 10th of April recorded 10,130 geese feeding in the fields and merses around the centre. In summer the barnacle geese breed in the High Arctic on Spitsbergen, the largest is
12 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 8 Curlew - 2 Black Tailed Godwit - 1 Common Snipe - 5 Redshank - 18 Lapwing - 15 Oystercatcher - 14 Shelduck - 14 Gadwall - 2 Shoveler - 4 [...]
12 April 2012
Wildlife sightings for 12th April 2012
2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 6 Redshank - wader scrape, grazing marsh, main lake 6 Sand Martin - wader scrape, main lake 5 Blackcap - waterlife, sheltered lagoon, wildside 3 W [...]
12 April 2012
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece Avocet 10 Black tailed Godwit 70 Lapwing 3 pairs plus 5 pairs Bottom New Piece Holden Tower Wheatear 1 Peregrine 1 Lapwing 20 Blackcap 3 singing [...]
12 April 2012
Out on the reserve today
A good scattering of spring migrants around the reserve today. [...]
11 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader lake AM High Tide Avocet - 8 Common Snipe - 10 Redshank - 27 Lapwing - 15 Grey Heron - 46 Shelduck - 20 Barn Owl - 2 [...]
11 April 2012
White Wagtails
More signs of spring as the first White Wagtail, two birds, dropped in on islands on the Mere. Easily over looked as Pied Wagtails, but unlike them the White Wagtail has a pale grey mantle. Have a loo [...]
11 April 2012
Recent Sightings
Reserve 8 April - On the main lake we had 22 shelduck, 32 tufted ducks, 40 Redshank, 3 gadwalls, 1 sholver, 2 wigeon , 1 canada goose and 8 mute swans. A little grebe in the fres [...]
11 April 2012