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Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 8 + 3 chicks Oystercatcher - 4 + 1 chicks Common Tern - 100 + 21 chicks Grey Heron - 6 Tufted Duck - 8 Redshank - 4 Common Sandpiper - 3 Reed Warble [...]
9 July 2012
Sightings
Plenty of activity around the reserve. One advantage of this cooler and cloudy summer (yes there is one!) is good visibilty into the distance, especially after some rain. Counts of wildfowl included 3 [...]
9 July 2012
Today's sightings
British steel hide/estuary spoonbill 5 Mediterranean gull whimbrel 3 greenshank 230 black tailed godwit 200 curlew 5 knot 31 little egret 110 redshank [...]
9 July 2012
Wildlife sightings for 9th July 2012
9 Shoveler - scrape 17 Teal - scrape and main lake 7 Common Tern + 4 juvs - main lake and flying W 59 Black-headed Gull - main lake 1 Kingfisher - wildside and reedbed 37 Sand Mart [...]
9 July 2012
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Redstart juvenile Robin 8 including the black bellied bird, in moult Chiffchaff 3 Blackcap 1 South Lake All waders commute between the Rushy/Top and Bottom New Piec [...]
9 July 2012
Checking on the new arrivals.
A brief installment to share a few photos of the new Caribbean flamingo chicks. Five cute little bundles of fluff have recently hatched and with more eggs pipped and ready to go, there should be a nice big brood of new birds gracing the nest island before
8 July 2012
8th of July Sightings
Weather: Cloudy but warm with a northerly breeze. Wader Lake Am - Tide Level: High Avocet - 8 + 3 chicks Oystercatcher - 4 + 2 chicks Common Tern - 98 + 21 ch [...]
8 July 2012
Kingfishers
An adult and juvenile Kingfisher showed well from the Ron Barker Hide early afternoon. Two Common Tern were also present from there. Waders reported included 15+ Avocet, 100+ Black-tailed Godwit, Gree [...]
8 July 2012
Todays Sightings
Little Ringed Plover on Folly Pond, M.Youdale © Copyright 2012 WWT Folly Pond No sign of Wood Sandpiper this morning Little Ringed Plover 3 Common Sandpiper 3 Curlew 2 Oystercatch [...]
8 July 2012
Wildlife sightings for 8th July 2012
18 Teal - scrape and main lake 2 Pochard ducklings - main lake 19 Lapwing - main lake 4 Common Tern chicks - main lake 1 Chiffchaff - calling in wildside Additional sigh [...]
8 July 2012
Redstarts have bred
Redstart news Redstarts are present again today along the Summer Walkway. A fresh juvenile and female are flycatching from the fence and hedge. We had one or two males singing and visiting likely [...]
8 July 2012
7th of July Sightings
Weather: Cloudy but warm and dry. Wader Lake AM - Tide Level: High Avocet - 8 + 3 chicks Oystercatcher - 4 + 2 juv. Redshank - 4 Common Tern - 107 + 26 chicks [...]
7 July 2012
Crossbills
An excellent record of two Common Crossbill flying SSE over the Reedbed Walk at 11.10am. These are the 4th and 5th records for the reserve, only two birds have been 'twitchable' including one [...]
7 July 2012
Todays Sightings
Record shot of Wood Sandpiper this morning on Folly Pond © Copyright 2012 WWT Migration has very much began here at Caerlaverock with a WOOD SANDPIPER coming in this morning onto the folly po [...]
7 July 2012
Wildlife sightings for 7th July 2012
1 Gadwall brood - reservoir lagoon 3 Tufted duck broods - world wetlands, reservoir lagoon 13 Teal - wader scrape, reservoir lagoon 2 Little Grebe chicks - reedbed channel closest to wilds [...]
7 July 2012