Latest Sightings - Saturday 28th April - Summer Walk Open

A warm start to the day with little wind so it's feeling much more like summer today.

The Summer Walk is now open!
Access is from the Sir Peter Scott Observatory only. Due to flooding we have had to keep the gate from the Avenue closed until water levels drop.

House Martins and Swallows are busy feeding around the site, Black-tailed Godwits and Redshank on the Folly Pond.

Today's high tide is at 12:09, 9.1m.

Barnacle Geese: around 3,000

Around the reserve:

Whooper Pond
Mallard 2
Tufted Duck 3
Moorhen 2
Mute Swan 1

Folly Pond
Teal 10
Wigeon 3
Shoveler 10
Mallard 6
Oystercatcher 2
Moorhen 2
Black-tailed Godwit 18
Redshank 30

Teal Pond
Mute Swan 1 - on nest
Moorhen 4
Tufted Duck 2
Little Grebe
Oystercatcher 2 - on nest with 3 eggs

Avenue Tower
Teal 37
Wigeon 3
Black-headed Gull 12
Mute Swan 2
Oystercatcher 2
Lapwing 8
Curlew 2

Saltcot Merse Observatory
Kestrel
Buzzard 1
Peregrine 2 adults (pair)
Merlin 1
Marsh Harrier 1
Mute Swan
Barnacle Geese
Pink-footed Geese
Shelduck
Wigeon
Red-breasted Merganser
Mallard
Golden Plover
Dunlin
Knot
Lapwing
Oystercatcher
Curlew
Little Egret
Great Black-backed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Common Gull
Herring Gull
Hebridean Sheep 9
Longhorn Cattle 2

Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Great-spotted Woodpecker
Goldcrest
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler

Webcam

The osprey nest camera is live on our website, 10am - 5pm!

https://www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/caerlaverock/experience/ospreys/

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