Blackwits, warblers and wildflowers
There is a flock of 46 Black-tailed Godwits on the Folly Pond this morning, many of them in their orange breeding plumage. We are waiting for details of a colour ringed individual which is amongst them.
A different bird with colour rings was with them yesterday, it was ringed in Norfolk in 2009. Since then it's also been seen in Essex, Kent, N France, E Iceland, Wirral, Isle of Tiree, RSPB Saltholme, Lincolnshire & now WWT Caerlaverock!
The Avenues are alive with bird song. Sedge Warblers have now arrived in good numbers and are singing away from the tops of the Willows. Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler and Blackcap can also be heard singing.
More wildflowers are coming up in the Avenues; Ramsons (wild garlic), Red Campion and Lesser Celandine are the latest to flower. The Summer Walk will be open from Wednesday 1st May.
High Tide: 19:27, 7.0m
Opening times:
10am - 5pm every day except Christmas Day
Around the reserve:
Wildflowers
Primrose
Cuckoo Flower
Dog Violet
Bluebell
Red Campion
Marsh Marigold
Lesser Celandine
Greater Stitchwort
Bluebells
Ramsons
Insects
Peacock Butterfly
Red Admiral Butterfly
Orange-tip Butterfly
Hawthorn Shieldbug
Buff tailed Bumblebee
White tailed Bumblebee
7-spot Ladybird
11-spot Ladybird
Large Red Damselfly
Mammals
Badger
Fox
Otter
Brown Hare
Mole
Wood Mouse
Bank Vole
Field Vole
Weasel
Stoat
Pipistrelle Bat
Whooper Pond
Mute Swan 4
Mallard 20
Moorhen 2
Canada Goose 1
Teal 1
Oystercatcher 2
Folly Pond
Teal 34
Shelduck 10
Oystercatcher 2 (nesting on raft)
Mallard 13
Gadwall 2
Lapwing 1
Black-tailed Godwit 46
Moorhen 1
Teal Pond
Mute Swan 1
Moorhen 1
Little Egret 2
Mallard 2 + ducklings
Grey Heron 1
Oystercatcher 2 (nesting on raft)
Avenue Tower
Mallard
Teal
Wigeon
Shoveler
Gadwall
Redshank
Oystercatcher 2 (nesting on raft)
Snipe
Lapwing - nesting
Mute Swan - nesting
Grey Heron
Black-headed Gull
Longhorn Cattle 2
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Marsh Harrier
Buzzard
Mute Swan
Shelduck
Lapwing
Oystercatcher
Curlew
Little Egret
Hebridean Sheep 12
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff
Sedge Warbler
Blackcap
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Robin
Blackbird
Chaffinch
Long-tailed Tit
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Song Thrush
Great-spotted Woodpecker
Webcam
See live footage of our local Osprey nest here: https://www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/caerlaveroc...
It seems the birds have moved to a different nest but please let us know if you see Ospreys on the nest!
The camera is online between 10am and 5pm daily.
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