Caerlaverock blog
First Egg Laid?
This morning the female osprey was sitting well down in the nest but it was difficult to see if she had an egg when she stood up as the nest cup is so deep. At about 10.30am the male osprey with the yellow ring 08 came in with a fish and she flew off to e
17 April 2012
Another new male osprey at the nest
Over the weekend all seemed to be going well with our female and her new male with the yellow ring. She spent most of Saturday morning re-arranging sticks on the nest. Later on that afternoon just after 4pm the male brought in a large trout for the female
16 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Short eared Owl on Saltmarsh last week, taken through HTC phone, M.Youdale © Copyright 2012 WWT Whooper Pond Wigeon 4 Tufted Duck 13 Oystercatcher 3 Mute Swan 23 Teal Pond M [...]
16 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
Spring Migrants Willow Warbler 3 Blackcap 2 (singing males) Chiffchaff 2 Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 5 Wigeon 4 Oystercatcher 2 Folly Pond Shoveler 24 Shelduck 2 Redshank [...]
11 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 4 Tufted Duck 35 Wigeon 2 Oystercatcher 2 Folly Pond Green-winged Teal 1 Redshank 8 Shoveler 21 Oystercatcher 1 Teal 82 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Sh [...]
9 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 3 (including one of our new neck collared birds) Wigeon 8 Oystercatcher 2 Teal Pond Gadwall 7 Little Grebe 2 Flood Ground Teal 10 Wigeon 10 Oyst [...]
8 April 2012
Lots of activity at the osprey nest
Yesterday morning I watched the female osprey sitting on the nest starting to re-arrange the sticks and the grassy tussocks now growing on the nest. She was flying around the nest site most of the morning then flew off returning with a fish at 3.15pm. A p
6 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 8 Pintail 2 Teal 2 Oystercather 2 Tufted Duck 30 Wigeon 16 Teal Pond Gadwall 14 Teal 2 Little Grebe 2 Mute Swan 2 (nest building) Flood G [...]
5 April 2012
All quiet at the osprey nest today
There has been very little activity at the osprey nest this morning. Possibly the strong north-easterly wind is proving difficult for the female to sit on her lofty perch. I did think that she would continue her DIY at the nest and wait for her mate t
4 April 2012
Another osprey lands on the nest
Just after 1pm today an osprey landed on the nest. It had a ring on the left leg which could have either been faded yellow or white with black characters. Sadly even slowing the recording down frame by frame we were unable to read the ring. The bird was s
3 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Flood Ground Green-winged Teal 1 Teal 30 Black-headed Gull 2 Oystercatcher 2 Lapwing 5 Wigeon 4 Teal Pond Gadwall 7 Little Grebe 2 Mute Swan 1 Reed Bunting 2 (singing) Wi [...]
3 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Green-winged Teal, M.Youdale © Copyright 2012 WWT Flood Ground Green-winged Teal 1 Teal 30 Wigeon 10 Black-headed Gull 4 Lapwing 2 Oystercatcher 2 Whooper Pond Pintail 1 [...]
2 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Record shot of the drake Green-winged Teal on the Flood Ground, taken Thursday 29th, M.Youdale © Copyright 2012 WWT Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 10 Wigeon 10 Tufted Duck 30 Pintail 1 [...]
31 March 2012
Caerlaverock Osprey Diary 2012
Hello and welcome to the 2012 Caerlaverock Osprey Diary. Still no sign of our birds back at the nest. Our CCTV camera is now up and running and is live on the WWT website from 10am to 5pm. Hopefully longer when there are more sunlight hours to charge the
29 March 2012