Caerlaverock news
Latest Sightings
Folly Pond Ruff 7 Black tailed Godwit 5 Teal 78+ Mallard 42 Sparrowhawk 1 House Martins Summer Walk Willow Warblers 30+ Sedge Warblers 5+ Roe Deer 2 Saltcot Merse Osprey 3 Buzzard 1 Lapwing 9 Grey
27 August 2013
Latest Sightings
Apologies for the lack of updates on here recently, Mike is away getting married and I have just started as Warden so needed setting up to use the website, daily reports should now be possible! Enjoy! Joe Folly Pond Ruff
26 August 2013
Latest Sightings
Firstly I must apologize for the limited amount of posts on here for the last few weeks, we have been very short staffed in the reserve department and I have had limited time to write an update. From the 21st August our new Reserve Warden, Joe Bilous, wil
13 August 2013
Caerlaverock 3rd July 2013
Female Marsh Harrier over The Meadow and Flood Ground this morning, Little Grebe back on The Teal Pond and Common Sandpiper on The Folly Pond. A new-ish brood of Lapwing chicks (C1 wk-old) in The Lochar Field, earlier broods have now fledged and form part
3 July 2013
Latest Sightings
Flood Ground Lapwings (with at least 11 juveniles) Oystercatcher 2 with 3 chicks Black-headed Gull 1 sitting birds and 1 bird with 3 chicks Moorhen & Mallard with Young Teal 10 Teal Pond Mute Swan 2 with 6 Cygnets Moorhen and Mallard young Folly Pond
27 June 2013
Latest Sightings
Flood Ground Lapwings (with at least 11 juveniles) Oystercatcher 2 with 3 chicks Black-headed Gull 1 sitting birds and 1 bird with 3 chicks Moorhen & Mallard with Young Teal 10 Teal Pond Mute Swan 2 with 6 Cygnets Moorhen and Mallard young Folly Pond
26 June 2013
Latest Sightings
Today has seen a massive increase in fledgling birds, almost everywhere you look there is a young bird. Some of the young birds we have so far; Lapwing Oystercatcher Black-headed Gull Mallard Moorhen Chaffinch Great Tit Blue Tit Robin Blackbird Blackcap W
25 June 2013
Latest Sightings
Flood Ground GARGANEY (Drake) Lapwings (with at least 4 chicks) Oystercatcher 2 with 3 chicks Black-headed Gull 3 sitting birds Moorhen & Mallard with Young Teal 10 Teal Pond Mute Swan 2 with 6 Cygnets Little Grebe on nest Moorhen and Mallard young Fo
16 June 2013
Latest Sightings
Firstly, sorry for the delay in putting a post on the latest sightings. I have been away for a few weeks. Anyway, on my return summer has really got going! Lots of young birds across the reserve and a lot of birds still in full song. Flood Ground Lapwing
6 June 2013
Flounder for lunch
After the second hatching on Saturday things look to be going well on the osprey nest. Both chicks are being fed and the second chick is now looking stronger and easily capable of lifting it's head up to be fed tiny morsels of fish. Today our male osprey
3 June 2013
New chick doing well
Both birds on the nest at 12 noon today in the sunshine. Still one hungry looking chick and one unhatched egg. All looking good,the chick does indeed look stronger today. Thankfully we have warm sunny weather and it looks to be settled over the weekend
31 May 2013
first egg hatches at around 1pm today
We have an osprey chick on the nest. The first egg hatched out at around 1pm today. The male returned at 3.10pm with a fish and she started to feed the chick, sadly with her back to the camera. I will try to get some photos and post them on this diary pa
30 May 2013
Still 2 eggs this morning - viewing time increased till 8pm
Phoot from this morning showing our male osprey 08 and the 2 eggs in the nest. Yet more sticks brought in by both birds this morning and arranged around the edge of the nest, including a particularly awkward piece of bark. The female also seemed restless
30 May 2013
Tuesday 28th May
Still awaiting Osprey hatching (viewed via the CCTV link), but much restless activity from the adults, with plenty of new material brought to the nest. Barn Owls still on two chicks, three eggs to go. Two Little Stints dropped onto The Folly Pond briefly
28 May 2013
Restless birds on the nest
There has been a lot of coming and going by the male this morning bringing in more sticks, pieces of bark and clumps of rushes. The bark has been neatly arranged by the female along one side and she has stuck the large clods of juncus rushes at the front
28 May 2013