Caerlaverock news
Todays Sightings
Folly Pond Common Sandpiper 1 Curlew 50 Oystercatcher 2 Lapwing 1 Teal 4 Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 6 cygnets Tufted Duck 3 Shoveler 1 Teal Pond Little Grebe still wit [...]
25 July 2012
Caerlaverock Osprey HJ back on the Solway
One of the three osprey chicks hatched from the Caerlaverock nest in 2010 has appeared on the nest at Wigtown Bay. Just before he left the nest, the young osprey was fitted with a unique leg ring made of blue plastic with the letters HJ engraved on it in
24 July 2012
Todays Sightings
High Tide yesterday Lapwing 547 Oystercatcher 750 Black-headed Gull 650 Common Gull 100 Lesser Black Backed Gull 120 Great Black-backed Gull 10 Redshank 5 Common Sandpiper 4 Foll [...]
22 July 2012
Todays Sightings
High Tide GLAUCOUS GULL 1 Lapwing 597 Black-headed Gull 650 Common Gull 100 Lesser Black Backed Gull 120 Great Black-backed Gull 10 Redshank 5 Common Sandpiper 7 Oystercatcher 10 [...]
17 July 2012
Todays Sightings
Folly Pond No sign of Wood Sandpiper this morning Little Ringed Plover 1 Common Sandpiper 1 Curlew 29 Oystercatcher 4 Lapwing 1 Shoveler 1 Teal 3 Gadwall 2 Whooper Pond Mut [...]
16 July 2012
Sunday Sightings
In the flood ground a female gadwall guided her 6 chicks away from the approaching topper and the family swam off into the main body of water which was a lovely start to the day. Being in an [...]
15 July 2012
13th July
Another dry day, third in a row but with a cool easterly breeze. Two litlle ringed plovers showing well on the Folly Pond with a single common sandpiper. yellowhammers, whitethroats and chiffchaffs al [...]
13 July 2012
Caerlaverock ospreys still in the area
On Monday we watched an osprey eating a fish on a large log washed up by the tide on the edge of Saltcot merse. Sadly it was too far away to see if it was one of our pair. Recently they have been seen in the area of the nest and have been bringing in stic
12 July 2012
11th July
The folly pond is again the place to be for waders this morning. Three little ringed plovers, three common sandpipers and a wood sandpiper were all feeding in the muddy margins. At last a bit of a res [...]
11 July 2012
10th July
Two little ringed plovers on the Folly pond this morning with one common sandpiper. Three tufted ducks have joined the moulting mallards on the whooper pond along with our mute swan family with their [...]
10 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
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
6th July
4 litttle ringed plovers showing well on the Folly Pond this morning along with 2 common sandpipers. A black swan flew in and joined two mute swans on the folly, much to their bemusement. Our mute swa [...]
6 July 2012
5th July
Two little ringed plovers showing well on the Folly pond this morning. This is the third consecutive day for this rare species for this area. Also on the Folly pond were 5 common sandpipers and a ring [...]
5 July 2012
4th July
Three little ringed plovers showing well on the Folly pond this morning along with a greenshank and 2 common sandpipers. Over 200 lapwings on the Lochar field. Whitethroat and blackcap singing aga [...]
4 July 2012