Caerlaverock news
Todays Sightings
Record shot of Red-breasted Goose yesterday, M.Youdale © Copyright 2012 WWT Red-breasted Goose The Red-breasted Goose has not been found as yet this morning, yesterday it was picked up sh [...]
26 January 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 120 Wigeon 150 Tufted Duck 20 Avenue Tower Teal 200 Wigeon 100 Barnacle Goose 1000 Teal Pond Gadwall 3 Saltcot Merse Observatory GREAT SKU [...]
25 January 2012
Todays Sightings
Red-breasted Goose, M.Youdale © Copyright 2012 WWT Sadly the red-breasted goose did not turn up, but most of the Barnacle Geese stayed very distantly out on the saltmarsh for th majority of t [...]
24 January 2012
Todays Sightings
Glaucous Gull, taken through my HTC Phone, M.Youdale © Copyright 2011 WWT Lochar Water GLAUCOUS GULL 1 (second ever at WWT Caerlaverock) GREAT SKUA 1 Oystercatcher 3500 Dunlin 3000 [...]
23 January 2012
Todays Sightings
Yellowhammer in the mornings sun, M.Youdale © Copyright 2011 WWT Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 200 Mute Swan 100 Wigeon 50 Teal 4 Shoveler 2 Canada Goose 100 Tufted Duck 55 Fo [...]
22 January 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 300 Wigeon 160 Teal 15 Shoveler 5 Greylag Goose 15 Folly Pond Teak 40 Wigeon 10 Avenue's Yellowhammer 20 Reed Bunting 10 Tree Sprarrow 4 [...]
16 January 2012
Todays Sightings
Male Brambling on Carpark feeder, M.Youdale © Copyright 2012 Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 80 Tufted Duck 66 Wigeon 210 Teal 1 Gadwall 1 Folly Pond Teal 300 Wigeon 200 Sni [...]
15 January 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 90 Wigeon 130 Tufted Duck 55 Teal 10 Canada Goose 110 Teal Pond Teal 10 Wigeon 10 Gadwall 7 Avenue Tower EURASIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE 11 Tea [...]
9 January 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 90 Wigeon 120 Pintail 1 Teal 1 Shoveler 3 Tufted Duck 62 Folly Pond Teal 310 Wigeon 300 Redshank 31 Oystercatcher 2 Snipe 7 Avenue Tower [...]
5 January 2012
Last Few Days
New Years Bird Race The New Year Bird Race was great fun, sadly not many people took. During the day I personally managed 62 species, but sadly was beaten on the day by a total of 65 species by WW [...]
2 January 2012
Todays Sightings
Folly Pond GREEN-WINGED TEAL 1 Teal 300 Wigeon 200 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Snipe 3 Shoveler 20 Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 210 Wigeon 140 Pintail 1 Shoveler 10 Canada Goose 7 [...]
30 December 2011
Todays Sightings
Bewick's Swan Yesterday we had a small family of Bewick's Swans drop in for about 20 minutes. The group consisted of two adults and two juveniles. Usually here at Caerlaverock we only tend [...]
22 December 2011
Todays Sightings
Green-winged Teal For the last few month we have had a drake American Green-winged Teal residing on the Folly Pond. hen the bird was first seen one thing stood out on the bird and that was the ext [...]
21 December 2011
Todays Sightings
Due to last night freezing temperatures and the constant rain fall the road to the reserve is covered in Black Ice as it the reserve. EXTREME CAUTION IS NEEDED! It is thawing though, and is passa [...]
19 December 2011
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond We have recently had a female Pintail coming in to the feeds. Ever since it first arrived it was straight up to us like it seemed to know the routine we have. We found that this birds [...]
14 December 2011