Reserve Update Thursday 10th May
4 Brown Hares were seen this morning on the reserve, 1 in Corner Field, 1 in Lochar Field and 2 along the avenue. A Garden Warbler was heard, then later seen, making this the 2nd one on site. A single Ruff has been on the Folly Pond today, with a lone Dunlin on the pond yesterday.
Today's high tide is at 09:00, 7.4m.
Around the reserve:
Wildflowers
Primrose
Lesser Celandine
Cuckoo Flower
Bluebell
Blackthorn
Gorse
Wild Garlic
Red Campion
Insects
Peacock Butterfly
Orange Tip Butterfly
Tree Bumblebee
Buff-tailed Bumblebee
Azure Damselfly
Whooper Pond
Mallard 7
Mute Swan 1
Canada Goose 1
Moorhen 1
Roe Deer 1
Folly Pond
Shelduck 6
Mallard 6
Shoveler 2
Oystercatcher 2 - on nest with 3 eggs
Teal Pond
Mute Swan 1 - on nest
Moorhen 1
Mallard 4
Grey Heron 1
Oystercatcher 2 - on nest with 3 eggs
Avenue Tower
Black-headed Gull 20
Mute Swan 2
Teal 1
Mallard 5
Oystercatcher 2
Lapwing 6
Brown Hare 1
Roe Deer 1
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Kestrel
Buzzard
Mute Swan
Shelduck
Red-breasted Merganser
Mallard
Dunlin
Knot
Lapwing
Oystercatcher
Curlew
Little Egret
Great Black-backed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Common Gull
Herring Gull
Hebridean Sheep 9
Longhorn Cattle 2
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Great-spotted Woodpecker
Goldcrest
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Webcam
The osprey nest camera is live on our website, 10am - 5pm!
https://www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/caerlaverock/experience/ospreys/
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