Caerlaverock news
Todays Sightings
Yellow Wagtail from last Wednesday, M.Youdale © Copyright 2012 Saltcot Merse Observatory Kittiwake 50 Great-black Backed Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Black-headed Gull Cormorant [...]
14 May 2012
Todays Sightings
Black-tailed Godwit on the Folly Pond, M.Youdale © Copyright 2012 WWT Whooper Pond Oystercatcher 3 Tufted Duck 2 Teal Pond Mute Swan on eggs Moorhen with chicks Wigeon 1 L [...]
13 May 2012
Todays Sightings
Reed Bunting, M.Youdale © Copyright 2011 Whooper Pond Oystercatcher 4 Tufted Duck 3 Swallow 10 House Martin 12 Teal Pond Little Grebe 1 Moorhen with chicks Mute Swan on [...]
8 May 2012
Todays Sightings
Folly Pond Shelduck 12 Black-tailed Godwit 3 Shoveler 2 Teal 2 Gadwall 2 Whooper Pond Tufted Duck 1 Oystercatcher 1 Teal Pond Gadwall 1 Mute Swan on eggs Little Grebe [...]
7 May 2012
Todays Sightings
Willow Wabler in Peter Scott Trail, M.Youdale © Copyright 2012 Whooper Pond Swallow 20 House Martin 10 Tufted Duck 3 Oystercatcher 2 Mute Swan 1 Folly Pond Shoveler 4 Ga [...]
6 May 2012
Today's Sightings
Folly Pond Black-headed Gull 1 Common Sandpiper 1 Shoveler 4 Canada Goose 1 Teal 10 Oystercatcher 1 Shelduck 1 Teal Pond Gadwall 3 Little Grebe 1 Moorhen 2 + 2 chicks Mut [...]
1 May 2012
Winter Sunday
Brisk, cold easterly winds make for wintery conditions on the reserve. The early morning minimum temperature was only 1°C. Peter Scott Trail: A lone chiffchaff called from the c [...]
29 April 2012
Wind dropped today and sun shining on the nest
After the strong NE wind yesterday it has been an easier day for our ospreys on the nest today. The female has built up the sides of the nest to shelter from the wind so it has made seeing the eggs difficult and when she took off earlier today, only on
27 April 2012
Northerly Thursday
Strong northerly winds mean it is an unseasonably cold day on the reserve. Peter Scott Trail: Chiffchaff, willow warblers were the only audible species today however there was plenty of finch [...]
26 April 2012
Stormy Wednesday Sightings
Strong north easterlies are sweeping across the reserve with some heavy showers. Peter Scott Trail: With the strong winds this trail is quiet however there are chiffchaff, willow warblers, bla [...]
25 April 2012
Intruder male still about
Today the female osprey has been doing all the incubation herself and just before 1pm she became quite agitated and the unringed intruder male flew in and tried in vain to mate with her, she quickly shoo'd him off the nest. Then later at just after 2.30p
24 April 2012
Tuesday sightings
It is very still with a hint of north westerly, mild with intermittent showers. Around the Visitor Centre and Farm House Tower swallows and house martins are hunting. Starlings have nes [...]
24 April 2012
Still looks like 2 eggs and male osprey taking his turn on the nest
Looking through the recorded footage again it looks as though we had a visit from the other male osprey on Saturday the 21st at 1.15pm, it was the unringed bird that has been hanging around the nest for a few days. He tried to mate with the female
23 April 2012
Monday's sightings so far...
A north east wind is gathering strength this morning and the exposed areas are cold. Around the Visitor Centre and Farm House Tower it is sheltered from the wind and pleasantly warm, which means a [...]
23 April 2012
Todays Sightings
It is a cold spring morning here at Caerlverock. On my cycle in to work, I heard the first grasshopper warbler, which was a fantastic start to the day. If you are visiting the reserve the grasshopper [...]
22 April 2012