Sightings - Caerlaverock
Latest Sightings - 24th October
A Kingfisher has been showing well, catching fish in front of the Back Pond Hide this morning. The drake Green-winged Teal is still on the Folly Pond with over 200 Eurasian Teal. Tricky to spot, but if it is the same one as the past 2 winters (which we be
24 October 2015
Latest Sightings - 23rd October
Great news as early estimates from the coordinated Barnacle Goose census on the Solway put numbers over 41,000 for the first time ever for this population! This is an increase of around 3,000 on last years count and a massive achievement from just the 3
23 October 2015
Latest Sightings - 21st October
There has been an American duck on the Folly Pond the past few days. A drake Green-winged Teal has appeared. It's behaviour is very similar to the individual which has been seen here the past 2 winters so we expect it is the same one. He can be identified
21 October 2015
Around Caerlaverock, Tues 20th Oct 2015
A misty but beautiful calm sunny morning here. the 39 or so Whooper Swans to have arrived so far are in a stubble field just off the eastern end of the reserve. Two families of cygnets so far (a 2 and a 3) number amongst them. Just two birds were at the 0
20 October 2015
Caerlaverock bird sightings Monday Oct 19th
39 Whooper Swans feeding in a stubble field, just to the east of the reserve, with 20 present on Eastpark at 08:30 A Kingfisher has been seen intermittently from the Back Pond Hide Still plenty of Barnacle Geese around and amongst them today is the white
19 October 2015
Latest Sightings - 17th October - First Whooper family of the winter arrives
The first family of Whooper Swans this winter has arrived this morning. Z6L & Z7S (both 7 yr olds) have dropped in on the Whooper Pond with their 3 cygnets. A Kingfisher has been seen this morning from the Back Pond Hide. Still no sign of the Bitter
17 October 2015
Latest Sightings - 16th October
Still no sign of the Bittern today, it hasn't been seen since Monday so it may well have moved on. Still plenty of Barnacle Geese around and amongst them are still the 3 leucistic (white) Barnacles and also the Snow Goose. A male Hen Harrier was seen from
16 October 2015
Latest sightings
For anyone visiting at the moment, the spectacle of Barnacle Geese is only getting better with a whopping 12,000 seen on the reserve on Monday! There has been considerable interest in the white-phase Snow Goose seen most most days recently, but unwary vi
14 October 2015
Latest Sightings
For anyone visiting at the moment, the spectacle of Barnacle Geese is only getting better with a whopping 12,000 seen on the reserve yesterday! When you're looking through the geese, keep an eye out for any white ones as there are a few around at the mome
13 October 2015
Latest Sightings
Around the reserve today: Barnacle Geese: 8000 - including 2 leucistic (white) Barnacles Whooper Swans: 4 High Tide 12:21 8.8m Whooper Pond Mute Swan 14 Mallard 185 Tufted Duck 30 Gadwall 2 Wigeon 47 Little Grebe 2 Folly Pond Teal 232 Wigeon 134 Mall
9 October 2015
The whooper swans are back!
Four whooper swans arrived overnight and settled in on the Whooper Pond. Whooper swans we have had dropping in over the last few nights have just been passing through and not staying long, so these appear to be the first of our overwintering birds. Mixed
8 October 2015
Latest sightings
Around the reserve... Barnacle Geese: 5000 Whooper Swans: 1 High Tide 08:56 7.4m Whooper Pond Mute Swan 14 Mallard 196 Tufted Duck 25 Gadwall 1 ♂ Wigeon 3 Teal 5 Little Grebe 2 juvs Folly Pond Teal 650 Wigeon 550 Pintail 40 Mallard 20 Shoveler 4 Sni
7 October 2015
Latest Sightings
Around the reserve... Barnacle Geese: 6750 - including 2 leucistic (white) Barnacles Whooper Swans: 0 High Tide 07:30 7.5m Whooper Pond Mute Swan 11 Mallard 177 Tufted Duck 31 Gadwall 1 ♂ Wigeon 17 Teal 5 Little Grebe 2 juvs Folly Pond Snow Goose 1
6 October 2015
Latest Sightings
Around the reserve... Barnacle Geese: 1000 Whooper Swans: 0 High Tide 16:44 8.8m Whooper Pond Mute Swan 6 Mallard 196 Tufted Duck 25 Gadwall 1 ♂ Wigeon 3 Teal 5 Little Grebe 2 juvs Folly Pond Teal 650 Wigeon 550 Pintail 40 Mallard 20 Shoveler 4 Snip
3 October 2015
Latest Sightings - fog
We have very heavy fog here this morning, making viewing close to impossible. Hopefully it burns off soon and we will have some sightings for you...
2 October 2015