This OTTER is fishing on the Whooper Pond this morning. It moved on around 10am, but could still be somewhere on the reserve...
We are open as normal today 10am - 5pm, but with a limited service in the café. Hot drinks and a selection of sweet treats served between 10:30am - 3pm.
Todays high tide is at 10:27, 8.3m
Whooper Swans: 138
Whooper Pond
OTTER 1 - still fishing at 9:40am
Whooper Swan 136
Mute Swan 30
Mallard 90
Wigeon 40
Tufted Duck 10
Greater Scaup 1 1st winter ♂
Moorhen 2
Gadwall 1
Teal 6
Canada Geese 70
Oystercatcher 2
Folly Pond
Green-winged Teal 1♂
American Wigeon 1♂ - not seen yet today, but thousands of Wigeon on Folly Pond and Flood Ground...
Teal 100+
Wigeon 500+
Shoveler 20
Black-tailed Godwit 130
Pintail 6
Moorhen 3
Mallard 20
Teal Pond
Teal 1
Mallard 6
Shoveler 1
Wigeon 8
Coot 1
Avenue Tower
Wigeon 400+
Teal 900+
Shoveler 5
Pintail 6
Lapwing 70
Buzzard 2 - with a pigeon kill
Longhorn Cattle 3
Saltcot Merse Observatory
Peregrine 1
Merlin 2
Sparrowhawk 1
Hen Harrier 1
Kestrel 1
Pink footed Geese
Greylag Geese
Canada Goose
Pintail
Wigeon
Dunlin
Golden Plover
Knot
Hebridean Sheep 12
Avenues & Feeders
(notable species)
Redwing
Fieldfare
Reed Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Goldcrest
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
Redpoll
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Great-spotted Woodpecker
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Webcam
The winter webcam is now showing the Whooper Pond during the day and the badger feeding area from 5pm onwards.
http://www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/caerlaverock/experience/webcam/
The Whooper Swans now regularly number around 150 at feed times - 11:00 and 14:00 daily
joe.bilous@wwt.org.uk