Reserve Update Thursday 17th May
Plenty of Large-Red Damselflies down the avenue this morning. The Lapwing chick in Lochar Field is growing quickly, and there is still one adult on a nest. A Buzzard was witnessed swooping over the field, but thankfully the Lapwing saw it off!
There are still some Black-tailed Godwits on the Folly Pond passing through. Mrs Mallard and her 11 ducklings are also still on Folly Pond.
Today's high tide is at 14:24, 9.7m.
Around the reserve:
Wildflowers
Primrose
Lesser Celandine
Cuckoo Flower
Bluebell
Blackthorn
Gorse
Wild Garlic
Red Campion
Dog Violet
Herb Robert
Insects
Peacock Butterfly
Orange Tip Butterfly
Tree Bumblebee
Buff-tailed Bumblebee
Common Carder Bumblebee
White-tailed Bunblebee
Emerald Damselfly
Large Red Damselfly
Four-spot Chaser Dragonfly
Whooper Pond
Mallard 13
Canada Goose 1
Moorhen 1
Oystercatcher 2
Folly Pond
Shelduck 4
Mallard 20
Shoveler 2
Black-tailed Godwit 8
Oystercatcher 2 - on nest with 3 eggs
Teal Pond
Mute Swan 2 - on nest
Grey Heron 1
Moorhen 2
Avenue Tower
Black-headed Gull 11
Mute Swan 3
Mallard 14 + 10 ducklings
Oystercatcher 2
Lapwing 6 +1 chick
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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