Caerlaverock blog
Latest sightings Friday 26th October
Two little egrest were showing nicely on the Folly pond this morning as was the cracking male brambling with the chaffinches on the feeder in the farmyard. 5,670 barnacle geese were counted from the tower with at least twice that in the Caerlaverock paris
26 October 2012
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Tufted Duck 60 Wigeon 20 Whooper Swan 2 Teal 1 Folly Pond Whooper Swan 104 (Post Roost) Teal 900 Shoveler 40 Mute Swan 15 Snipe 2 Wigeon 120 Teal Pond Snipe 1 Kestrel 1 Teal 4 Gadwall 1 Avenue Tower Teal 700 Wigeon 350 Shoveler 5 Lapwing 100
23 October 2012
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Tufted Duck 60 Wigeon 20 Gadwall 3 Teal 1 Folly Pond Teal 400 Shoveler 4 Whooper Swan 3 Mute Swan 5 Snipe 1 Wigeon 20 Teal Pond Snipe 1 Kestrel 1 Magpie 1 (still scarce here) Teal 4 Gadwall 1 Avenue Tower Teal 700 Wigeon 50 Pintail 4 Shoveler
22 October 2012
October update - arrival of thousands of birds!
Autumn is here at Caerlaverock and the geese are back. The first barnacle geese arrived on Sunday the 23rd of September and those first 91 birds were soon joined by thousands more with 9,600 counted from the farmhouse tower on the 3rd of October. These bi
9 October 2012
Latest Sightings
Peter Scott Trail and Car Park Sightings: With the temperature dropping down to 1.4C it was a chilly start to the morning. The Peter Scott Trail and Car Park was alive with avian activity with the following species seen: Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Chaff
9 October 2012
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Tufted Duck 40 Teal 1 Gadwall 3 Wigeon 20 Folly Pond Whooper Swan 2+3 cygnets Lapwing 40 Curlew 20 Teal 750 Shoveler 20 Greylag Goose Canada Goose Snipe 1 Teal Pond Gadwall 3 Little Grebe 1 Wigeon 5 Flood Ground Teal 900 Wigeon 170 Shoveler 1
8 October 2012
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 2 Tufted Duck 52 Teal 1 Gadwall 3 Wigeon 20 Folly Pond Lapwing 40 Curlew 20 Teal 750 Shoveler 20 Greylag Goose Canada Goose Snipe 1 Teal Pond Gadwall 1 Little Grebe 1 Wigeon 10 Flood Ground Whooper Swan 11 Teal 900 Wigeon 140 Pin
7 October 2012
Latest Sightings
Folly Pond Teal 650 Shoveler 27 Wigeon 160 Black-headed Gulls 84 Common gull 1 Whooper Pond Wigeon 22 Tufted Duck 35 Mallard 102 Morhen 7 Canada Goose 7 Shoveler 5 Corner Field Barnacle Geese 500+ Prince Philip Barnacle Geese 300+ Farmhouse Tower Banrnac
3 October 2012
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Tufted Duck 38 Teal 2 Canada Goose 100 Greylag Goose 2 Mute Swan 2 Folly Pond Teal 700 Shoveler 30 Wigeon 140 Pink-footed Goose 13 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Curlew 10 Corner Field Teal 340 Wigeon 100 Shoveler 6 Pintail 2 Avenue Tower Wigeon 21 Sh
2 October 2012
Latest Sightings
Brown Hare from the Avenue Tower this morning, M.Youdale © Copyright WWT 2012 Today seems to be the major influx day of Barnacle Geese. Yesterday count of 4500 has been almost trippled today, with Barnacle Geese almost in every field and part of the sal
1 October 2012
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Tufted Duck 41 Canada Goose 180 Greylag Goose 10 Folly Pond Teal 400 Black-tailed Godwit 4 Shoveler 20 Canada Goose 100 Avenue Tower Snipe 1 Teal 30 Shoveler 10 Pintail 1 Goosander 19 lapwing 20 Corner Field Wigeon 190 Teal 30 Shoveler 10 Far
30 September 2012
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Tufted Duck 20 Shoveler 1 Whooper Swan 6 (flew over heading east) Folly Pond Teal 400 Shoveler 20 Wigeon 30 Mute Swan 2 + 6 juveniles Teal Pond Little Grebe 1 Gadwall 2 Avenue Tower Shoveler 10 Wigeon 20 Teal 30 Kestrel 1 Peregrine 1 Corner F
26 September 2012
Latest Sightings
This mornings flight saw 71 Barnacle Geese fly inland, but we expect with the low pressure and the easterly wind over the next few days a lot more Barnacle Geese to arrive here. Whooper Pond Tufted Duck 20 Canada Goose 100 Greylag Goose 1 Gadwall 1 Mute S
24 September 2012
The barnacle geese are back!
Yesterday, the 23rd of September, the first 91 barnacle geese were seen on the reserve at Caerlaverock. We had reports from Arctic Norway that there were birds flying south on Friday and the first birds arrived on Sunday. They were feeding in the Lochar
24 September 2012
Latest Sightings
Today say the arrival of the first Barnacle Geese of this Autumn/Winter with three groups (23,50,18) all coming in from the east. Elsewhere; Whooper Pond Gadwall 3 Tufted Duck 20 Mute Swan 5 Canada Goose 200 Greylag Goose 2 Otter Folly Pond Teal 200 Shove
23 September 2012