Caerlaverock blog
Reserve Update Wednesday 8th February - Otter back again!
The otter was back fishing on the Teal Pond first thing this morning....with displaying Teal at the back of the pond seemingly unaware of it! Once again good numbers of lapwing and golden plover visible from the Avenue Tower, alas still no American Wige
8 February 2017
Tuesday Feb 7th
21mm of rain overnight, so the reserve is looking wetter than usual today. Green-winged Teal showing on Folly Pond early, but alas still no sign of American Wigeon. Plenty of bird song kicking up recently and Mute Swans are becoming territorial down on Th
7 February 2017
Latest Sightings - 4th February
No sign of the American Wigeon for the past couple of days. There are fewer Wigeon on site, so it could be feeding away from the reserve somewhere. It may still reappear though. Todays high tide is at 17:33, 8.5m Around the reserve today: Barnacle Geese:Â
4 February 2017
Latest Sightings - 3rd February - Hen Harrier again today!
The male Hen Harrier flew over the Whooper Pond first thing this morning, so keep an eye out for it today. A Merlin was giving good views at the Avenue Tower yesterday and there are huge numbers of Barnacle Geese around the site at the moment. Todays high
3 February 2017
Sightings 02/02/2017
The lochar field and the flood ground are still looking really good with big numbers of Wigeon, Teal and Barnacle Geese feeding here. Flocks of Lapwing and Golden Plover are also regularly dropping in with a 2610 of the later swirling around yesterday aft
2 February 2017
Reserve Update Wednesday 1st February
It is waders galore down at the Avenue Tower with over a hundred lapwing present feeding on the Lochar field (and 500 more had flown across). There were also a small number of golden plover and redshank present first thing. They were joined again by t
1 February 2017
WWT Caerlaverock – Dragonfly Hotspot
In the summer of 2016, WWT Caerlaverock was designated a Dragonfly Hotspot by the British Dragonfly Society. For more information on the British Dragonfly Society (BDS) and Dragonfly Hotspots please see their website www.british-dragonflies.org.uk/content
30 January 2017
Monday, Jan 30th - Otters again
Great views a few moments ago of two otters on The Whooper Pond - to the great consternation of the Whooper Swans themselves. The drake American Wigeon is back on The Flood Ground and the sun is shining. A good day so far. Yesterday there were 125 Twite n
30 January 2017
Quick update, Tuesday Jan 24th
Fewer swans this morning, about 140 Whoopers at the early feed, where the pond had relatively few duck to begin with - otter activity again? Visibility is much better today - the fog has gone, replaced with a sharp SW wind. Green-winged Teal is of course
24 January 2017
Reserve update, Monday Jan 23rd
Despite the foggy conditions today we've had quite an exciting morning. Three otters (female and two slightly smaller cubs) emptied the Whooper Pond of birds first thing, but once everything had settled down and the otters moved off we had a good count of
23 January 2017
Reserve Update Wednesday 18th January
The Drake American Wigeon has once again been seen on the Flood Ground this morning with a sighting of a  Male Hen Harrier from the Avenue Tower at the same time. It was a good morning for a bit of wader watching from the Farmhouse Tower. Twelve Red
18 January 2017
Latest Sightings - 7th January - Fog! and lanterns...
Very poor visibility this morning as the reserve is covered by thick fog. Although it has started to lift in the last few minutes. We have our lantern making workshop on today, if you would like to make a dragonfly lantern for the Big Burn's Supper lante
7 January 2017
Sunday Jan 1st
We'd like to wish all our readers a Happy New Year and apologise for the lateness of the post. Today we held the bird race, and the highest visitor was 53 species for the day. This faile narrowly to beat the warden's total of 60, though he (that's me!) m
1 January 2017
Latest Sightings - 22nd December - windy start
Windy start to the day, and the forecast is for it to strengthen tomorrow so please take care if you are planning to visit during the next few days. The drake Green-winged Teal and American Wigeon are both on the Folly Pond this morning. Todays high tide
22 December 2016
21/12/2016 - American Wigeon still
A bit of a wet and windy start to the day. However, the American Wigeon is still showing well on the flood ground, it is a bit easier to pick out here, spending some time away from the main flock out on the water. A drake Goosander was also fishing on he
21 December 2016