Fostering a Love of Wildlife and Nature Locally
Dumfries and Galloway is such a special place for so many reasons. If you'd like to bring your children up to have a love of nature and a wonder for wildlife, this is the place! Read on! We [.....]
Caerlaverock Wildlife by Brian Taylor
Following a recent Facebook post by Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve [NNR] featuring a common lizard spotted on the boardwalk at Castle Corner, Brian Taylor shared his own fantastic photo of a common lizard with us [above]. Thank you [.....]
Evening Exploration Event at Castle Corner
Look out for the Evening Exploration Event on Friday 16th August 2019 at Castle Corner. This is in conjunction with (deep breath) Scottish Natural Heritage [SNH], Caerlaverock Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust [WWT] and Historic Environment Scotland [HES]. It [.....]
Caerlaverock NNR Events
A peek at a few of the Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve (NNR and combined NNR/Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust WWT/Historic Environment Scotland HES) events in the coming months - take advantage of these dates and find out more about [.....]
NNR Clean Up at Castle Corner
The National Nature Reserve (NNR) Caerlaverock team are joining forces with the Nith Inshore Rescue (NIR) team again this year for the Clean up in Caerlaverock. If it's more convenient for you, meet at Castle Corner car park [.....]
Council “Community Conversations”
Dumfries and Galloway Council are coming to each ward to find out our priorities... "That grass never gets cut!" "The weeds along our street are a joke." "We would like another bin near the shop." "Our village never [.....]
Foraging Walk in Caerlaverock
Heavily subsidised by Scottish Natural Heritage, there are still 3 places left (at time of writing) for this fabulous opportunity to join Mark Williams of Galloway Wild Foods for a 'hedgerow and woodland foraging walk' at Caerlaverock National Nature [.....]
SNH and Local Wildfowlers Work Together on Caerlaverock NNR
On Monday [15th October 2018] Caerlaverock Wildfowlers and Scottish Solway Wildfowlers Association (SSWA) joined forces with Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) to train volunteers to assist with wardening on Scotland's National Nature Reserves [.....]
Evening exploration event
Evening exploration - Sat 20th Oct, 5.30 til 9pm Join staff from Historic Environment Scotland, SNH and WWT on a special evening guided walk around the grounds of Caerlaverock Castle and the NNR. We will look out for [.....]
Fascinating Foraging with Mark Williams – a Report
We were fortunate enough to secure a place on 22nd September 2018 at the Autumn Fungi and Wild Food Foraging event with the ebullient and erudite Mark Williams of Galloway Wild Foods, in association with Scottish Natural Heritage, [.....]
*UPDATE* Castle Wood Path Closures *NOW OPEN*
*The paths are now open, thanks to the SNH team at Caerlaverock Corner Woods* Just to let you know that the path at Castle Wood leading from Castle Corner Car park will be closed as the SNH/ [.....]
Joint Statement re Caerlaverock Wildfowling Scheme
Thank you Tom Brown (Chair, Caerlaverock and District Wildfowlers Association) for sending us the following statement from Susan Copeland at SNH. David Gilbert (CCA Chair) adds - "We had a very positive and practical meeting with SNH [.....]
Changes to Wildfowling in Caerlaverock
Thanks to Tom Brown who forwarded the following statement to us - it has been published on the British Association for Shooting and Conservation [BASC] website and social media accounts: "BASC statement on wildfowling at Caerlaverock On [.....]
More Magnificent Moths!!!
Just a few photos from the NNR Moth Night we attended on Friday evening, some absolutely magnificent moths! Next one is August 17 - check out the EVENTS calendar for more! https://caerlaverock.org.uk/events/ Thank you to Adam, Suzanne, Alison [.....]
Caerlaverock Special on Border Life!
Did you see the Caerlaverock Special on ITV Border Life recently? Grab a cup of tea, and sit down for 20 minutes to watch Sandy McCracken present this beautiful feature all about our cracking little corner of [.....]
Autumn Fungi & Wild Food Foraging Walk in Caerlaverock
Details of this great opportunity to find out what tasty wild food is around Caerlaverock with expert wild food forager Mark Williams, hosted by NNR Caerlaverock! £15.00 – £25.00 Saturday, 22 September 2018 13:00 - 17:30 Explore [.....]
We Went on a Moth Hunt!
Can't recommend the Caerlaverock NNR's Moth Night highly enough! Having missed previous National Nature Reserve moth nights, we were determined to make it along to Castle Corner last night - and were so glad that we did! [.....]
15th June – Moth Night in Caerlaverock
Weird and wonderful moths in Caerlaverock! Join the NNR reserve staff and local expert Alison Robertson who will show you a wide variety of moths and teach you identification skills and methods to catch your own moths. [.....]
Minutes of CCA Meeting 30th May 2018
Caerlaverock Community Association [CCA] Minutes of Meeting held at the Nith Hotel, Glencaple on 30th May 2018 Present: David Gilbert, Douglas Anderson, Malcolm Laurie, Ian Brown, Rob Wells, Ronnie Clark, Helen Clark Cllr Elaine Murray, Cllr John [.....]
Magnificent Moths at Castle Corner!
Having bumped into Alison Roberston one evening in the week, looking slightly suspicious with buckets and bags heading into Castle Woods, we caught up with her the next morning to find out if she'd caught anything in [.....]