Alison Robertson and Chris Jackson have spotted this oddly-coloured male chaffinch in their garden this winter and wondered if anyone else in Glencaple has seen it? We know that it has been spotted at Glencaple Farm too, and [.....]
Thanks to Duncan Irving for forwarding this updated information about the wonderful WWT Wader Weekend!
Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd February 2019 Special wader-focussed walks, talks, trails, workshops and interactive family activities. See waders close up form a hide in their thousands, wheeling on the high tide. Find out more: wwt.org.uk/caerlaverock
This video has proven quite popular on our Facebook Page, so sharing it here too... This was as the sun was heading for the horizon yesterday afternoon, just north of Kelton Bank on the River Nith after a [.....]
Who can help Irene McKirdle identify this wonderful bird of prey that visited her garden in Shearington? If you have anything you'd like to share, or ask the community about, send us a wee email at caerlaverockcommunity@gmail.com or though [.....]
We dashed down the Quay Hill to capture these magical moments: Whooper swans, barnacle geese, lapwing and a dog!
We were really disappointed that we couldn't make it to the Evening Exploration event on Saturday - a collaboration between three local organisations Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Historic Environment Scotland (HES) and Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT). However, [.....]
Wild Goose Weekend at WWT Caerlaverock! Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th October. Thank you to Duncan Irving for passing on this information. If you have an event that you'd like publicised, please do send it to us at [.....]
WWT Caerlaverock posted this information on Facebook today: "We are excited that Chris Packham's UK Bioblitz is coming to WWT Caerlaverock tomorrow, Tuesday 17th July. This is what will be happening during the day: 10am-5pm Moth trapping [.....]
“Chris Packham’s 2018 BioBlitz – nature reserves are not enough!” campaign TV presenter and naturalist Chris Packham is coming to WWT Caerlaverock Wetland Centre, one of the 48 sites across the UK he'll visit, as part of [.....]
Charlotte Briere-Edney of ITV Border News has been to Caerlaverock Wildfowl and Wetland Centre (WWT) to film it at its driest for decades... She reports that "the centre is having to pump water from a nearby river to keep ponds topped [.....]
Thank you to the WWT Caerlaverock for sending us their Events for July. We've arranged them here for you to browse and for ease of viewing. There's so much going on, get yourself booked in and go along!
Thank you to the WWT Caerlaverock for sending us their Events for August. We've arranged them here for you to browse and for ease of viewing. There's so much going on on our doorstep, get yourself booked in and go along!
Thanks to Sue Greig, who got in touch a few days ago after seeing a lone barnacle goose on the shore outside their house. She noticed that it was ringed, and with eagle eyes (and binoculars), took a note [.....]
Thanks to Caerlaverock NNR Reserve Officer Adam Murphy for sending us this report! Visitors to WWT Caerlaverock on Saturday 20th January were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a rare celebrity sighting, as comedian and musician, Bill [.....]
Watch this wonderful Caerlaverock NNR aerial video of the Nature Reserve (celebrating its 60th year)! It's a real bird's eye view, made by our very own fabulous, local aerial photographer SkyWorks Aerial Media, and introduced by Adam Murphy, our [.....]
This time, Chris has set up his camera to 'spy' on the local nuthatch seeing off every other bird to the garden feeder! Thank you Chris! If you've got any cool camera footage you think the good folk [.....]
WWT Caerlaverock's webcam is streaming live images from the reserve - you can watch from the comfort of your armchair! "Our swancam can now be viewed live on the website during the day, and in the evening, it [.....]
