Scottish Natural Heritage Reserve Officer for Caerlaverock, Adam Murphy, has been in touch to see if there are any willing volunteers to help protect the important bog habitat and its Large Heath butterfly colony at the (lovely) linked nature [.....]
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
Professor Michael Berry studies and lectures about tidal bores. He lives in Bristol, near the River Severn (with it's famous bore) and got in touch following his interest in tidal bores. He hadn't known about the Nith tidal [.....]
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 [.....]
Watch the spectacular tidal bore video! This is the one we spotted coming down the River Nith from the live web-cam at The Boathouse on Glencaple Quay today [see here]. It is also a view from the ground [.....]
Our amazing walk on a most marvellous November morning in Caerlaverock was somewhat marred... Moss More moss! Mushroom, and... M... No messing! Please pick up your litter, take it home with you, put it in the bin where [.....]
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, [.....]
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 [.....]
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, [.....]
Alison Robertson has been in touch with this fab photo and information about the jellyfish she found today. Thanks Alison! Here's a picture of a jellyfish I found this afternoon washed up on the mud at Glencaple [.....]
Alison Robertson spotted these particularly happy looking eggs on a birch tree near Caerlaverock Castle this morning! They are a clutch of shieldbug eggs, though it has not yet been determined which species of shieldbug laid them. [.....]
South West Scotland Environmental Information Centre are hoping to hold a workshop in recording wildlife online, and are looking to see if it is a viable course - are enough people interested in attending? A bit of info [.....]
Thanks to Rob Wells for some super photos he sent to us taken by grandkids Charlie and Lilia Whitworth. Aged 13 and 8 respectively! See if you can work out where they all are - the small [.....]
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 [.....]
With many thanks to Kathryn Luna Vogel for sharing her wonderful photographs from around Glencaple Farm today! A special mention for the small copper butterfly (above), as Kathryn informs us, it is in decline. If you have [.....]
"The year is moving on"... Thanks to Tom Brown for sending us his lovely photo of greylag geese on a barley stubble field at Conheath this week.
