Agonopterix yeatiana (Alison's photo above) found by Alison Robertson near Castle Corner. Alison told us that she went out at dusk on Monday and caught this small moth by the side of the road between Castle Corner and [.....]
Many thanks to Richard Earle who sent us this fab video of the porpoise he spotted swimming in the River Nith from Glencaple at high water on Tuesday 20th March! The South West Scotland Environmental Information Centre (used [.....]
The snowdrops are at their best across Caerlaverock just now; their simple, pure delicacy is best appreciated at close quarters! Their latin name Galanthus nivalis, translates as ‘milk flower of the snow’. Although not a native species, the [.....]
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 [.....]
Tom Brown has been rooting around in his archives and has sent us this fascinating photo. Taken in July 1961, it shows Mr Langley Roberts (Caerlaverock NNR) and a Mr WJ Smith: both with NCC. They are [.....]
We got in touch with the BBC Springwatch team, and they kindly sent us the full-length clip of the incredible triops (found only at WWT Caerlaverock and one other location in the UK) and featured in their recent [.....]
Meet the triops, an endangered species - a 3 eyed 'tadpole shrimp' that can trace its history back more than two hundred million years! i.e. during the Triassic period... before the dinosaurs! Believed to have survived barely changed [.....]
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 [.....]
Thank you to Alison Robertson for sending us this photograph and thoughts of the old oak tree which very sadly came down in the recent high winds... You can't help but wonder the creatures big and small it [.....]
Thank you to Alison Robertson for this message today - absolutely fascinating we're sure you will agree! Here are photos of four moths from our garden and the Long Wood (Langyards Wood) in the past fortnight. Like all moths, [.....]
Watch Chris Jackson's fantastic time lapse video of the tide coming into the Nith Estuary (taken over an hour) while he sat patiently at Big Rock! Do send us your videos to share with the community - you [.....]
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 [.....]
Thanks to satellite tracking, you can follow the local Osprey chicks which fledged near to WWT Caerlaverock, as they migrate south! WWT Caerlaverock tell us that the Caerlaverock area is home to breeding ospreys that have arrived every [.....]
Night Watch National Nature Reserve – Historic Environment Scotland event 20-OCT-2017 A series of events are taking place on and around the reserve throughout Caerlaverock NNR's 60th Anniversary year. Come and join us at Caerlaverock Castle to enjoy [.....]
...may we present to you, the Caerlaverock cob-webs!
A photo of the sun dogs taken from Glencaple this evening. The Wikipaedia tells us that: 'The sun dog is a member of the large family of halos, caused by the refraction of sunlight by ice crystals in [.....]
Brenda Craik has been in touch to alert us that she has seen a grey squirrel in her Glencaple back garden... Cute as they may look, you may already know that they are in fact a real threat [.....]
