Thank you to Michael Vogel who shared his photo (below) of a beautiful nuthatch in his Glencaple garden, through our Facebook page yesterday.
These interesting looking birds are still not all that common in Scotland, but have been slowly spreading north since around 2005.
This one has been visiting him every day for the past couple of weeks. Unusually, this nuthatch is pictured ‘upright’ – they are more often seen feeding in a ‘head first’ position.
Read a bit more about nuthatches invading Scotland here.
Thanks also to Helen Wall who shared her fabulous photo (main image above) of a nuthatch which visited her feeder in her garden in Bankend!
Have you seen nuthatches in your garden? Or any other interesting wildlife around Caerlaverock?
Do share your photos with us! (See links below)
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