Out & About in Caerlaverock2023-10-17T09:01:20+01:00

Out & About in Caerlaverock

The Caerlaverock area is jam packed with places to go and things to do! From cycling to sight-seeing, walking to bird watching and with ever changing views, you’ll not be stuck for something to do!

Please give us info about the things we have missed! Email the web editorial team at info@caerlaverock.org.uk

Triops – a video and some info!

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 [.....]

Aerial video of Caerlaverock NNR

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 [.....]

Nuthatch cam – by Chris Jackson!

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 [.....]

Fallen Oak

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 [.....]

Monday’s Marvellous Moths

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.  [.....]

The Tide – a Time Lapse Video!

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 [.....]

WWT webcam – now live!

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 [.....]

Caerlaverock Osprey Chicks on the move

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 [.....]

NNR NIGHT WATCH – at Caerlaverock

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 [.....]

Sun dogs from Glencaple

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 [.....]

Grey squirrel in Glencaple…

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 [.....]

Glencaple Gallery

We popped in to meet new Gallery proprietors Malcolm Dunn and Jackie Clark this morning - the opening day of their brand new gallery in Glencaple! Malcolm has had his house in Glencaple for around [.....]

Marvellous Moths

Thank you to Alison Robertson who sent us these fabulous photos. She and Chris Jackson spotted these two moths on Sunday afternoon between Glencaple and the Big Rock.  Alison said that 'Even on a short [.....]

Bore Riding on the Nith

Coming all the way from France, Antony "YEP" Colas is aiming to be at Glencaple Quay on Sunday to catch the bore on the Nith - hopefully in the morning and in the evening too. [.....]

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