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

Something fishy…

With thanks to Tom Brown who handed this newspaper cutting in (below) for the NNR 60th 'Then and Now' land use display at their 60th Anniversary Celebrations Open Day in the Barbour Hall, Glencaple on [.....]

NNR 60th Open Day – Land Use demos

One area of the fantastic free activities on offer at the Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve's (NNR's) 60th Anniversary Open Day is the use of the land, and river over the years - demo and displays. [.....]

Forage for food in Caerlaverock!

Does finding your own food responsibly from our local environment appeal? ...Read on: Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve (NNR) have arranged, as part of their 60th Anniversay celebrations, 2 wild food foraging walks with Mark Williams [.....]

Any old photos?

Have you got any interesting old photos which you'd be happy to share with the community for the Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve (NNR) 60th Anniversary celebrations on the 15th July 2017? Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve [.....]

Caerlaverock barn owl success!

Awww - just look at these wonderful fluffy barn owl chicks! Many thanks to local, licensed bird ringer, Duncan Irving for sending us this fabulous photo of Barn Owl chicks taken by his colleague Steven [.....]

NNR 60th Anniversary Celebrations

Celebrations for the Caerlaverock NNR 60th Anniversary this year are well under way! We will soon be publishing a list of events to be held throughout the year that the Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve (NNR) [.....]

Phyllis’ Cottage

Here's a photo of Phyllis' cottage (remains of), for anyone else who has yet to find it! It's really just the fireplace and chimney breast that remain, but we'd still like to see it! Thanks [.....]

Can you identify who these people are?

Adam Murphy from the Caerlaverock NNR has given us some rather interesting old pics. He's trying to identify people that are in some old Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve celebration photos. The 60th Anniversary Celebrations are [.....]

Caerlaverock place names olde and new – event

Nic Coombey, Coastwise coordinator of the Coastwise project has been in touch to ask us to publicise this unique event. It sounds like it's going to be really interesting, and a fantastic opportunity to tell the project [.....]

Stunning bluebells in Caerlaverock!

Thank you Tom Brown for sharing these stunning photos of the Lanyard Wood just before Kenneth Bank. He says it's "Well worth a walk through before the Bluebells fade". Isn't nature absolutely beautiful! Do send [.....]

CPS Solway Firth Talk p1-3

On Thursday the 24th of March Nic Coombey came to talk to the P1-3 class about the Solway Firth Partnership. He brought in loads of cool items with him that he had found on the [.....]

Flowers identified!

Thank you to Sheryl Thomson Landreth who identified these beautiful white flowers on the merse by Glencaple Quay via our Facebook Page! Scurvygrass (or Cochlearia officinalis to give it the botanical name) was known to [.....]

Kelton Footbridge

A wee 'heads up' about the footbridge on the riverside path near Kelton. D & G Council Countryside Access Officer, Richard Masters and their Core Path engineer have been out to look at the collapsing [.....]

Elderly goose!

Thanks to Sue Greig who got in touch to say that she spotted a small flock of barnacles on the Glencaple side of the river one morning this week. "One was ringed so I sent information [.....]

CPS Scoop – NNR Visit

Our Visit from the Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve On Wednesday the 1st of March we had a visit from the National Nature Reserve (NNR). We had a lesson with Ellie. We got to learn what [.....]

CPS Scoop – Camera Trapping

The P4-7 class have entered a national competition where we have to try and catch footage of animals on a wildlife camera. We thought about where would be best to set up the camera and [.....]

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