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
SNH and Local Wildfowlers Work Together on Caerlaverock NNR
On Monday [15th October 2018] Caerlaverock Wildfowlers and Scottish Solway Wildfowlers Association (SSWA) joined forces with Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) to train volunteers to assist with wardening on Scotland's [.....]
Evening exploration event
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 [.....]
Wild Goose Weekend!
Wild Goose Weekend at WWT Caerlaverock! Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th October. Thank you to Duncan Irving for passing on this information. If you have an event that you'd like publicised, please do send it [.....]
Fascinating Foraging with Mark Williams – a Report
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 [.....]
*UPDATE* Castle Wood Path Closures *NOW OPEN*
*The paths are now open, thanks to the SNH team at Caerlaverock Corner Woods* Just to let you know that the path at Castle Wood leading from Castle Corner Car park will be closed [.....]
Interview with a Local Author
We met up with local author Moira Shields at The Wildfowl and Wetland Trust [WWT] Caerlaverock to chat about her newly published book (and ask her lots of interesting questions!). We had a great [.....]
New Grippy Treads on Bridges
Thanks to D&G Council for adding some grippy strips to the bridges between Kelton and Glencaple. A much less slippy experience (especially in the wet weather and with high tides!)
Dustbin-lid Jellyfish in the Nith
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 [.....]
Bankend Double Bill Saturday!
Now if there was only something INSIDE to do on a grey old day like today. Imagine if there was an AUTUMN FAYRE where you could take your kids and granny, and have a super [.....]
Interview with a Coast of Britain Walker who arrived in Glencaple!
We interviewed Chris when he trudged into Glencaple village in Dumfries and Galloway, South West Scotland on a miserable December night in 2017, in the Nith Hotel pub! Over 8 months later, and he [.....]
A Reason to Smile!
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 [.....]
Joint Statement re Caerlaverock Wildfowling Scheme
Thank you Tom Brown (Chair, Caerlaverock and District Wildfowlers Association) for sending us the following statement from Susan Copeland at SNH. David Gilbert (CCA Chair) adds - "We had a very positive and practical [.....]
Wildlife Recording in D&G – Training
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 [.....]
Wildfowling in Caerlaverock – an update from SACS
Here is an update from the Scottish Association for Country Sports (SACS) regarding wildfowling at Caerlaverock: CAERLAVEROCK WILDFOWLING UPDATE SACS is aware of proposed short-term restrictions on wildfowling at the SNH-operated Caerlaverock Nature Reserve [.....]
Wildfowling in Caerlaverock in the News
With thanks to Tom Brown who managed to video the Wildfowling feature on Border News on Friday night. Here he, as Chair of the District Wildfowlers Association, and David Gilbert (Chair of CCA) are interviewed [.....]
Nith Raid 2018 Photos (with some local usual suspects!)
We had a lovely dog walk by the side of the Nith yesterday just north of Glencaple and watched the boats / surfboarders / yachts race leisurely (oxymoron?) up past Kelton to Dumfries. Here [.....]
Border News 6pm Tonight – Wildfowling in Caerlaverock
Chair of Caerlaverock and District Wildfowlers Association, (CDWA) Tom Brown and Caerlaverock Community Association (CCA) Chair, David Gilbert were interviewed this morning for an ITV Border News article about the lack of consultation regarding recent [.....]
Charlie and Lilia’s Photographic Expedition!
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 [.....]
Changes to Wildfowling in Caerlaverock
Thanks to Tom Brown who forwarded the following statement to us - it has been published on the British Association for Shooting and Conservation [BASC] website and social media accounts: "BASC statement on wildfowling [.....]
Minutes of 20mph Meeting
Proposal for a 20mph speed limit in Glencaple Here are the minutes from the well-attended meeting with Joan McAlpine MSP and Councillor John Campbell following on from the support given to Jean O'Toole's petition [.....]