Marsh Harriers
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Marsh Harriers are more abundant and their status more secure than at any other time in the last century, with increased sightings occurring across Scotland and the rest of the …
Mallard ducklings
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While designed mainly for woodland birds, we regularly get a number of other species visiting our bird feeders. We have a female mallard who visits on a regular basis, but …
The stages of the Common Eider
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Now that the first Eider duck ducklings have appeared it seems an appropriate time to talk about the many different variations of Common Eider ducks that you can see this …
Short-eared Owl
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The best thing about watching wildlife is the way it throws up un-usual sightings, even in areas you see almost every day. This sighting of a Short-eared owl from the …
Long-Awaited Re-tern
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Common Terns have finally made their long-awaited ‘re-tern’ (oh dear!) today. 35 Terns have been seen flying around and settling on the raft, but only after dive bombing and chasing off the …
Species profile – Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
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The smallest member of the European hirundines, sand martins are grey-brown above and white below, with a narrow grey-brown band across the breast separating their white throat from white belly. …
Reserve Sightings
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Osprey, Sand Martin and Swallow sightings have increased throughout the past month whilst there have been a few sightings of Common Terns. Since the first Osprey sighting on the 1st …
Brown headed resident.
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While we wait for the rest of our summer visitors to arrive, let’s have a look at a species that we are lucky to have at the Visitor Centre all …
Sand Martins
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It’s been a long time waiting, but the first sand martin has been sighted today, flying around the pond infront of the sand martin wall. Three weeks later than last …
Migration Update
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Unfortunately and somewhat unusually for this time of year, there are not any migration updates on the reserve to post about…..but things may soon change! Due to the harsh wintery …