2016

NY0565 : Eastpark Merse at Caerlaverock

taken 8 years ago, near to Blackshaw, Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland

Eastpark Merse at Caerlaverock
Eastpark Merse at Caerlaverock
Looking east over the saltmarsh from the Saltcot observatory at the WWT Wetland Centre.
WWT Caerlaverock Wetland Centre

Images from a visit to the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust [WWT] Caerlaverock Wetland Centre on a damp, grey day in mid-January 2016. The WWT has 10 wetland reserves and visitor centres in the UK LinkExternal link. The WWT began as the Severn Wildfowl Trust, founded in 1946 at Slimbridge, on the south bank of the Severn estuary near Gloucester, by Sir Peter Scott, conservationist, ornithologist, champion glider pilot, Olympic sailor and artist.
The Caerlaverock centre is on the north shore of the Solway Firth, south of Dumfries. It is an important overwintering site for many wetland birds, especially Barnacle geese, Whooper swans, and ducks [especially Pintail, Teal, Wigeon and Scaup]. The large numbers of wetland birds attract raptors such as Peregrine falcon, Common buzzard and Hen harrier. The centre is part of the much larger Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve, which has a range of habitats – marine, mudflats, saltmarsh, and coastal grazings. Sunken walkways between hedges leading to observation points allow birds to be watched without disturbance. A daily feature not to be missed is the feeding of the large swan population, joined by the ducks and other hangers-on.


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Geographical Context: Coastal Grassland Lakes, Wetland, Bog Educational sites Estuary, Marine Near: Glencaple Primary Subject: Salting other tags: Nature Reserve WWT Dumfries and Galloway Caerlaverock Wetland Centre WWT Satlmarsh Merse Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Looking [15] · Saltcot Merse Observatory [12] · Eastpark [6] ·
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Photographer
M J Richardson   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 21 January, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 26 January, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 0577 6519 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:58.3430N 3:28.4160W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NY 0559 6518
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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