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Robin on Campfield Lonning.

Art sketch showing the Solway as it is today. Get yourselves up here. Its quiet, the air is clean, its a haven for tired overworked people. You know you have always wanted to start birdwatching. Its really easy. Stacks of good books on the subject. You can either dabble or you can give meaning to the...

25 11 12 - Flock fly in low over the saltmarsh as they round Scargavel Point.

25th November - high tides, coupled with gale force winds, brought what seemed like the whole of the Barnacle flock from their inner estuary pastures to the outer estuary pastures of the Cardurnock Peninsula. Here they can be seen off Scargavel Point on Campfield Marsh.

There had been a slight thaw in the cold spell. Both Barnacles and Pinks were feeding amicably amongst the long grass and rushes in front of the hide,.

This pic is of the Barnacles - bit of a speciality of the Solway. These little geese centre mostly on the WWT Caerlaverock Reserve whose wonderful work with this population over the years has seen their proliferation and spread throughout the Solway Basin. We seem to be seeing more of them as time...

A small group of Barnacles flew onto the saltmarsh from a SW direction at 13.00 pm. They grazed for a while along the edge of the marsh and then flew off west again.

An oil-style painting in Artrage/Photoshop showing a group of Barnacles on Campfield Marsh by John Rogers

Having grazed for a while this small group took off in a westerly direction.

Spring passage of Black-tailed Godwits have been using the wetlands in front of the hide and other pools on the Reserve since 23rd of March. Numbers have varied with a maximum of 26 having been recorded.

Spring passage Black-tailed Godwits have been using the wetlands in front of the hide and other pools on the Reserve since 23rd of March. Numbers have varied with a maximum of 26 having been recorded.

This painting shows the track entering the raised bog system from the back road from Bowness-on-Solway. This is an access track to Rogersceugh, the farm on the drumlin in the middle of the Common. There is a small carpark on the roadside and is fully signed and gated.

This is just a typical scene on the marsh frontage of the Reserve. The grazier's cattle can be brought in anytime from the beginning of April and left until the end of October dependant on weather and the quality of the grass. As these marshes are very exposed and the cattle can find it difficult...

This wary Crow, having built its nest adjacent to the lonning, was keeping and eye on comings and goings.

Spring flowers in bloom along Reserve entrance

Manipulated artwork of photo of Spoonbills - recent arrivals on Saltmarsh Pool.

One of a pair of Woodpeckers who have frequented the area of North Plain Farm throughout the winter.

At the entrance to North Plain Farm Lonning.

Dragonfly watched flying up and down peaty ditches which flank the path to Rogersceugh Farm. It was a hot sunny day which seemed to suit them as there were pairs in every pool or ditch we came too along the path.

Watched this great bird come into land on the saltmarsh round Scargavel Point( NY198617) at dusk today. It landed near the dubs, which it proceeded to hunt in, for small fish and frogs etc. It has been regularly seen most days now hunting on the Reserve saltmarsh, since 1st November and has given a great...

Heron visits pool regularly. On this occasion was seen to be catching something quite frequently.

Large Heath on path side vegetation near Rogersceugh Farm

Butterfly seen on roadside vegetation along Campfield Marsh.

Seen from Screen to 2nd Pool. Grebe was hiding amongst the reeds under the screen.

Two of the three Little Grebe which have been on the Meadow Pools for over a week now.