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Checking out the saltmarsh for safe grazing.

Estimated about 200 geese in the flock

Quite a busy day on the Reserve birdwise. This flock flew straight above us across the Lonning, as we were walking down to the hide to view the Great White Egret.

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.

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

Small groups of Barnacles could be seen flying low along the tideline facing into the strong westerly gale.

5th January, 2011 This last week at Campfield, we have seen groups of various sizes of Barnacles passing along the shore around high tide, going towards Cardurnock from the Inner Estuary - and had speculated as to where their destination might be. So, yesterday (4th), having been to Kirkbride,...

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...