Recent sightings

Your recent sightings

• Turning of the Tide

  RSPB Mersehead Recent Sightings 8 th – 14 th September 2018 What an exciting time of year! Summer is just gripping on and yet change is happening. It’s one of the reasons I love this reserve so much, as it is never quiet but bustling with wildlife...

  Posted 14 Sep 2018 by Mersehead

• The Last Bales of Summer

  RSPB Mersehead Recent Sightings 1 st – 7 th September 2018 September has arrived and signs of autumn are appearing. The nights are noticeably drawing in, the leaves are turning golden and birds are flocking together. In September, we start...

  Posted 07 Sep 2018 by Mersehead

• Gatherings

  Mersehead Recent Sightings 25 th - 31 st August 2018 There’s been a definite chill in the air this week; summer may finally be on its way out. This is an exciting time of year for wildlife watching though. Lots of species, especially birds, are...

  Posted 31 Aug 2018 by Mersehead

• A Charm of Goldfinch

  RSPB Mersehead Recent Sightings 11 th – 17 th August 2018 With the drought finally coming to an end at Mersehead we been experiencing sudden, sharp and heavy downpours throughout the week. The vegetation has immediately sprung back into life and t...

  Posted 17 Aug 2018 by Mersehead

• A splash of colour

  RSPB Mersehead recent sightings 28 th July – 3 rd August It’s been a changeable week weather- wise here at Mersehead. Sunny skies have been mixed with dreich spells and heavy bouts of rain. To counter the grey spells we’ve been experiencing and to...

  Posted 03 Aug 2018 by Mersehead

• A bit of Botany

  RSPB Mersehead Recent Sightings 21 st – 27 th July 2018 We were joined by the Kirkcudbrightshire vice-county plant recorder this week and searched the merse for the presence of the regionally scarce species listed on the reserve. The extremely...

  Posted 27 Jul 2018 by Mersehead