WWT Caerlaverock Wetland Centre
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Overview
This internationally important wetland is the winter home of the Barnacle goose, whose entire Svalbard population spend the winter on the Solway Firth. Observation facilities include 20 hides, 3 towers and a heated observatory. A wide variety of other wildlife can be seen, notably the rare Natterjack Toad and a family of Barn Owls and ospreys. Swan feeds daily from October to March at 11 and 2. For a wide range of special events please see website for details. Photos: Sacha Dench and Faith Hillier (coffee shop).
Features
- Opening Times
- Open all year
- Opening Times: Open daily 10-5. Closed 25 Dec
- Facilities
- Parking onsite
- Cafe
About the area
Dumfries and Galloway is a wonderfully undiscovered corner of Scotland – a romantic land of wooded glens, high hills and exposed moorland, haunted by its colourful past and the ghosts of those who fell in fierce and bloody battles. Heading west from Gretna Green you soon reach Dumfries, straddling the River Nith, where you may see red-breasted mergansers in summer.
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