Hopefully not lasting to long but the worst snow and Ice since 2011 has hit the Wigtown bay and the Crook this past weekend making life difficult for the wildlife. Both lagoons totally frozen so few birds roosting most hoping to get a feed out on the saltmarsh mud and roosting out there as well. Some flocks of pink footed geese moving about the bay trying not to find wildfowlers at their next resting place, there is the need for another 7 days of sub zero temperatures and the cold weather ban will start.
Left to right four of our volunteers Peter, Gerry, Carl And Jim missing from this group and worked hard on this project are Jackie, and myself. we have also had some support from volunteers and staff from RSPB Wood of Cree reserve and RSPB Mersehead.
I am pleased to say that the footpath is now finished and waiting on fencers now to make it stock proof.
The one thing that does rattle our volunteers cages is irresponsible dog owners that walk there dog and do not clear up the mess and take it away with them. Within two day of opening the new path we have had two cases of dog mess left on the footpath as a dog owner my self I find it very annoying to clear up another persons dogs mess. We have had to put up big signs which I personally find very intrusive about the SNH code of the countryside which should be known by all responsible people.