• Mersehead Recent Sightings 27th February - 4th March
    The past week got off to a great start when 30 whooper swans were recorded out on the wetlands. The usual wetland birds such as wigeon , teal , shoveler and pintail can still be seen from both hides in...
  • Mersehead Recent Sightings: 20th - 26th February
    This week the penultimate WeBS count was completed on the reserve. We recorded at total of 3733 Barnacle Geese , 31 Shelduck , 102 Wigeon , 4 Gadwall , 317 Teal , 7 Mallard , 50 Pintail , 57 Shoveler...
  • Murmuration magic
    Mersehead Recent Sightings 26th October - 1st November 2019 We were reminded that winter creeps ever closer this week, with frosts crisping the reserve on a few mornings and making for magical sunrises...
  • It’s not just geese flooding into Mersehead!
    Mersehead Recent Sightings 28 th September – 4 th October 2019 The barnies are back! (photo credit: RSPB Scotland) It’s been a wet week at the reserve, with the access road being badly flooded...
  • Mersehead Recent Sightings 12th – 18th March
    It certainly feels like spring today, it is warm, sunny, the lapwings are displaying, the daffodils are in flower and lesser celandine is peeking out from under the hedges. Lesser celandine is one of...