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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pam_m" data-source="post: 1827747" data-attributes="member: 18672">3rd May.Wood of Cree was today's destination and what a treat it turned out to be! How lovely it was to see the waterfalls and tumbling burns, a sight and sound I had really been looking forward to! Wild Garlic and Bluebells were almost in flower, Primroses, Common Cow-wheat and Bilberry were carpeting the woodland floor. I spotted a Large red damselfly, my first damselfly of the year, Peacock butterfly and Dor beetle were seen several times on the walk. The highlight birds today were the Pied Flycatcher and Wood Warbler singing loudly as they flitted from tree to tree! The Wood Warbler was especially pleasing as it perched low in the trees several times giving great views of it without the need for bins as it sang and vibrated it's tail! Magic!!!After lunch we took the short walk to the Otter platform, here we saw Grey Wagtail, Wren, Sedge Warbler heard only, a Mallard family, Buzzard and Orange tip butterfly. No Otters were seen but I think we would have been very lucky to have seen one in the relatively short time we spent at the platform as we had plannned to visit Wigtown Bay Nature Reserve in the afternoon.Along the journey to Wigtown Bay Pied Wagtail and Stock Dove were notable sightings. On arrival at the Visitor Centre (Wigtown County Buildings) we were told that some exciting plans were planned for the Nature Reserve.....that was it, no more information was forthcoming. On my return home I read all about it as the RSPB had sent a letter and an appeal, detailing their intentions to purchase the site and create a new reserve at Crook of Baldoon. I wish them every success! Here is a link for non RSPB members and of course RSPB members. <a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/details.asp?id=tcm:9-250249" target="_blank">http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/details.asp?id=tcm:9-250249</a>CCTV of Ospreys breeding in Galloway is shown at the Visitor Centre.It was a relatively short walk down to the hide at Wigtown harbour and all was fairly quiet round about with the highlight being 2 Drake Garganey! Other species seen being Pied Wagtail, Rock Pipit, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Greylag Geese, Shelduck, a Mallard family, Cormorant and B H Gull. I said it was quiet..well it was until a coach party of RSPB members entered the hide!! They really were a friendly group of people having chatted to some of them, after they had viewed the Garganey they all left leaving the hide quiet once more.lol!! The Garganey also left soon afterwards.</blockquote>

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