Is your mental health suffering because you're stuck in an office all day? If you check out the new blog, I'm sure your fears will be assuaged (and you can find out what the heck Hippocrates has to do with it)!

Read it here 👉 ow.ly/IwaU50Rh5ai

📸 Marianne Nicholson

It won't be long before our wildlife garden looks this this again! 🌻

Are you doing anything in your garden this year to make it more wildlife friendly?

📸 James Shooter

#WildlifeGardening #NoMowMay @Plantlife #Gardening The RHS

We are seeking artists! Check out the project here: thestove.org/artist-commiss…

Wetland Word of the Week 🌿

SCURVY GRASS is a plant found on our saltmarsh. Its high vitamin C content meant it helped to prevent scurvy which is where it gets its common name. It is very bitter and actually not a grass at all but a relative of cabbage!

#WetlandWordOfTheWeek

📢 Don't forget - optics weekend!

On the 27th and 28th of April we will have @VikingOptical with us to show off their range and your tricky questions. 🔭

They will be with us all day so feel free to drop in!

#Optics #Binocualrs #Monoculars #Telescopes #VikingOptical

In need of a new book? WWT Caerlaverock is the place for you.

Our extensive collection of second hand books have something for everyone.

That doesn't convince you? Check out Mary's book review 👉 ow.ly/mXLS50Rcr3u

#BookTok #Bookstagram #SecondHandBooks #Shelfie

A lovely warty toad for your viewing pleasure today

This is a common toad and is one of only two species we have in the Scotland, the other being the natterjack toad. Did you know common toads return to the same breeding ponds each spring?

📸 David Pickett

Amphibian and Reptile Conservation

Lesser celandine, also known as 'pilewort'.

Bet you can't guess what ailment it was traditionally used to treat...

📸 David Pickett

#PlantOfTheWeek #Plantstagram #Wildflowers #Spring

Nature exploring… it’s a Bing thing!
Get your Bing ears and gather round for story time on 12th April at 1:30pm.
Find out more here 👉ow.ly/9rPY50R8jnr.
#BingWWT #WWT #ThingsToDo #FamilyFun #FamilyTime #Exploring #Wetlands #Nature #Nature Lovers #Wildlife #Wildlife Lovers

We spent Easter weekend saying goodbye to our lovely geese! Read Meg's blog to find out what we got up to 👉 ow.ly/MQzy50Raf9y

📸 Megan Grisewood-Foley

#NewBlog #NatureBlog #BarnacleGeese #Sunset #Spring

Gain confidence in birding with a friendly warden and learn more about wetlands and wildlife. Join us for our next beginner birding sessions on 27th and 28th April from 1-3pm. Included with admission. 🦆
Find out more: ow.ly/WSm850R8fte
#birding #wildlife #nature

Wetland Word of the Week 🌧️

PETRICHOR is the word for that pleasant scent when it finally rains after a long dry spell. I wonder if anyone has worked out how to bottle it?

#WetlandWordOfTheWeek #WordsForWetlands #WWT

Check out our exhibition showing til 6th May: Memories & Imagination, featuring ceramicist Julian Francis, printmaker Malcolm Davies and painter Suzanne Stuart Davies.

Find out more here: ow.ly/ctPL50QOz4i
#art #WhatsOnDumfries

Hooray for hirundines! sand martin & swallows have returned. These iconic aerial acrobats herald that #spring 's in swing.
We also have a couple black tailed godwit in breeding plumage.
Find out more about recent seasonal sights; ow.ly/yYSC50R8wmX
#birds #birding #wildlife

Got a question for an optics expert? 🔭

Drop in on the 27th and 28th of April for our optics weekend! We are hosting a rep from @VikingOptical who will be able to answer any queries and get you kitted out for your next wildlife adventure.

#Caerlaverock #Binoculars #Birding

We particularly love seeing roe deer at this time of year when they are frolicking in the spring sun! Meg, one of our placement students caught this velvet-antlered stag and little doe out on her rounds last week.

📸Meg Grisewood-Foley

Mammal Society British Deer Society (BDS)

What are you hearing this spring? Check out the new blog so see what is pricking our ears at Caerlaverock.

💙 Read it here: wwt.org.uk/news-and-stori…

📸 Marianne Nicholson

#NewBlog #NatureBlog #Caerlaverock #Spring #SignsOfSpring #Chiffchaff #BirdSong #Birding

Our next Bing story time is this Fri 5 Apr at 1:30pm. 📖
Calling little & big explorers alike! Learn about wetland nature and wildlife with our programme of family-friendly activities.
ow.ly/w4eC50R8g8T.
#BingWWT #WWT #FamilyFun #FamilyTime #Wetlands #Nature #Wildlife

It's there and then gone! What was it?

A little weasel came to visit us outside the visitor centre last week. We loved watching it dash about.

#Weasel #ScottishWildlife #WWTCaerlaverock

Some will be celebrating Star Wars day on Sat 4th May but we will be hosting our next writing workshop!

Join us on a walk of the reserve to gather inspiration before having time to produce some nature writing.

Find out more: ow.ly/M9S650R4QRm

#MayThe4thBeWithYou