A variety of species move inland up the Solway in both spring and autumn. In late April and May pomarine skuas are a speciality here and long tailed skuas have also been sighted. From late summer shearwaters, storm petrels terns and a variety of passage waders pass by daily. In the fells, a short way inland, buzzards and ravens are a common sight. We passed through spectacular valleys with craggy hillsides towering above the roadside where, in the summer, ring ouzels, whinchats, northern wheatears, wood warblers common redstarts and pied flycatchers are common.
Dippers go about their business on the fast flowing rivers.
WWT Caerlaverock is situated 9 miles south east of Dumfries. Please see the duty warden on arrival.