The Lego Brick Trail 7th June 2017

WWT Caerlaverock are hosting 11 lego models for 6 weeks this year. We decided a visit was in order to view them.
The first model greets you at the entrance...

Lottie the Otter

We visited the hides on our way around the site. The swallows were nesting in the eaves of the roof and provided spectacular views as they swooped right in front of the windows to go to their nests. The blue sheen of their feathers and their tail streamers looked stunning in the sunshine.

Crane

There were numerous damselflies around some of the ponds. The bright blue ones were the most obvious to see. Most were flitting around but we did find a couple sitting on a wooden rail basking in the sun.

Fred the Frog

The models are all quite large - 3 to 4 feet high! They have a board that gives information about the real animal as well as details about the model - such as how many bricks were used to build it and how many hours it took to construct them. They all have their own name too - such as Fred the frog and Bruce the Red-breasted goose.

Kingfisher

Flamingo

Our wander around the site took us along the wildflower walk. This is looking good, and has notices along the way telling you to  look out for aphids and dock beetles among the wild flowers. As we walked through the meadow we disturbed several goldfinches feeding on seeds among the grasses.

Swan

The tower at the end of the avenue was where the goose was positioned but from the tower we sat and watched linnets feeding on seeds just outside the window. There were several sitting on top of the plants so we had a really good view of them.

Nene Goose

Walking back up this avenue we saw many of the familiar little birds you might expect - great tits, blackbirds, chaffinch etc but we did see a pair of reed buntings on the path in front of us and a baby robin.

Spoonbill

The other avenue has many nest boxes attached to the trees and baby blue tits could be seen peeping out of the holes. Mum/dad weren't at all bothered by us passing by and continued to go in and out of the box.

Red-breasted Goose

A seat along the way gave us another lovely view - of a sedge warbler. What a lovely song to sit and listen to for a few minutes!

Dragonfly

The final model -  Emily the Emperor Dragonfly - was situated inside a tower where you could really see the construction of the bricks from the front and the back.
Amazing models! Glad we went to see them.