Dudley Town Centre

Dudley Town Centre

Dudley Town Centre

Few wildlife reserves in Scotland have so much to offer as Caerlaverock Wetlands Centre. Just a few miles from the county town of Dumfries, this exciting reserve hosts wildlife attractions all the year round. Not only is it renowned widlfowl refuge it is also home to some of our rarest and most unusual wild life. The osprey has made a breeding comeback here and it also home to the rare natterjack toad. There is something for everybody during the Caerlaverock year.

Caerlaverock Is a Special Reserve in All Seasons

While justly renowned as a wildfowl reserve Caerlaverock Wetlands Centre has so much more to offer the visitor. It is truly a year round facility of the highest order and offers a wide cross section of wildife experiences. At the centre they have an aquarium containing the triops. These living fossils are only found in Scotland on the reserve. Another specialty of the centre is the rare natterjack toad. They frequent the brackish waters and breed in the sandy banks of the salt marsh.