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1 day ago · The reserve, set up by the artist and naturalist Sir Peter Scott, opened in November 1946. Scott subsequently founded the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, which has since opened nine other reserves around the country. Slimbridge comprises some 800 hectares of pasture, reed bed, lagoon and salt marsh.
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Sep 29, 2024 · 29 September 2024. Sunday 29 September. Kingfisher Hide. Two Hobby and two Jays. South Lake. Seven Cattle Egret, 28 Avocet, Greenshank, 4 Snipe, 54 Lapwing, 12 Pochard, 154 Black-tailed Godwit, Shelduck, GC Grebe and 7 Cormorant. Middle Point. Two juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls among 200+ Herring Gulls, Barnacle x Greylag Goose hybrid and Swan ...
Sep 23, 2024 · The heavy rain has caused the water levels to rise, many of the waders are now feeding in the wet grass as the mud disappears for a time. 23 September. Two juvenile Little ringed Plover were feeding with 43 Dunlin on the mud off Middle Point, clearly flooded out from the scrapes. Severn Ground (viewed from Shepherds Hut Hide on seawall)
3 days ago · The Summer Walkway is still open each day until further notice, it is likely to close late this month. Dry path access to the Goose House and seawall but the tidal side of the track to the point is very wet and muddy. Waterproof footwear needed. The Shepherds Hut Hide has been brought in for the winter. Ground conditions in the fields are becoming wetter so we had to fetch it in earlier than ...
Sep 27, 2024 · Slimbridge is a wetland reserve managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) near Slimbridge in Gloucestershire on the estuary of the River Severn. Slimbridge was the first WWT reserve to be opened in 1946 by the artist and naturalist Sir Peter Scott. The Sloane Observation Tower gives far-reaching views to the Cotswold escarpment in the ...
Sep 21, 2024 · WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre: A good day out - See 1,543 traveller reviews, 1,211 candid photos, and great deals for Slimbridge, UK, at Tripadvisor.
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Oct 6, 2024 · Slimbridge Wetland Centre. October 6, 2024 by squirrelbasket. Mute swan (Cygnus olor) at Slimbridge in late August. I went on so many day trips in the summer that I am only just catching up with the photos I took. This is the last batch – from the Slimbridge Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire in late August…. Greylag goose (Anser anser)
