The million+ lesser flamingos at Lake Natron in Tanzania are the subject of a visually stunning new documentary film from Disneynature.

The Crimson Wing charts the life of a lesser flamingo from birth and follows its battle to thrive in the unforgiving environment of Lake Natron.

This exciting and thought-provoking film features amazing footage of a flamingo hatching – filmed at WWT Slimbridge back in spring 2007.

See The Crimson Wing exclusively at Cineworld cinemas across the country on Tuesday 29 September (Friday 25 September in London) Check www.cineworld.co.uk for details.

WWT’s flamingo work
As part of the Flamingo Specialist Group, WWT works to protect lesser flamingos through research, monitoring and promotion international cooperation to conserve the habitat on which they depend. Click here for more information.

See flamingos at WWT Centres
Visitors can see flamingos at WWT Centres at Martin Mere, National Wetland Centre Wales, Washington and Slimbridge, which is the only place in Europe where you can see all six species of flamingo.
To celebrate the film and WWT’s work with flamingos, WWT has teamed up with Disneynature and Cineworld Cinemas for an exciting offer for cinema goers and visitors to WWT centres at Slimbridge, Martin Mere and Washington.

He might have arrived in time for Sir Peter Scott’s centenary celebrations on Monday, but he was so unexpected a sighting that official verification that he is a first-winter marsh warbler has only just been confirmed.

Marsh warblers are generally seen in the UK in spring when their identification is relatively easy, but the species has not been seen in the autumn in the UK for some 40 years. Small breeding colonies did once existed in the area, but delving deep into Slimbridge’s wild bird archives this species has never been recorded here before now.

“When the bird was first spotted the general consensus was that it was indeed a first-winter marsh warbler but some were sceptical, so we decided to get verification from experts in Holland.
“When the news finally came through it was fantastic for us to be able to add a first-winter marsh warbler to our ever increasing wild bird list here at Slimbridge – particularly in our centenary year”

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