New Discovery Hide will offer visitors 'chilled-out' birdwatching
Posted on 24th May 2013 by WWT Slimbridge
An exciting attraction that is set to inspire a whole new audience of wildlife lovers opens its doors at WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre on Father's Day (June 16). The South Lake Discovery Hide has been designed with [...]
Continue readingSpill the beans! WWT Slimbridge has a new cafe
Posted on 22nd May 2013 by WWT Slimbridge
Visitors to WWT Slimbridge have a choice of places to enjoy a cuppa indoors now a new cafe has opened in the foyer. The new cafe will be open at weekends, during school holidays and on other busy days. It …
Kingfishers delight the Slimbridge Visitors
Posted on 23rd April 2013 by WWT Slimbridge
A pair of kingfishers which are building a nest in a bank are delighting visitors to WWT Slimbridge. The brightly coloured birds are easy to see from the Kingfisher hide and visitors have been treated to views of them [...]
Our new artist-in-residence will create a real buzz
Posted on 23rd April 2013 by WWT Slimbridge
An artist who celebrates the beauty of the smaller things in life is WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre's new artist-in-residence. Cotswold artist Cath Hodsman has spent years sketching and painting beautiful pieces of [...]
Unusual nest site gives eggs-tra challenge to our duckery warden
Posted on 22nd March 2013 by WWT Slimbridge
Our duckery warden Phoebe Young has her hands busy at this time of year checking on all the young bird families in our grounds. She is used to them choosing to nest in unusual places, but this year …
Baby boom in time for Easter at Slimbridge
Posted on 20th March 2013 by WWT Slimbridge
Families will see the first baby birds of the year on their trip to WWT Slimbridge this Easter holidays. The Centre's first Hawaiian geese have hatched this week with many more expected to follow over the next fortnight. [...]
Beautiful lamps are bright addition to wildlife gallery
Posted on 15th March 2013 by WWT Slimbridge
Ceramic lamps featuring eye-catching wildlife designs form part of a new exhibition at WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre. From 3 March to 22 April there are also oil paintings by artist …
Special diet keeps our frogs looking picture perfect
Posted on 28th February 2013 by WWT Slimbridge
They are probably the most photographed species of amphibian in the world but the secret to the red-eyed tree frog's beauty is most definitely in its diet. The amphibian keeper at WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre in [...]
Geese running on Hawaiian time lay early eggs
Posted on 21st February 2013 by WWT Slimbridge
Temperatures are still sub zero at night in many parts of the UK but for Hawaiian geese living here in Gloucestershire this seems the perfect time to get busy laying eggs. This Hawaiian goose, which is the rarest species [...]
Rare swans named in tribute to Gloucestershire's Olympic heroes
Posted on 15th February 2013 by WWT Slimbridge
WWT Slimbridge has named a new group of rare swans after Gloucestershire's Olympic greats. Five young Bewick's swans which have flown into …
