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15 May 2015
Downy Duckling Days
Canada Goose gosling Mallard duckling Bring your little ones to meet ours at WWT slimbridge Wetland Centre this half term. Children can discover the cutest baby birds imagi
15 May 2015
Spoonbill again
Today's Highlights Spoonbill 1 adult early morning on the South Lake Garganey 5 on site including 4 males The Holden Tower Grey Plover 2 Whimbrel 1 Curlew 1 Dunlin 40 Ringed Plover 15 Avocet 10 The Zeiss Hide Avocet 19 The Kingfisher Hide Cuckoo 1 The Sou
15 May 2015
Wildlife sightings for 15th May 2015
8 Common Tern - main lake, reservoir lagoon 1 Common Sandpiper - grazing marsh 5 Redshank - wader scrape 2 Little Egret - grazing marsh 90 Swift - site count 10 Swallow - site count 18 House Martin - site count 1 Kestrel - April/early May bird highlights
15 May 2015
WWT Conservation Director makes BBC "Power List"
WWT’s Director of Conservation, Debbie Pain, has been named as one of the top 50 most influential conservation heroes in BBC Wildlife magazine’s “Wildlife Power List”. Debbie was included in the Power List partly due to her pioneering work to rese
14 May 2015
Hand-feeding fun!
Ganderland will bring WWT Washington's goose species nose-to-beak with visitors Introducing Ganderland – our new goose hand-feeding area! Work will begin on this exciting nose-to-beak exhibit on Monday 8 June and sh
14 May 2015
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Hobby
14 May 2015
Two for the price of one!
If you're planning on visiting WWT Slimbridge any time soon, make sure you swing by the greater flamingo flock in Flamingo Lagoon because the nesting season is looking very exciting this year. Not only is there a large group of nesting birds at the fro
14 May 2015
Wet Thursday sightings
The Holden Tower Little-ringed Plover 2 Avocet 21 The South Lake Common Tern 1 Med Gull 1 Black-tailed Godwit 38 The Tack Piece Little Gull 1 Common Crane 1 Pink-footed Goose 1 Avocet 4 The Zeiss Hide Avocet 8 Sand Martin 50
14 May 2015
Wildlife sightings for 14th May 2015
1 Little Ringed Plover - marsh 1 Whitethroat - scrape bank 5 Common Tern - main lake, reservoir lagoon 7 Redshank - marsh, scrape 40 Swift - main lake, marsh 11 Swallow - main lake, marsh, reservoir lagoon 3 House Martin - marsh April/early May
14 May 2015
Today's Highlights
Common sandpiper Avocet chicks Oystercatcher chicks Redshank chicks Lapwing chicks Gargany Peregrine
13 May 2015
Today's Highlights
Common sandpiper Common tern Azure damselfly Orange tip butterfly Garganey
13 May 2015
Common Tern
A very pleasant day with the wind dropping although the visibility tends to be much poorer for distance viewing! The first Common Tern of the year a pair(?) in the morning on Woodend Marsh. The 1st summer Little Gull was present there too.
13 May 2015
Volunteers given chance to film macro wildlife
Volunteer filming a hawkmoth Volunteers involved with the Great Ouse Wetland project are about to share the secret lives of some of the smallest species of wildlife we have in the UK. Voracious water beetles, delicate
13 May 2015
Latest Sightings
Barnacle Geese Most of the geese have now left the Solway, with the few that still remain on Rockcliffe Marsh on the Cumbria/Scotland border. On the high tides small numbers do fly to the reserve but these are usually less than 100. Whooper Pond Oystercat
13 May 2015