Sat 23 March to Sun 2 June
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Feel alive in wildlife-rich wetlands this spring
Spring brings new star species to Slimbridge. From kingfishers nesting to cranes displaying.
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There's plenty to see and do at Slimbridge Wetland Centre, here are a few of our favourites...
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Ten wonderfully quirky bird calls to listen out for around the UK's wetlands this spring time.
4 March 2024
Today the first of this year’s Bewick’s swans have arrived at WWT Slimbridge, the latest they have arrived since 1965. Experts are linking their delayed arrival to climate change, combined with a mixture of stormy and mild weather in recent weeks.
16 November 2023
This summer, we are calling for everyone to build their own tiny ponds, drainpipe wetlands and bog gardens in backyards and on balconies to help nature thrive in soaring temperatures and help reverse the UK’s devastating decline in biodiversity.
11 July 2023
Four curlews hand-reared from eggs by WWT staff have returned to the Severn Vale and Avon Vales and bred with wild birds, representing a ray of hope for the threatened species.
26 May 2023
A bright day at WWT Welney.
22 May 2023
Drumrolls, please!! Introducing our newest resident - the charismatic Magpie Goose, hailing all the way from the shores of Northern Australia!! Find out a bit more about this incredible wildlife species.These tall birds, standing at 90 cm and weighin
14 March 2023
A new Sir David Attenborough wildlife series hits our small screens in ultra-high definition this Sunday evening (BBC One at 7pm). Some of the UK’s most iconic wetland wildlife will feature including the high speed life of the Kingfisher in episode 1.
10 March 2023
Todays sightings at WWT Welney
5 November 2022
Sightings for Tuesday 24th May 2022
24 May 2022
The arrival of the Cuckoo, Damselflies, Reed Warblers, and Lapwing chicks
29 April 2022
The first Dragonfly, new Sedge Warblers, and Garganey pair
22 April 2022
Black-winged stilt, swallows, and sedge warbler
15 April 2022
Willow Warblers, Blackcaps, Black-headed Gulls.
10 April 2022
Sand Martins, Willow Tit, Great Crested Grebe and Otters.
2 April 2022
Blackcap, Butterflies, and the illusive Greenshank
28 March 2022