News
Painted Ladies
The invasion of Painted Lady butterflies continues to be evident across the reserve, not least in the car park this morning
4 July 2019
Kingfishers hatch
Activity at the Kingfisher Hide would suggest that the second brood have now hatched, with both parents busy feeding their new family
28 June 2019
Back to sunshine
We're at the start of a warm spell with the morning being wall to wall blue skies and rising temperatures.
27 June 2019
Little Bustard access tonight
We have managed to organize special Late Access for the Little Bustard, it didn't look like we could offer this earlier in the day but our wonderful volunteers came to the rescue. We may not be able to offer this again this week. See @Slimbridge_wild on T
26 June 2019
Little Bustard
A male Little Bustard has been found on the reserve, viewable from the seawall out on the Dumbles.
24 June 2019
Today's Sightings
Sightings from around the reserve today.
21 June 2019
More signs of Autumn
The first Snipe of the Autumn was on the Top New Piece today, earlier than we'd usually expect but another sure sign the seasons are progressing.
19 June 2019
The rain continues
A few dry spells have emerged today but it has been another predominately wet day.
18 June 2019
Cranes hatch and Curlew update
After losing their first eggs during the drought Spring we are very pleased to see that Crane pair Wendy and Albert have hatched at least one chick. They cannot currently be seen from any of the hides, we hope to be able to spot them when Wild Safaris res
17 June 2019
Great weather for ducks
You may have noticed, its been a bit wet lately and some would say great weather for ducks but even they are getting a bit fed up with the downpours.
14 June 2019
Another Lapwing surprise
A new brood of Lapwing was discovered on the Dumbles scrape today which was encouraging, we're not sure where this pair nested but with tall grass all around it could easily have been nearby. The Lapwing broods on the Dumbles and Dumbles saltmarsh continu
9 June 2019
Avocets and a Goshawk.
RushyVery busy with Avocet, 22 here with lots of incubating birds and a new hatched brood of 3. Shelduck 22 an Oystercatcher one Wigeon and 17 Tufted Duck and of course hundreds of Black Headed Gulls.Tack PieceOne ringed and an unringed Crane with 47 Barn
8 June 2019
Wet Wet Wet!
Rushy HideLittle Ringed Plover 22 cy Med GullTack PieceGreen Sandpiper 1Oystercatcher 2Redshank 1South Lake HideBlack Tailed Godwit 41Oystercatcher 2Avocet 6Shelduck 27Gadwall 12Cormorant 1Lesser Black Backed Gull 2Tufted Duck 6Pochard 1 maleGt. Crested G
7 June 2019
Curlew hope and other news
It's been quite a day here on the reserve, we've all been busy on various tasks one of which was an wader monitoring session starting early this morning. The forecast was for warmth and sunshine so we planned a survey for the more remote and difficult to
6 June 2019
Lapwing breeding season
The Lapwing breeding season is nearly at an end, we may yet get a pair nesting late on but the increasing in post breeding flocks signals the conclusion of another nesting season. It's still too early to 'count our chickens (Lapwings) as they need to be f
4 June 2019