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Join us for a wild winter adventure

Join us for a wild winter adventure

We’re here for you and for wildlife 364 days a year including all throughout the holidays*, so don’t let a little thing like the weather put you off spending time in the great outdoors! Not all wildlife sleeps during the winter, so fling on a coat, pu

30 November 2018

American visitor

American visitor

A drake Green-winged Teal was on the Top New Piece this morning from the Zeiss Hide.  This North American duck is a regular visitor to the UK and for a period was nearly an annual occurence at Slimbridge, but we've had a few years now without a record. 

30 November 2018

Wildlife Sightings - 30/11/18

Wildlife Sightings - 30/11/18

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/High Water Rail - 2 (1 Paddy Fleming hide & 1 Northumbrian Water hide) Redshank - 8 Common Snipe - 5 Lapwing - 12 Curlew - 4 Shelduck - 10 Teal - 48 Grey Heron - 5 Black-headed Gull - 186   Saline Lagoon Sh

30 November 2018

Snipe spotting on the marsh

Snipe spotting on the marsh

1 Bittern - main lake (North shore) 2 Shelduck - main lake 7 Mandarin - wildside 1 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh 5 Snipe - grazing marsh, wader scrape 25 Fieldfare - flew over heading SW 2 Redwing - sheltered lagoon 2 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 3 Meadow P

30 November 2018

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

Bewick's swan (Lyle hide) Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag Canada goose Egyptian goose Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Pintail Gadwall Wigeon Teal Ringed teal (escapee) Pochard Tufted duck Cormorant Coot Moorhen Grey heron Great egret (x2) Little egret Curlew (x3

29 November 2018

Wild weather

Wild weather

It has been pretty windy this morning with periods of heavy rain too.  The rain over the last few days has turned the Top New Piece into a haven for all manner of waders and wildfowl with big numbers of birds spread across the whole area making counting

29 November 2018

Adult Yellow-legged Gull on the main lake

Adult Yellow-legged Gull on the main lake

  5 Pintail - marsh 1 Yellow-legged Gull adult - main lake 1 Jack Snipe - marsh 1 Bittern - flew from the middle of the reedbed to the main lake (N shore) 2 Chiffchaff - wildside 13 Redwing - wildside 1 Kingfisher - world wetlands   November bi

29 November 2018

Today's sightings 29/11/18

Today's sightings 29/11/18

a.m. high tide Wader Lake shelduck 14 shoveler female 3 redshank 16 water rail (from Paddy Fleming Hide) Teal 14 grey heron 3 Saline lagoon teal 21 Grey heron Redshank 3 Hawthorn Wood nuthatch bullfinch 4 great spotted woodpecker blue tit 5 coal tit 3 gre

29 November 2018

Some Counts

Some Counts

A change to some milder but windy weather and the first rain we've had for a while. A dawn count of Pink-footed Geese and Whooper Swan produced just over 6000 geese and 457 Whooper Swan. More speculation than access to data but it looks like many of the o

28 November 2018

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

Bewick's swan (Lyle hide) Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag Canada goose Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Pintail Wigeon Teal Ringed teal (escapee) Pochard Cormorant Coot Moorhen Grey heron Little egret Black-tailed godwit Ruff Redshank Snipe Dunlin Lapwing Golden

28 November 2018

Cape Shelduck

Cape Shelduck

Who’s that nesting in an underground burrow? It’s the Cape shelduck! Cape shelduck originate from South Africa where they nest in disused aardvark burrows! You can see them here at Slimbridge in the Flamingo lagoon. Look out for the artificial nesting

28 November 2018

Wildlife sightings - 28/11/18

Wildlife sightings - 28/11/18

Wader Lake (AM, mid-high tide): Shoveler (three male and one female) 4 Shelduck 14 Teal 18 Water rail (Paddy Fleming Hide) 1 Tufted duck 35   Saline lagoon (AM, mid-high tide): Teal 28 Redshank 1   Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Great-spotted wo

28 November 2018

Reserve Update Wednesday 28th November

Reserve Update Wednesday 28th November

Passerine activity remains good around the site with two Brambling spotted on the Peter Scott Trail feeders yesterday and a male down with the Yellowhammers and Reed Bunting opposite the Peter Scott Observatory.  They have been heard again this morning a

28 November 2018

A good variety of winter duck species

A good variety of winter duck species

2 Pintail - main lake 3 Shelduck - main lake, wader scrape 1 Bittern - main lake (N shore) 5 Snipe - grazing marsh, wader scrape 1 Water Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Meadow Pipit - grazing marsh 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital   November bird hi

28 November 2018

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

Zeiss Hide Slightly quieter than the last couple of days, but hunting Peregrines and a Merlin are causing the birds to move around between the reserve more.  Birds included 6 Snipe, 79 Lapwing, 504 Teal, 300+ Wigeon, 46 Pintail, 50+ Dunlin, 57 Shoveler a

27 November 2018