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Take photos while the sun shines!
'Flower Power' by Helen Louise Saunders Here comes the sun (well, err, till tomorrow at least!). Why not visit WWT Washington during the next couple of days and snap some photo comp shots like this while it'
13 June 2012
Black-winged stilt
Black-winged stilt - 1 (Lyle hide-Friends hide) [...]
13 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake AM/Mid Tide Avocet - 9 Lapwing - 12 Common Tern - 80 pairs Gadwall - 5 Wigeon - 1 Oystercatcher - 6 + 2 chicks Little Ringed Plover [...]
13 June 2012
Deer tracks spotted!
Roe deer tracks have been spotted on the saline lagoon. On the second image you can see the dew claws quite clearly in the soft mud, suggesting it was running! [...]
13 June 2012
Today's sightings
A little gull is present in front of the British steel hide along with a spoonbill and 3 Mediterranean gull. Other highlights include 2 lesser whitethroat, whitethroat, 2 cetti’s warbler, k [...]
13 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 6 cygnets Mallards with duckling Teal Pond Little Grebe on nest Flood Ground Wigeon 2 Oystercatcher 2 Heron Mallard with families of ducklings [...]
13 June 2012
Wildlife sightings for 13th June 2012
1 Shoveler - male, entering eclipse plumage, main lake 1 Little Grebe chick - being fed by both parents in channel nearest wildside hide 2 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 1 Redshank - mai [...]
13 June 2012
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Cranes 2 from the Great Crane Project Hare on the saltmarsh shelf Zeiss Hide Avocet pair Teal 3 Redshank 4 Shoveler pair Little Egret 1 South Lake M [...]
13 June 2012
Sightings 12th June
WADER LAKE a.m. high tide Avocet 9 Lapwing 8 Oyster catcher 6 + 2 chicks Common tern 80 pairs + 11 chicks Gadwall 5 Wigeon 1 Black headed gull 8 Grey heron 17 adult + 1 [...]
12 June 2012
Bee Orchid
Three new Avocet chicks were out today. Poor weather and Peregrine predation are serious risk factors for these birds. The Peregrine was in action this morning but looking for bigger prey. Six Common [...]
12 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 6 cygnets Gadwall 1 Mallards with ducklings Teal Pond Little Grebe on nest Flood Ground Wigeon 2 Oystercatcher 2 Heron Mallard with families of [...]
12 June 2012
Wildlife sightings for 12th June 2012
1 Kestrel - hunting over reserve 1 Buzzard - over reserve 2 Avocet - main lake 11 Common Tern + 2 chicks - main lake c.90 Swift - site count 35+ Sand Martin - site count [...]
12 June 2012
Today's sightings
Holden Tower The Cranes (at least three, often four) are feeding on the Dumbles close to the scrape. They have a routine and can usually be found here. There is some commuting about the reserve bu [...]
12 June 2012
Notice - kitchen refurbishment disruption, for one month from 10 June
Please be advised that from 10 June until 10 July, 2012, there will be limited hot food available in the WWT Slimbridge restaurant as we are having the kitchen refitted. There will still be a large selection of sandwiches, hot drinks, soups and cakes avai
11 June 2012
Barn Owls
We have two pairs of Barn Owl nesting on the reserve at the moment and the picture below is of one pair pretty much full grown young taken just after they had been ringed by our species monitor Kane B [...]
11 June 2012