Slimbridge news
First flight of wild young cranes in West Country for 400 years
Wildlife conservationists are celebrating this week after young wild cranes took to the air in the West Country for the first time in four centuries. And it’s a double celebration, with successful crane families in both Somerset and Gloucestershire.
6 August 2015
Unveiled at Slimbridge, WWT’s first giant LEGO® brick animal trail
On Tuesday the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust’s first LEGO brick animal trail was launched at Slimbridge Wetland Centre by WWT Chief Executive Martin Spray. This is the first time these amazing characters have been seen among the real life ani
16 July 2015
Record flamingo chicks at WWT Slimbridge thanks to dry weather
Flamingo Chick taken by Michael Page The flamingo flocks at Slimbridge are having a baby boom with record numbers of young this year, thanks in part to the recent dry spell. There are already 38 Caribbean and Greater
9 July 2015
Amazing giant LEGO® brick animals will bring families closer to nature this summer at WWT Slimbridge
This summer the world’s most popular toy will bring families closer to nature at WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre. Giant LEGO brick sculptures will be at the attraction in Gloucestershire for eight weeks this summer from July 18 to September 6, alongside
25 June 2015
Kids see weird wetland beasts on the brink up close at Slimbridge
Phobe, Dylan and James from Slimbridge School meet one of the new crayfish School kids visiting WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre this week have been getting up close to two of Britain’s weirdest and most endangered wet
3 June 2015
Bin liners give boost to baby newts
The humble bin liner is proving indispensable for an amphibian keeper rearing newts at WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre. Jay Redbond has been placing strips of black bin liner in his newts’ tanks to act as artificial leaves for them to lay eggs on. The ne
21 May 2015
Slimbridge's Debbie Pain named in top 50 Wildlife Power List
A portrait of Debbie Pain The WWT Director of Conservation at Slimbridge Wetland Centre, Debbie Pain, has been named as one of the top 50 most influential conservation heroes in the Wildlife Power List published by th
19 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
Crane egg delayed by late spring
UPDATE 13 MAY 2015: SINCE WE PUBLISHED THIS STORY, UNFORTUNATELY RUBY AND BART'S NEST ATTEMPT HAS FAILED. THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF CRANE ACTIVITY AROUND SLIMBRIDGE'S RESERVES SO WE ARE STILL HOPEFUL THAT BREEDING MIGHT HAPPEN THIS YEAR A young crane has
11 May 2015
UWE graduate’s film of cranes selected for prize in Japan
A graduate from the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) has had her first film, set at WWT Slimbridge in Gloucestershire, selected for the Japan Wildlife Film Festival alongside David Attenborough’s latest BBC series, Life Story. Ida May-Jon
1 May 2015
Wetlands and Wild Places from April 15 to July 3
An artist, who paints wild and untouched places, has sought inspiration from the landscapes of Slimbridge in her latest exhibition. Rosalind Wise, who lives in Dursley will have her work in the gallery at WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre from April 15 to Ju
9 April 2015
Tell WWT Slimbridge if you spot cranes (the birds, not the machines)
Residents in Gloucestershire, Bristol and Worcestershire are being asked to keep their eyes out for cranes i.e. the large wetland birds, not the lifting machines, and report them to the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) at Slimbridge.
8 April 2015
Help: have you seen this duck?
A group of GIANT ducks will be landing at WWT Slimbridge this Easter, and we need your children to help us find them all! The GIANT rubber duck hunt will take place at Slimbridge from this Saturday to Sunday April 12 promising lots of family fun for the
24 March 2015
Slimbridge doubles group discount
Dave Paynter talking to group at Slimbridge From 1 April, visiting WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre with your local group will be even better value. We are doubling the discount offered to groups to 15%, making prices lo
17 March 2015
Is this a case of third time lucky? Slimbridge crane couple prepare nest
The famous crane couple at WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre has been busy preparing a nest, raising the hope that they will succeed in raising chicks this year. This is the third year that common cranes Monty and Chris(tine) have nested in full view of the
2 March 2015