Love a goose at Slimbridge this Valentine’s Day
Couples will be able to admire our love birds if they make a Valentine’s visit to Slimbridge Wetland Centre over half term.
Pairs of geese have been wandering the grounds for the last few weeks preparing their nests ready to lay eggs.
This half term visitors will be invited to vote for their favourite Hawaiian goose pair (or nene) to mark 60 years of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust’s work to save them.
This appealing species faced extinction in the 60s as numbers dipped dangerously low in Hawaii, thanks to WWT’s intervention their numbers have grown and are now stable in the wild and there is a healthy population in collections such as the one at Slimbridge.
Visitors coming over the half term week (11 to 19 February) will be able to choose between different couples picked out as having strong personalities or for being good parents.
Visitors will be able to mull over their choice while they enjoy a cream tea in the Water’s Edge Restaurant overlooking the Caribbean flamingos
The love trail is included in the normal cost of admission. See the Love Trail event here.
