Latest sightings

Monday WeBS Count results and latest sightings to 20th January

Wetland Bird Survey Count on Monday.

21 January 2021

This week's wildlife

A summary of the last week on the reserve

15 January 2021

End of the week catchup

Although the centre is closed, our conservation work continues

8 January 2021

Centre now closed for lockdown

Unfortunately due to the national lockdown all WWT centres are now closed, but our conservation work continues

6 January 2021

A farewell to 2020

Hard frosts prompting movements for many species.

1 January 2021

26-29 December 2020 update

Our hides remain closed due to Tier 3 rules, the grounds remain open.

29 December 2020

Hides to close

Unfortunately our region is moving in to Tier 3 on 26th December, so our hides must close

24 December 2020

Egrets? We've got a few...

A dawn check of the Decoy found all nine Cattle Egret roosting along with four Little Egret

23 December 2020

Counting Cattle Egrets

A nice surprise this morning with nine Cattle Egret on the South Lake

22 December 2020

More Bewick's arrive

Yesterdays possible arrival of Bewick's Swans was confirmed by our researcher this morning, thanks to their unique bill patterns

21 December 2020

Use your ears

A few birds to be picked up with your ears today flying over the reserve

20 December 2020

What do you do on a rainy day....

...you come to WWT Slimbridge.Yet more heavy rain has raised levels in the field causing soil invertebrates especially worms and leather jackets to become more accessible to the vast flocks of wintering wadersWadersA massive build up of Golden Plover over

19 December 2020

Some welcome sunshine

After a rather wet Wednesday, this morning's sunshine was a welcome change

17 December 2020

Cackling Goose hide and seek

A couple of brief sightings of the Cackling Goose today

13 December 2020

Cackling Canada

An interesting set of Geese this week

12 December 2020