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WWT Slimbridge is a visitor centre open all year. Discover the power of wetlands and meet all the species that call this site home. Come and see for yourself.
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Want to refine your birding skills this season? 🕊️
We have availability on our upcoming 'Improvers Birdwatching' course on Wednesday 8 May
@slimbridge_wild
Learn more:
📸Sarah Freeman
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You've heard of Elf on the Shelf, now get ready for...
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Speaking of Kings…Kingfishers have bred at WWT Slimbridge 💙👑
Read more in our latest news:
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We were delighted to welcome our patron, HRH The Prince of Wales to open Scott House!
#WWT75
We're grateful for the support of
@ClarenceHouse
as we build on Sir Peter Scott's legacy and work to protect wetlands - for people, the planet & nature 💧🌏🌱
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🦢🙌 Exciting News!
We're delighted to announce that this year’s first arrivals of the Bewick's Swans have just arrived at Slimbridge.
They are Maisie, her partner Maifield and their two cygnets, who all touched down earlier this afternoon (16 Nov).
#BewicksSwans
#Bewicks
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Bewick's swans update 🦢
As of this morning (20 March) no Bewick's were left on site at Slimbridge.
Farewell beautiful birds, until next winter 👋❄️💙
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They're off! The Bewick's have left and are on their migration back to the Tundra. Some travelling as fast as 83kmph (up to 50 mph) thanks to the tail wind. Some of our tracked swans are plotted on the map, Arkadi has arrived in Gotland, Sweden, Pomegranate & Elroy are in Latvia.
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🦩 In Loving Memory of Mr. James 🦩
With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of our beloved flamingo, Mr. James, the only James' flamingo in the UK, cherished at WWT Slimbridge since 1961. 🫶
Read the full story:
📸 Sarah Freeman / Ella Slinn
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You've heard of Elf on the Shelf, now get ready for...
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#SundaySuccess
Bitterns are a very special bird that we regularly see on the reserve, particularly in the winter months.
This year we're delighted that the species have bred on site. 🙌
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You've heard of Elf on the Shelf, now get ready for...
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It's that time of year! 🐣
Oystercatcher chicks have hatched and 'parachuted' from the roof of the Discovery Hide.
📽️ Martin, Reserves
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This week, we say farewell to a very special someone. 👋🦆
Good luck to our Reserve Warden, Scott on his next adventure; thank you for all you do for wetlands and wildlife. We will miss you very much!
@slimbridge_wild
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At Slimbridge you don't find a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, you find nenes! 🌈
📸 Nicola, Living Collections
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Wednesday wow moment! 👀
This wild vole was spotted earlier this month by our Reserve Placement, Kate, whilst they were having a snack. 😍🌿
Just look at that pink little nose. 🥰
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Once bittern and twice shy 🤭
I keep my distance, but you still catch my eye 👀
There have been lots of sightings of bitterns at Slimbridge this season, have you been so lucky?
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A very special visitor to Slimbridge this afternoon - The Prince of Wales has dropped by to wish us a happy 70th birthday & enjoy the view!
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🎉 Happy 7️⃣6️⃣th Birthday to us 🎉
Today's Slimbridge &
@WWTworldwide
's 76th anniversary. As it's a Thursday, let's throwback to historic pics of our brilliant founder, Sir Peter Scott!
📸: Peter in the studio window with Bewick’s swans behind him, 1970. (credit Dafila Scott)
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We're delighted to share the news that three young cranes that have been raised at Slimbridge have successfully fledged; marking this as the most successful year of the re-introduction project
@thecraneproject
@slimbridge_wild
#TheComebackCrane
#Glosbirds
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Once bittern and twice shy. 🤭
I keep my distance, but you still catch my eye. 👀
Bitterns were just one of our breeding success stories this year. Did you catch a glimpse of one at WWT Slimbridge?
📸 James Lees
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Thanks to
@BBCCountryfile
for visiting us and giving us the opportunity to showcase some of our amazing wildlife. And good work to our Dave Paynter and Nigel Jarrett – top presenting skills.
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After three long months we are thrilled to announce that Slimbridge Wetland Centre will re-open on June 10. Members of the public and WWT members must pre-book online to visit so we can manage numbers. We can’t wait to welcome you back… Neither can they!
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Surprising visitor on the Summer Walkway path. 👀💙
A juvenile bittern!
🎥 Martin, Reserves
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Gotta get those steps in!
An unexpected walking partner 😆🐦
📽️ Deputy Living Collections Manager, Phoebe Vaughan
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Incoming! Three new Bewick's swans have arrived! 🦢🦢🦢
'Overshoot' arrived on Sunday afternoon; we think she's a female around 4-5 years old and the brown-reddish feathers are from iron staining from iron-rich lakes and soil en route.
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Big thanks to
@IoloWilliams2
for coming to see us on this rather wet day! 💦 Thanks to everyone who came to hear Iolo's talk on his new book - Wild Places UK, UK's Top 40 Nature Sites - including Slimbridge (of course!) and a few
@WWTworldwide
sites! 🌿
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Bewick's swans stories 🦢
Bubbly & Soapy arrived at Slimbridge with 2 cygnets on 18 Dec 2022. On 24 Jan 2023 only Bubbly & 1 cygnet were at Slimbridge, with Soapy & the other cygnet missing 😔
But this week on the morning of 8 March, the whole family were back together 💙
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And they’re off! 👋🏼 We had just 1 single Bewick’s swan left on the Rushy this morning as they have begun their epic migration back to the Russian tundra. 📸
@ClimateSarah
#MondayMotivation
#Migration
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Spotted at Slimbridge... 👀
What was your favourite wildlife sighting this month?
One of our highlights was seeing wild otters from the Kingfisher Hide!
📸 Andrew Bluett
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Exciting news! We plan to open on 12 April, subject to the latest government guidance. Ticket pre-booking will be available approx. one week before. Keep an eye on our website and social media for updates.
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Ducklings crossing 😁🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆
📽️Kerry Hill, Living Wetland Theatre Presenter Trainer
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Bittern is back 😍
This week a bittern has been seen from The South Lake. 🌊
It can be hard to spot but with patience you may be in luck of catching a glimpse of this fantastic bird. Also ask one of our Guide in the Hides who'll be happy to help! 😁
📽️ James Lees
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Happy
#WorldRiversDay
🌊
📽️ Aerial of the Severn Bore, a large surge wave that can be seen in the estuary of the River Severn, where the tidal range is the 2nd highest in the world.
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Crane update 🐣
Over at the Top New Piece (seen from Zeiss Hide), crane pair Oakie and Sherbert can be seen with 2 chicks.
📽️ Martin, Reserves
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🎉 Happy 7️⃣7️⃣th Birthday to us 🎉
Today marks Slimbridge and WWT's 77th anniversary, let's
#FlashbackFriday
to some historic photos of our brilliant founder, Sir Peter Scott.
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Happy 7️⃣5️⃣th birthday to us! 🎈🎉
Today, 10th November, marks
@WWTworldwide
and Slimbridge's 75th anniversary!
Thank you to you for helping us protect the planet's most precious places 🌿🌊
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Listen to our new ambassador academy award-winning actor, Sir Mark Rylance, explaining why our centres are special places to visit in the winter ❄️
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Large flock of whooper swans have just arrived on site!
Part of the group of the 23 Whooper Swans that have just flown on to the Dumbles
@slimbridge_wild
! Long distance, therefore wobbly,
#DodgyVid
#GlosBirds
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'Haha' the otter 🐾
We are deeply saddened to announce that our North American river otter Haha has passed away. We know you’ll all join us in sharing your condolences with our staff, volunteers, and especially our Presentations team who looked after her.
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RT
@MarkHughesPhoto
Amazing capture of the cranes defending their chicks against a fox, what great parents!
http://t.co/imeQwXcLvD
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Crane news ✨
We've started to see the crane pairs becoming more active & prospecting for nest sites around the site.
📽️ Cranes Oakie & Sherbert displaying, seen from Zeiss & Van de Bovenkamp Hides. Credit Martin, Reserves
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We've discovered two young wild otter cubs living on the northern part of the reserve
@WWTSlimbridge
,
@slimbridge_wild
Eurasian otters usually breed in the spring but this pair have chosen to breed later in the year. Watch our camera trap footage
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We may be closed but we have exciting news🥰
The Bewick's are back! 🦢🦢
The 1st arrivals are pair Primero (male) & Piquet (female).
📸 Placement Student, Katie Fox
#ClosedButStillCaring
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Spot the odd one out 👀
A sea of golden plover on South Lake, and a female lapwing.
Like this tweet when you spot her! 💙
🎥 Martin, Reserves
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Carefully does it! 😅
Check out these common cranes tip-toeing across the ice. ❄️
#BiazaBrightSide
#MondayMotivation
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✨ SUCCESS STORY✨🪡
This year we've had our most successful year on the reserve EVER for the number of common crane pairs nesting, chicks who have hatched & juveniles which have fledged!
@slimbridge_wild
📸 Jonathan Bull
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Bewick's update ✨
35 individuals have been recorded on site today, following a 'swanfall'.
New swans include Winkey & Winker. Winkey is currently the oldest swan on the pond, aged between 26-27 year's old!
For the full details see our Bewick's Blog;
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It seems it's not only humans who've heard how good the cakes are in Kingfisher Kitchen. This stoat was snapped by the benches, gazing longingly at the flapjacks yesterday.
#Stoat
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Today marks
#EarthDay
🌏
If rainforests are the lungs of the planet, then wetlands are the lifeblood. As much as we need air to breathe, we need water to live.
The conservation of our wetlands is essential to life on Earth.
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They're here! The first Bewick's swan of the season has just landed on the Rushy.
#WildWinterIsComing
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Keep dancing! 🔮
Good luck to
@HamzaYassin3
in tonight's
@bbcstrictly
✨
Catch up with Hamza at Slimbridge on The Cotswolds & Beyond with
@PamAyres
next Friday 14 Oct on
@channel5_tv
@truenorthtv
at 8pm. 🌿
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Exciting news!
The Bewick's are on their way... 🦢
Flocks are now arriving in Estonia. ❄️
📸 Leho Luigujoe
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Here is Jake, Slimbridge's Living Collections Manager's son (they live on site). During his art lesson Jake wanted to make rainbows on the road to welcome Slimbridge's essential staff coming to work🌈 ☺️
#FeelGoodFriday
#ClosedButStillCaring
#BiazaBrightSide
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Cuteness alert ⚠️
During 2022, we welcomed 3 ringed plover chicks! This was very exciting for the Aviculture team as ringed plovers have never previously been bred at Slimbridge - a real achievement for the team involved! 🐣
📷 Rebecca Taylor
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Watch the moment the hand reared curlews were released onto our reserve☺️. Have you spotted any yet?
@slimbridge_wild
@curlewcalls
@GlosBirds
#MondayMotivation
#SavingSpecies
#Conservation
#GlosBirds
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Bewick's swan 'Doodled' and her 3 cygnets showing of their new coloured rings following a successful swan catch on Wednesday.
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Mandarin drake giving us beautiful duck energy 😍
Spotted under the Visitor Centre entrance ramp earlier in the week!
📸 Amy, Marketing
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Coronavirus: We are now completely closed to all visitors including WWT members. We’re sorry. We did our best to stay open for you to get fresh air and a dose of nature, but everyone’s health is an overriding concern. Stay safe.
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'Swanfall' 🦢🦢🦢
There is now 25 Bewick's swans on the reserve.
All are currently on the Tack Piece, best views from Robbie Garnett Hide but please move slowly and be quiet in the hide.
Steve, our Research Assistant is working on identifying them.
📸James Lees
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Eider want a lot for Christmas, there is just one thing I need...🎄
All I want for Christmas is a Smew....🎄
#ChristmasPuns
#LetsGetPunny
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#MerryChristmas
from all staff,vols & wildlife at Slimbridge🎄We're closed today but are back open tomorrow onward. Members of our team will be working hard today to feed all the birds,mammals &wintering wildlife at Slimbridge, so a big thank you goes to them!
#WetlandsAreAmazing
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Good luck to
@bbcstrictly
contestants
@HamzaYassin3
&
@HelenSkelton
💃
Both have filmed at Slimbridge over the last couple of years & we wish them all the best! ✨
Catch up with Hamza at Slimbridge on The Cotswolds & Beyond with
@PamAyres
on 14 Oct
@My5_tv
@truenorthtv
📺
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Slimbridge is hosting
@BBCCountryfile
tonight on
@BBCTwo
7.30pm 🔊
Tune in to Countryfile's Winter Wonders at Slimbridge with
@itsanitarani
, stories on;
✨ Successful year for cranes
✨ History of Bewick's swans study
✨ Reserve management with Dave Paynter
@slimbridge_wild
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When you accidentally open the front camera, but you like what you see 😆😏
📸 Rebecca, Living Collections
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Wishing you
#MerryChristmas
from all the staff, volunteers & wildlife at Slimbridge! 🎄
We're closed today (25 Dec) but are back open on Boxing Day, so do come along & see us. ❄️
A big thank you to the brilliant staff who are working on-site today, looking after our animals. 🦢
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Some positive news to wake up to 🦢😌
HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE! 🎉 🎉 🎉
Lead shot will finally be banned in ALL EU wetlands! This historic ban paves the way for a healthier, toxic-free future for our environment, wildlife and people – at a time when the stakes for our planet couldn’t be higher 🌍 🦢 💙
#BanLead
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Like this tweet when you spot the oystercatcher 👀
📸 Senior Reserve Warden, Martin McGill
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A frosty Sir Peter Scott ❄️
Captured one winter's morning by Deputy Living Collections Manager, Phoebe Vaughan
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Meet the Slimbridge swan guard 💂♂️ 🦢
“You shall not pass” 😂
📸 Visitor Experience Manager, Fran Penny
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Happy
#WorldWildlifeDay
🐸🦆🐟🦢🐾
As if we need an excuse to celebrate wonderful wildlife! 💙
From tiny mice to vibrant amphibians, and all the colourful birds in between...
Get closer to nature this World Wildlife Day and always, in our wetland paradise. 🌿✨🌊
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Today is
#WorldWetlandsDay
🌊
Here's a few reasons why
#WetlandBiodiversityMatters
💧They remove pollutants
💧Help create conditions for life
💧Absorb & store water
💧Over 1 billion people make a living from them
💧40% of ALL species live or breed in them
💧Helps food supply
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We are deeply saddened to hear about the death of Her Majesty the Queen, who we were privileged to have as our Patron for many decades.
Our thoughts are with her family at this time, and with the entire nation as we remember our monarch after a life of extraordinary service.
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Ducks really are the quintessential water bird 🦆
Take a look at the
@WWTworldwide
'UK duck guide' for more on these beautiful birds:
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A fantastic sunset and jackdaw murmuration over Swan Lake last night. Sound on 🔊 👌
#wintersunset
#myslimbridge
🎥: Sue Belej, Learning Manager
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While we are closed, don't forget you can keep an eye on Slimbridge Rushy with our live webcam 📽️
Click here to view:
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Earliest ever kingfisher breeding activity 💙
Kingfishers started visiting the bank viewable from the Kingfisher Hide, and a pair started digging a hole on Sunday 4 February!
Read the full story here:
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Make a nest but keep it cute (coot). 🏵️
This spring scene is the gift that keeps on giving. 💛
📸 Amy, Marketing
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One of our oldest greater flamingos, aged 62 was out and about and easy to spot this week. We have 14 birds from the 1950s living in the flock here at Slimbridge. The oldest recorded greater flamingo was from Adelaide Zoo, aged 83 years!
#FridayFeeling
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Name the goose. 👇
Wrong answers only.
📸 Travis, Living Collections
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Bewick's swans update 🦢
Yesterday morning (27 Feb) 110 Bewick's swans were still on site, 18 of these being cygnets.
Come and see these beauties before the head off on their epic journey back to Arctic Russia. ❄️
📸 Sarah Freeman
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Wishing you a
#MerryChristmas
from all our staff, volunteers & wetland wildlife. ✨
A HUGE thank you to the brilliant staff who are working today on-site to look after our animals.
We're closed today, but back open on Boxing Day - so do come along and see us!
📸 Sarah Freeman
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Sunday Success ✨
Avocets, just one of the breeding success stories from this year!
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The first Bewick’s have arrived at Slimbridge, they may be late this year but just in time for our 76th birthday! 🎉 🦢❤️
Rushy Hide - our first Bewick's Swans of the season have arrived (Fortune Two & Combo), a regular wintering pair on the reserve over the last few years. This becomes the latest arrival for the species since 1965
#GlosBirds
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Beauties 🦢✨
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Farewell Friday 👋🦢
The last of the Bewick's swans have left Slimbridge, off on their migration ✨
Spring is officially on its way 🌿
📸 Ben Cherry
#SpringItOn
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Introducing 'Bendy' 🦢
Bendy is one of the latest Bewick's swans to arrive at Slimbridge. A yearling, who has been named after their bendy neck!
Look out for this unique swan on your next visit. ✨
Numbers of Bewick's swans, as of 22 Nov, are 43.
📸 Steve Heaven
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This is no
#AprilFools
The first greylag goslings of the season have been spotted!
Look for signs of spring across the site this
#Easter
🐣
📸 Ian Henderson
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Return of the otters 🤎🦦
Our newest residents have arrived at WWT Slimbridge...of the furry variety!
Introducing 'Sam' and 'Tilly', our Asian small-clawed otters. 😍
📸Lauren, Living Collections
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Each season brings its star species and spectacles to Slimbridge ✨
What has been your February highlight?
📽️ Martin, Reserves
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Magic sunrise over Swan Lake. 😍
📸 Martin, Reserve Team
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Last week's sunset at Slimbridge was too spectacular not to share.
📸 Captured by some of our team on site: Philippa Stubbs & Phoebe Vaughan
#ClosedButStillCaring
#BiazaBrightSide
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Slimbridge Shuttle - Launching Sat 20 May 🚌
We're excited to announce the launch of a new weekend hourly bus service by
@glos_crp
linking Cam & Dursley station with WWT Slimbridge & surrounding villages.
Find out more:
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