Thursday, 24 December 2015

More from Slimbridge

Last week I posted images of wild birds.  This week the images are of residents at WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, that are in the collections there.



Avocet






Eider










Pochard



Smew






Goldeneye






Argentine Red Shoveler





Greater Flamingo




One of the youngsters I posted on 4 Sept 2015






Grey Crowned Crane





Barred Goose






Common Crane






Now the stocking-fillers:

Firstly, from Stourhead



The Pantheon

Hydrangea

Mallard






Secondly, from Steeple Langford


Mute Swan









Friday, 18 December 2015

On the wild side

I visited the WWT reserve at Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, in November.  Here are images taken of wild birds resident and visiting there.  I'll post some photographs of birds in the collections next time.



Greylag Goose






Pintail



















Bewick's Swan









This is 'Maisie' (ID from bill-marking courtesy of WWT researchers)

Maisie




Teal






Pochard







Tufted Duck





Mallard



Shelduck



Lapwing





Grey Heron