Come hither
After handing the Boy Wonder back to his father in the car park at Slimbridge, I went in search of coffee and birds. The coffee, as per, was pretty grim, but the birds were good, even though I didn’t manage … Continued
Slimbridge
I wouldn’t usually post a photo of a captive animal when I have perfectly good bee photos that I took in the garden at home before setting off out, but R and the Boy Wonder met the otters at Slimbridge … Continued
Keeping safe
“Now remember,” I said, “this is a car park, and car parks are dangerous because there are people driving every which way, and some of them are paying more attention to the other cars than to people.” “But,” said the … Continued
Family life
Whenever I go to Slimbridge I take a pretty set route around the hides, from the Rushy screen down to the Estuary Tower, then circling round to South Lake and the New Piece hides, and finishing with Zeiss. In the winter … Continued
Welly Boot Land
I don’t know how many times I’ve been to Slimbridge over the years since I became a WWT member – certainly quite a few. But I never noticed that they had a children’s play area called Welly Boot Land before … Continued
Collection
R and I went to Slimbridge today, in unforecast freezing fog, to meet up with L, G and B, and bring B home with us for an overnight stay. The transfer didn’t go quite as smoothly as planned, owing to … Continued