Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust – Page 6

14 Mar 2019

Serious face

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

The gales continued today. I was on the point of setting off for the Cotswold Water Park this morning when I saw on Twitter that one of the roads on my route was totally blocked by a fallen tree; and … Continued

25 Feb 2019

Steart

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Somerset | 0

After doing some actual work this morning (oh, the pain!) I zoomed off down to Somerset, and walked 14,000 steps around Steart Marshes wearing the Big Boots. As it was my first visit I wasn’t able to guess how long … Continued

14 Feb 2019

Pintail

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

I don’t think there are many more elegant ducks than the male pintail, even when he’s snoozing in the sun. With spring – and love – very definitely in the air at Slimbridge today, he was keeping one eye on … Continued

28 Jan 2019

Flustered

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

Shelducks are relatively big birds – somewhere between a mallard and a small goose in size – but you’d need to be elephantine to be unperturbed at the thought of a crane landing on you, and these drakes were thoroughly … Continued

22 Jan 2019

Art deco

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

A good day today, in terms of both birds and photography. I made a snap decision, despite an iffy weather forecast, to zoom down to Slimbridge, where I promptly bumped into one of the regular owlers, heard all the owling … Continued

8 Jan 2019

In the pink

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

I chose a great day for a trip to WWT Slimbridge: even the staff were congratulating each other on today’s light, and though it wasn’t exactly warm, the temperature was pretty comfortable for walking around with heavy gear. I went … Continued

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