It’s the first time we have seen the new ‘Estuary Shoreline’ landscape at Slimbridge. It’s situated in front of the Kingfisher café and, although we had our doubts as we saw it being developed through the winter, we were very impressed with what the talented Grounds Team have achieved in designing it and building it in-house.
The new ‘Estuary Shoreline’ landscapeWonderful wild flowers enhanced the new landscapeThe bees (early nesting bumblebee) were loving the new plantings at the “Estuary Shoreline landscape”Common carder beeShelduck looked magnificent in their breeding plumageThe avocets probably stole the showA very handsome shoveler duck
It was a joy to walk out to the estuary and, although the white spotted bluethroat which has returned here for the fifth year in a row evaded us, we did enjoy the display by a short-eared owl.
Short-eared owlShort-eared owlShort-eared owlShort-eared owlShort-eared owlShort-eared owlShort-eared owlShort-eared owlThere were plenty of these azure damselflies to seeAvocets Avocet flying over shelduckAvocetBlack-headed gull with nesting materialAvocet on its nest
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3 responses to “14th May 2025 – WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire”
Hi Martin, the Estuary shoreline is very attractive. How wonderful to see the short eared owl. Owls seem so elusive here in South Africa.
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Thanks Robbie. Your comments are so encouraging. I once saw a huge owl (spotted eagle owl) at Kirstenbosch in Cape Town https://martinsbirdblog.com/2018/03/07/4th-march-2018-kirstenbosch-national-botanic-gardens-cape-town/
Martin Tayler Martin’s bird and nature blog: https://martinsbirdblog.com/
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I enjoy birds very much, Martin. Thanks for the link 💛
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