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27th October 2025 – WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire

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We realised how spoilt we had been with the wonderful light on our recent trip to Portugal when we arrived at Slimbridge on a gloomy Monday morning.

However, I can think of many more worse places to be on a Monday morning.

Before the morning was out the sun broke through and we ended our visit eating lunch in the sunshine outside the café, having seen some lovely birds.

The reported Temminck’s stint had flown before our arrival but we were treated to the sight of a flock of over 20 common cranes flying out over the River Severn.

Common snipe

Female northern pintail

The tail end of a flock of common cranes arriving at Slimbridge

Barnacle geese

Greylag geese

Greylag geese

Eurasian teal

Northern lapwing

Eurasian teal and common redshank

Common snipe

Common shelduck

Some of the 20+ common cranes before they headed off over the River Severn

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2 responses to “27th October 2025 – WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire”

  1. robbiesinspiration Avatar
    robbiesinspiration

    Hi Martin, your Monday sounds much nicer than mine in the office 😉. You saw some lovely cranes. I read bird flu has hit Europe and a lot of birds are dying. Cranes were mentioned. I hope it doesn’t reach the UK.

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  2. martintayler Avatar
    martintayler

    Thanks, Robbie. We are trying to do something interesting on a Monday morning to kick start our week (now that we can 😃). Sadly bird flu is coming back. I saw that one of the hides at one of our favourite reserves to the south of us is currently closed because some dead birds have been found nearby. So sad.

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