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Slimbridge Wildfowl & Wetlands CentreNewest Review: ... is recommending for visitors with children who simply want a nice easy walk round to ‘feed the ducks’ and have little interest in sitting in a hide with a pair of binoculars, the second for people who have optical equipment and want to sit in a hide. Leaving the centre you go through an educational area with some details on environment and conservation and during half term and holidays they ... more |
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by MaryanneH - written on 10.04.06 (Very useful, 799 readings)
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Spring has officially arrived, the Kingfisher are back perching on their favourite branch and the hoards of twitchers are queuing up, telescopes, binoculars and very long lens cameras in hand. Living in Gloucestershire not far from the Wildfowl and Wetlands Centre at Slimbridge I have been a member of the Wildfowl and Wetlands trust (WWT) on and off for a good many years. The WWT is primarily a charity, started in 1946 by Sir Peter Scott, the son of the arctic explorer. Slimbridge was the first of the 9 visitors centres set up by the WWT and is the headquarters of the trust. Sir Peter Scott chose Slimbridge because it lies on the banks of the ...
by karenuk - written on 28.06.01 (Very useful, 106 readings)
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I went on a school trip on Monday. No, this is not a revelation declaring I am only twelve after all. I went as a parent helper. Unfortunately, it was 31 degrees Celsius that day and I didn’t have enough drinks with me, so that might have clouded my experiences somewhat, but I will try to give a fair assessment of the place we visited. The trip was to Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Centre. This is situated in the beautiful little village of Slimbridge, between Bristol and Gloucester. There are nine such centres across Britain, the others being at Martin Mere (Lancashire), Arundel (West Sussex), Washington (Tyne and Wear), Caerlaverock ...



