Slimbridge Wildfowl & Wetlands Centre

Slimbridge Wildfowl & Wetlands Centre is run by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, the charitable bird / nature conservation charity set up by Sir Peter Scott in the late 1940s. Slimbridge in Gloucestershire is the Trust's original / flagship reserve, though there are at the time of writing, eight other WWT reserves up and down the country (excluding Scotland). In addition to Slimbridge other WWT reserves I have been to myself are The London Wetlands centre (in London) and Martin Mere in Lancashire, and bearing in mind that I have personally visited only a relatively small sample of WWT sites, I would say that they all seem to be largely alike. What they ...  Read the complete review

We had been spending a few days in Devon and decided to extend our trip by visiting the wonderful Wetlands centre at Slimbridge in Gloucestershire on our way home. This is a great place to visit if you are interested in birds or wildlife in general. It is one of a number of centres up and down the country that belongs to the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT). We were travelling up the M5 from Devon and left the motorway at junction 14. It was then very easy to follow the brown duck signs to Slimbridge which was a further ten miles. You can also leave the motorway at junction 13 if you are travelling south. When you arrive there is a large car park ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review