I made for Slimbridge WWT centre to see what young birds were around; to start with I found a family of oyster catchers only a few metres away from the Rushy Hide, there were also several different aged broods of avocets.
Young moorhens and coots were around the centre, and at the Hogarth hide I spent a while watching a parent avocet watching out for danger while her two growing chicks searched for food in the shallow water, already using the side to side motion, characteristic of avocets.
In front of that hide a pair of cranes are incubating two eggs, which hopefully should provide great views for those watching, in a couple of weeks when they are due to hatch.
Other families included canada geese, greylag geese, black headed gull, mallard and shelduck.
A few other birds seen included little ringed plover, black tailed godwit and a couple of cattle egrets in a field viewed from the Kingfisher hide .
avocet parent guarding...
...her chick
black head gull and chick
canada goose family
moorhen feeding chick
incubating crane
turning the eggs
two eggs
house martin nest seen on a house by the swing bridge
greylag family
oyster catcher and chick
oyster catcher and chick
moorhen chick
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