A pleasant afternoon spent at WWT Slimbridge today; a mix of sun and cloud but warm with hardly a breeze. Lots of new life around, broods of goslings and ducklings everywhere, also coots and moorhen with young of varying ages. At the Discovery Hide, a family of oyster catchers with chicks only a few days old were feeding close to the hide, where they had made their nest on the roof. Avocets and blackheaded gulls were nest sitting.
I didn't see the mediterranean gulls which pay regular visits to South Lake but I did manage to find the spoonbill which gave distant views from the Zeiss hide and added another tick to my year list.
avocet pair
coot feeding chick
greylag
Canada goose
siesta for greylags
"Who's that crossing over my bridge?"
moorhen chick
oyster catcher
on sentry duty
shelduck
spoonbill and avocets
spoonbill
almost missed these!
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