On what might be the last warm sunny afternoon for a while, I popped over to Slimbridge WWT . It proved to be a bit of a goose fest with 6 species seen. Along the Holden Walkway the hides gave excellent views of a large flock of white fronts together with a flock of barnacles, the 3 snow geese, 2 pink footed geese and both Canada and greylag geese. I also saw my first brood of 2 greylag goslings and a orange tip butterfly!
A couple of male pintails were still around and I saw the male kingfisher outside the nesting bank. Sadly I was unable to find either the spoonbill or the pair of little ringed plovers although they had been seen earlier in the day. I had another look for the glossy ibis on the way out of the Centre but as on the last occasion it had flown off from its usual spot.
white fronted goose
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