Slimbridge WWT centre was very quiet today, in respect of both people and birds. I saw a couple of families and a few other visitors and the hides had only a few occupants. It is that time of year when the summer flocks have gone and there is a wait before the winter bird visitors arrive. Even the passing migrants had moved on. The staff at Slimbridge have also obviously been very busy cutting back vegetation and preparing for the winter season.
The busiest place I found was South Lake where at the Hogarth hide there were snipe and ruff feeding quite close to the hide which was nice to see. Later a flock of black tailed godwits joined them. The most numerous birds were definitely lapwing.
From the Zeiss hide I could see two spoonbills but the waders and ducks being smaller, were harder to identify just through binoculars. I had hoped to find the wood sandpiper which was reported earlier but it sadly it wasn't showing. There were a few ruff and some spotted redshanks though.
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