WWT

9 Dec - A sunny day though still windy, and a look at Slimbridge at the weekend. The numbers of Bewick’s Swans are building with over 50 birds now present, mostly feeding on the Tack Piece during the middle of the day. Large flocks of Lapwings and Golden Plover swirling over the floods, and good numbers of duck, both dabbling and diving, in evidence, colours glowing in the low sunlight. 3 Snipe from Martin Smith hide and a scurrying Water Rail, but no sign of the Jack Snipe today. Nothing exceptional but the sheer number of wintering birds is always impressive.