Return to WWT

11 June - having pre-booked a ticket, it was very good to make a return to Slimbridge. Not the best time of year migration-wise, but at least 50 pairs of Avocets breeding and some chicks now independently feeding, with their already-upturned bills, while their parents keep a watchful eye for roving Gulls and other predators. Also a pair of Oystercatchers with 2 part-grown young, and the non-breeding flock of summering Black-tailed Godwits. 2 pairs of Little-ringed Plovers breeding, with the nest ingeniously enclosed in wire by staff to minimise the predation risk. Nice to be back!