Dr Emma Preece

A good few minutes watching a normally elusive Water Rail at Willow Hide @WWTSlimbridge @slimbridge_wild #glosbirds

Just a few of the Bewick Swans wintering at @WWTSlimbridge @slimbridge_wild #GlosBirds

Fieldfare in one of the tall trees by the otters (main grounds) just now @slimbridge_wild @WWTSlimbridge #GlosBirds #slimbridgesightings

Nature putting on so many shows at @WWTSlimbridge on Monday @slimbridge_wild #glosbirds #birdwatching #slimbridge #gloucestershire @WWTworldwide

@slimbridge_wild @WWTSlimbridge @WWTworldwide Thank you!

@EmmaLPreece @WWTSlimbridge @WWTworldwide Hi Emma, nice to catch them calling, the birds featured are Bewick's Swans, no Whooper Swan sightings since the autumn.

Whooper Swans whooping @slimbridge_wild @WWTSlimbridge @WWTworldwide #Glosbirds #Gloucestershire

Just a few (hundred) lapwing @slimbridge_wild @WWTSlimbridge @WWTworldwide #GlosBirds #Gloucestershire

A little drama between wild cranes @WWTSlimbridge @slimbridge_wild @WWTworldwide #GlosBirds #Gloucestershire

Lots of visiting cranes at @WWTSlimbridge last weekend @slimbridge_wild #glosbirds

Spotted redshank at @WWTSlimbridge last weekend #glosbirds @WWTworldwide @slimbridge_wild

Absolutely loving my @Hyundai_UK Ioniq 5 N Line S AWD on lease from @Tuskerdirect. It's so responsive & such a smooth drive. Not to mention that despite an estimated lead time of 20 weeks for factory build (Jan 2026), it arrived in just 6 weeks 😊

An aerial battle between a kestrel and rook yesterday afternoon. Martin Smith hide @WWTSlimbridge @slimbridge_wild #glosbirds

Correction, marsh harriers

One of at least 3 hen harriers hunting in front of a windy and cold Zeiss Hide yesterday afternoon (24/10/25) @slimbridge_wild @WWTSlimbridge @WWTworldwide #GlosBirds #wwt #wwtslimbridge

Temminks Stint on the Rushy shoreline at #wwtslimbridge yesterday (24/10/25) @slimbridge_wild @WWTSlimbridge #GlosBirds

A whooper swan arrived in @WWTSlimbridge yesterday (05/10/25), visible from Hogarth & South Lake @WWTworldwide #glosbirds @slimbridge_wild

White red kite at Gigrin Farm Red Kite Feeding Centre #birdwatching #wales #Rhayader #redkite #canonr7 #birdsofprey #wildlifephotography

Wading on Peng @WWTSlimbridge @WWTworldwide @slimbridge_wild #GlosBirds

Green sandpiper @slimbridge_wild @WWTSlimbridge @WWTworldwide #GlosBirds

Snipe in the reeds between Willow and Knott Hide @WWTSlimbridge @WWTworldwide @slimbridge_wild #GlosBirds