WWT Slimbridge Exhibition
This week saw me driving down to WWT Slimbridge again to set up some sculptures in their art exhibition. This is my third visit to the centre with my art and of course, I always take my camera.
There's always plenty of Rooks at Slimbridge, and their iridescent feathers always amaze me. They come quite close as they're used to people, a far cry from the shy occasional visitors to my garden. This one was enjoying a good stretch.
I always remember fondly the time a Rook picked a whole fat ball in its beak, flew over my fence and landed next to two young Jackdaws who were shouting to be fed. Leaving the fat ball with them the Rook then flew off. Rooks are team players.
Leucistic Jackdaw
Which brings me neatly on to this rather unusual looking chap - unmistakeably a Jackdaw but with fawny plumage - a leucistic Jackdaw! Here he is sticking his beak into everything, so he's not that different after all.
Pigeons
I love pigeons. They're such characters. There's nothing plain about them.
Just look at these two lovebirds...so beautiful.
Graceful Swans
Oops I did it again
So I managed to spot two Bitterns in one go at RSPB Old Moor a few months back. You may have remembered the completely rubbish blurry photos I grabbed of them both. In case you need a reminder or haven't seen it in all it's glory;
Well, I did it again. This time at Slimbridge.
