Tuesday 25th January 2022 - Slimbridge.
Todays day trip for the 3 Amigos was going to be too Oldbury Power Station, but late in the day it was decided to change the venue to Slimbridge as the weather forecast was for it to be cold and Slimbridge has lots of hides 2 of which are heated so its possible to arrange the day so if we get too cold we can visit a heated hide to warm up but as it transpired we didn’t need to make these visits to keep warm, just to see what birds were about. We set off at 9am and saw the following on the way, Cormorant, Common Gull, Carrion Crow, and Magpie. Bird spotting started in earnest as we turned onto the minor road leading to Slimbridge, here we noted Collared Dove and Starling. And in the fields as we approached the centre were Lapwing, Greylag Geese, Curlew, White Fronted Geese, Black Headed Gull, Woodpigeon, and Rook. Walking from the car park Blackbird, Coot, Great Tit, Mute Swan and Mallard were all logged. In the grounds as we walked towards Peng a Pied Wagtail was on the buildin...