{"id":1539,"date":"2020-06-21T18:52:08","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T18:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/?p=1539"},"modified":"2021-07-04T13:08:12","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T13:08:12","slug":"slimbridge-wildfowl-and-wetlands-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/2020\/06\/21\/slimbridge-wildfowl-and-wetlands-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Slimbridge WWT has recently reopened, with limited numbers, following the latest Government guidelines, to keep staff and visitors safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As it is only about 5 miles away we thought it would make a nice day out. After a cloudy start the day brightened up and we enjoyed our visit. The indoor areas were closed, as were the play areas, but with 100 acres of wetlands, with swans, geese, ducks, moor hens, coots, flamingos etc to see, we had plenty to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20200621_115024-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1540\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20200621_120030-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1541\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20200621_120156-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1542\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20200621_120351-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1543\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20200621_120454-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1544\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20200621_122339-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1545\"\/><figcaption>A moor hen family with chick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20200621_131016-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1546\"\/><figcaption>See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20200621_135629-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1547\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20200621_140416-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1548\"\/><figcaption>Peter Scott founded the trust in 1946<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20200621_144016-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1549\"\/><figcaption>There are several types of flamingos here. These are Caribbean Flamingos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It is wonderful to see places gradually opening up again. We hope things continue to improve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay safe everyone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carol<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slimbridge WWT has recently reopened, with limited numbers, following the latest Government guidelines, to keep staff and visitors safe. As it is only about 5 miles away we thought it would make a nice day out. After a cloudy start the day brightened up and we enjoyed our visit. The indoor areas were closed, as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-1539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-england","tag-gloucestershire"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":1373,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Carol","author_link":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/author\/admin\/"},"rttpg_comment":2,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/category\/uk-holidays\/england\/\" rel=\"category tag\">England<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Slimbridge WWT has recently reopened, with limited numbers, following the latest Government guidelines, to keep staff and visitors safe. 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