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Get off the beaten track and join our expert Reserve Warden in a 4x4 trailer, and witness the changing tide as the Severn bore (tidal wave) washes over the estuary.

Look out for birds as they’re pushed off the mudflats and find somewhere to roost.

Followed by a breakfast roll in the Kingfisher Kitchen. 

Meeting point: Meet in Slimbridge car park

Cost: £32 per person, includes admission and breakfast roll 

Get exclusive access to the wider reserve in search of the best wildlife photos.

Our Senior Reserve Warden, Martin McGill, will take you as a passenger in the 4x4 to the best wildlife spots - for unique photography opportunities without disturbing the wildlife.

The event includes a mid-session break for a breakfast roll in the Kingfisher Kitchen.

This event is limited to 5 participants. Binoculars are available on request. Participants will be able to take photographs from both in and outside the vehicle. Event suitable for SLR’s (bring your zoom and macro lenses) and Bridge Cameras.

Time: 7.30am to 1pm

Cost:  £66 including admission and a breakfast roll

Meeting point: Slimbridge Car Park 

Walk behind the scenes of the WWT Slimbridge Reserve looking for wetland wildflowers and orchids.

Our Reserve Manager will take you around the grounds getting to know common wetland plants, with a special focus on Slimbridge's orchids.

Time: 11am - 1pm

Meeting point: Slimbridge foyer

Cost:  £18, including admission to WWT Slimbridge

If you want to learn how to get the perfect wildlife picture and begin to understand some of the basics of photography composition and techniques then this is the course for you!

The day will begin with an introductory session inside, before heading out onto the reserve to put your skills into practice.

During the course your professional tutor David Broadbent will cover:

• How to use shutter speeds to capture action and movement
• Understand apertures and how to control the depth of field
• How to achieve the correct exposure in different lighting
• The importance of image composition
• How to add impact to your images

This course is suitable for beginners and tuition will be tailored to suit individual requirements. Due to small course numbers there will be plenty of time for 1-2-1 tuition

Time: 10am to 3pm

Meeting Point: Green benches, admissions

Cost: £63 including admission and refreshments voucher

Explore your artistic side with the amazing palette of autumn colours in the wetlands - both forest and flora. And discover the fantastic light, fungi, fruits and feathers.

Explore and photograph the autumnal extravaganza in the wetlands with practical guidance and tuition from wildlife photography tutor, David Broadbent. Learn about your camera settings, effective composition for impactful images, plus how to capture seasonal specialities of the reserve.

The day will begin with an introduction inside, before heading out into the Slimbridge site. This course is suitable for adults who are beginner and intermediate photographers, and tuition will be tailored to suit individual requirements. Due to small course numbers there will be plenty of time for 1-2-1 tuition.

Time: 10am - 3pm 

Meeting point: Green benches, admissions

Cost: £63 per person, including refreshment voucher 

With practical guidance and tuition from wildlife photography tutor David Broadbent. Learn about your camera settings, effective composition for how to capture seasonal specialities of the reserve.

The day will begin with an introductory session inside, before heading out onto the reserve to put your skills into practice. This course is suitable for adults who are beginner and intermediate photographers, and tuition will be tailored to suit individual requirements.

Due to small course numbers there will be plenty of time for 1-2-1 tuition. 

Cost: £63 includes admission and a refreshment voucher to use at the Kingfisher Kitchen or kiosks. 

Meeting point: Green benches, admissions

Experience the main ground floor rooms of Sir Peter Scott’s family home, now the Scott House Museum. Experience the family home, little changed since it was built in 1953, and discover Sir Peter’s achievements as a conservationist, painter and sportsman.

The visit culminates in a trip to the studio, recognisable from the early BBC natural history television series Look, which allows you unprecedented views of the Rushy Lake.

Please note:

• Members: You do not need to book admission in advance, please bring your membership card with you.

  Non-members: To book onto a Scott House Museum Tour you’ll also need to purchase admission in addition to your Scott House tour ticket. You'll be prompted to add admission tickets to your basket during checkout, alternatively you can pay for admission on arrival at the centre.

• Every attendee needs a ticket so please count children within your ticket numbers to avoid any disappointment regarding refusal of entry at the museum on the day.
• If you need to cancel, please allow someone else to take your space by emailing us on [email protected]

A practical and enjoyable day for budding young wildlife photographers (aged 8 or above) and their parents to learn how to get great shots of wildlife.

This event is suitable for all skill levels and camera types (compact or SLR). Starting with an introduction looking at composition, technique, field craft and equipment, you will then head outside for a practical session of nature photography.

This course is suitable for beginners and tuition will be tailored to suit individual requirements. Due to small course numbers there will be plenty of time for 1-2-1 tuition.

Time: 10am to 1pm

Meeting point: Meet by the green benches in admissions.

Cost: £32 per adult and child. Extra children and parents in a family group can be included in a standard booking at an additional cost of £10 per person, space allowing. If you would like to visit the centre after the course please book admission tickets separately.

Time: 1.30pm

Meeting point: Slimbridge main foyer

Between 1.30-3.30pm go on a walk with a difference and find out why Sir Peter Scott chose Slimbridge to be the birthplace of modern conservation. Learn about the UK’s last working duck decoy, see where Scott made his home on the edge of the Rushy and follow in his footsteps out towards the estuary in search of our seasonal wildlife.

At 3.30pm head back to the Kingfisher Kitchen to enjoy a delicious cream tea, with homemade scones topped with clotted cream, jam and a choice of tea or coffee.

Cost: £15 per person (for walk and cream tea, if you would like to visit Slimbridge prior to the event please purchase admission separately). 

Take a step back in time where little has changed in Sir Peter Scott’s home.

​Explore his remarkable artistic career through some of his most significant paintings, and other mediums of his art, as well as the works of other artists which makes this one of the most impressive private collections of wildlife art in the country.

Peter Scott was a remarkable man who led an extraordinary life. Conservationist, scientist, broadcaster, writer, sportsman, Olympian, artist; in any one of his chosen fields he would have been remembered as someone who made a difference.

Of all these fields it was art that was the most important to him and occupied him most directly throughout his life.

He made his living from his art, sold numerous paintings during his lifetime, used his artistic skills in support of his scientific and conservation work and created a remarkable body of natural history painting.

About the tour:

• Find out how Sir Peter Scott began his lifelong passion with art.
• Take a tour of Scott House bursting at the seams with his personal belongings – from rarely seen drawings usually kept in our archive to the tools he used to compose his artworks.
• Experience the inspiring views from Sir Peter Scott’s studio over his beloved lake – the Rushy Pen.
• Explore the 1950s home full of Scott artwork and other artists he chose to hang on the walls of their home.
• Hear about how notebook drawings from his worldwide travels created one of the most important collections of scientific wildlife illustration of the 20th century.
• Pre-booking is essential. Please follow the link below to book your tickets.                             

Meeting point: 10 minutes before the tour start times, please wait by the Peter Scott exhibition.

Cost: Included with admission to the centre. There is no additional charge for this tour, however we kindly ask visitors to make a voluntary donation to help us preserve the Scott House Museum for future generations. If you need to cancel, please allow someone else to take your space by emailing us on [email protected]

Date and time: Tours run at 11am and 1.30pm every Tuesday subject to availability. Tours last for approximately 1 hour.

The Art Discovery tours will replace the standard Scott House Museum tours on Tuesdays wherever possible. The standard tours will continue to be available on other days of the week.

Book your tour

Members: Click the link below to book your Scott House Art Discovery Tour. You do not need to book admission in advance, please bring your membership card with you.

Non-members: To book onto a Scott House Museum Art Discovery Tour you’ll also need to purchase admission in addition to your Scott House tour ticket. You'll be prompted to add admission tickets to your basket during checkout, alternatively you can pay for admission on arrival at the centre.

Before booking please read the full terms and conditions

Learn all about WWT Slimbridge’s many bugs and insects on this weekly walk around the grounds, with some handy take-away tips for your own garden!

Date and time: Tours run every Thursday at 10.30am, subject to availability. Tours last for approximately 1 hour. Please pre-book your tickets. 

Meeting point: The walk will begin outside the Kingfisher restaurant with a brief introduction to WWT Slimbridge’s site and safety, before venturing out together.

Rachel is a passionate pollinator advocate and certainly knows WWT Slimbridge’s bug life! You’ll learn about many of the different bees and other insects that call us home, the horticulture that helps support them, as well as learning how we are on an exciting mission to create extensive new pollinator and bug habitat across the grounds.

Come and learn something new about our magical wetlands world, whether you’re new to WWT Slimbridge, or an old friend.

This is a relaxed walk with lots of time to ask questions, satisfy your curiosity and expand your perspective of our wider wetlands landscape, and the pollinators that call it home.

Whilst we think this event is best suited to those 10+ - you know your child best, if you have a young budding nature lover who would enjoy this walk, they are welcome to join. If you’re bringing a child along with you, please do let us know their age when booking.

Cost: Included with admission to the centre. There is no additional charge for this walk.

Our Improvers Birdwatching Morning sessions will enable you to develop and refine your birding skills. 

Get help identifying and ageing a variety of species including waders, ducks and passerines.

Learn how to use weather conditions and habitat to get more from your birding.

Warm clothing, waterproofs and boots or wellies needed.

Time:     8am to 10.30am (8.30am start for January session)

Cost:      £30, including admission and a breakfast roll

Get to grips with bird identification with the help of one of our experienced reserve wardens. Join them to complete the morning visits to the bird hides to see what birds are around and get help identifying a variety of species including waders, ducks and passerines. Followed by a breakfast roll in the Kingfisher Kitchen.

Warm clothing, waterproofs and boots or wellies needed.

Time:     8am to 10:30am (8.30am start time for January date)

Cost:      £30 including admission and a breakfast roll

In celebration of Pride month we are delighted to offer Queer Ecology walks with Connor.

Date: Saturday 14 June

Times: 10-11.30am or 12.30-2pm

Did you know that scientists often struggle to find male woodlice, that male trees can turn female, or that many species of bird have been recorded partnering up into same-sex couples?

‘Queer Ecology’ aims to challenge what we think of as being ‘natural’ or ‘unnatural’ and celebrates diversity in all life. Join ecologist Connor Butler on a guided nature walk to explore the diverse and unusual lifecycles found in the plants and animals right outside your doorstep. You’ll learn how to identify birds, insects, and plants, and gain a new fascination with the natural world.

This gentle walk around the wetland invites all curious minds interested in seeing nature from a new perspective.

Please bring a drink and a snack, and wear weather-appropriate clothing.

Connor is a Queer ecologist with a decade of experience connecting people with the natural world. He has spent the past year studying dung beetles in London's parks and encourages everyone to take time to appreciate the smallest details in nature.

Cost: Included in admission fee or free to WWT members. 

Date: Saturday 14 June

Time: 11.30am or 2.30pm

Head to the cinema for an interactive and fun story time session.

Cost: FREE with admission, pre-bookable or sign up on the day.