Wildfowl

A MAJOR British firm has splashed out millions to support the much-loved Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) whose headquarters are based in Slimbridge.

It has become a popular destination for wildfowl watching, as these birds are present no matter the season in this reserve.

Take the permissive path to the bird hide at the lagoon to witness the thousands of wildfowl and waders that gather here over winter to feed on the rich wet grassland, including large flocks of Golden Plover, Lapwing and Wigeon.

Police say more people are involved in the senseless murder of wildfowl in Orpington than initially presumed.

The former Bayman’s Art gallery in the History Museum/Visitors Center, home to the museum’s collection of wildfowl decoys, has been renamed the Cowles Gallery.

Other members of the wildfowl family are my personal favourite, the ducks.

Tim Price, rural affairs specialist with the NFU Mutual said the insurer had seen claims from farmers for lost alpacas, llamas, ostriches and wildfowl amounting to £10,000 in the past year.

Filmed across three continents from Hawaii to the Russian arctic, In the Eye of the Wind was the BBC Natural History Unit's tribute to Scott and the organisation he founded, the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust, on its 50th anniversary.

When the moor is flooded it can be occupied by large numbers of wildfowl; up to 22,000 wigeon (Anas penelope), 250 Bewick's swan (Cygnus bewickii) and good numbers of pochard (Aythya ferina), teal (Anas crecca) and tufted duck (Aythya fuligula).