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WWT Slimbridge, the Glossary

WWT Slimbridge is a wetland wildlife reserve near Slimbridge in Gloucestershire, England.^[1]

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Anatidae

The Anatidae are the biological family of water birds that includes ducks, geese, and swans.

The barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) is a species of goose that belongs to the genus Branta of black geese, which contains species with largely black plumage, distinguishing them from the grey Anser species.

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Bird hide

A bird hide (blind or bird blind in North America) is a shelter, often camouflaged, that is used to observe wildlife, especially birds, at close quarters.

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Bird migration

Bird migration is a seasonal movement of birds between breeding and wintering grounds that occurs twice a year.

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Bird of prey

Birds of prey or predatory birds, also known as raptors, are hypercarnivorous bird species that actively hunt and feed on other vertebrates (mainly mammals, reptiles and other smaller birds).

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Black redstart

The black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) is a small passerine bird in the genus Phoenicurus.

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Black tern

The black tern (Chlidonias niger) is a small tern generally found in or near inland water that breeds in Europe, Western Asia and North America.

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Black-tailed godwit

The black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) is a large, long-legged, long-billed shorebird first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.

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Brant (goose)

The brant or brent goose (Branta bernicla) is a small goose of the genus Branta.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.

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Captive breeding

Captive breeding, also known as captive propagation, is the process of keeping plants or animals in controlled environments, such as wildlife reserves, zoos, botanic gardens, and other conservation facilities.

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Common crane

The common crane (Grus grus), also known as the Eurasian crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes.

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Common greenshank

The common greenshank (Tringa nebularia) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae, the typical waders.

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Common kingfisher

The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), also known as the Eurasian kingfisher and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa.

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Common pochard

The common pochard (Aythya ferina), known simply as pochard in the United Kingdom, is a medium-sized diving duck in the family Anatidae.

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Common redshank

The common redshank or simply redshank (Tringa totanus) is a Eurasian wader in the large family Scolopacidae.

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Common redstart

The common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), or often simply redstart, is a small passerine bird in the genus Phoenicurus.

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Common reed bunting

The common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae.

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Common ringed plover

The common ringed plover or ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) is a small plover that breeds across much of northern Eurasia, as well as Greenland.

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Common sandpiper

The common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) is a small Palearctic wader.

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Common snipe

The common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World.

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Common starling

The common starling (Sturnus vulgaris), also known as the European starling in North America and simply as the starling in Great Britain and Ireland, is a medium-sized passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae.

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Cotswolds

The Cotswolds is a region of central South West England, along a range of rolling hills that rise from the meadows of the upper River Thames to an escarpment above the Severn Valley and the Vale of Evesham.

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Curlew sandpiper

The curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) is a small wader that breeds on the tundra of Arctic Siberia.

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Dominion

A dominion was any of several largely self-governing countries of the British Empire.

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Dunlin

The dunlin (Calidris alpina) is a small wader in the genus Calidris.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022.

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Escarpment

An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff that forms as a result of faulting or erosion and separates two relatively level areas having different elevations.

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Estuary

An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.

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Eurasian curlew

The Eurasian curlew or common curlew (Numenius arquata) is a very large wader in the family Scolopacidae.

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Eurasian sparrowhawk

The Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), also known as the northern sparrowhawk or simply the sparrowhawk, is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.

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Eurasian spoonbill

The Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), or common spoonbill, is a wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae.

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Eurasian teal

The Eurasian teal (Anas crecca), common teal, or Eurasian green-winged teal is a common and widespread duck that breeds in temperate Eurosiberia and migrates south in winter.

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Eurasian whimbrel

The Eurasian or common whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus), also known as the white-rumped whimbrel in North America, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae.

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Eurasian wigeon

The Eurasian wigeon or European wigeon (Mareca penelope), also known as the widgeon or the wigeon, is one of three species of wigeon in the dabbling duck genus Mareca.

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European golden plover

The European golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria), also known as the Eurasian golden plover, or just the golden plover within Europe, is a relatively large species of plover.

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Extinction

Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.

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Forest of Dean

The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the county of Gloucestershire, England. WWT Slimbridge and Forest of Dean are environment of Gloucestershire.

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Gadwall

The gadwall (Mareca strepera) is a common and widespread dabbling duck in the family Anatidae.

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Gloucester

Gloucester is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England.

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Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire (abbreviated Glos.) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Great crested grebe

The great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) is a member of the grebe family of water birds.

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Great spotted woodpecker

The great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) is a medium-sized woodpecker with pied black and white plumage and a red patch on the lower belly.

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Greater white-fronted goose

The greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons) is a species of goose that is closely related to the smaller lesser white-fronted goose (A. erythropus). The greater white-fronted goose is migratory, breeding in northern Canada, Alaska, Greenland and Russia, and winters farther south in North America, Europe and Asia.

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Green sandpiper

The green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) is a small wader (shorebird) of the Old World.

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Grey plover

The grey plover or black-bellied plover (Pluvialis squatarola) is a large plover breeding in Arctic regions.

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Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.

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Here am I, send me

Here am I, send me is a bronze statue by Kathleen Scott.

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Jon Edgar

Jon Edgar is a British sculptor of the Frink School.

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Lagoon

A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses.

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Leland Stowe

Leland Stowe (November 10, 1899 – January 16, 1994) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American journalist noted for being one of the first to recognize the expansionist character of the German Nazi regime.

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Lesser white-fronted goose

The lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus) is a goose closely related to the larger greater white-fronted goose (A. albifrons).

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Little grebe

The little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis), also known as dabchick, is a member of the grebe family of water birds.

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Little gull

The little gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus), is a species of gull belonging to the family Laridae which is mainly found in the Palearctic with some colonies in North America.

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Little owl

The little owl (Athene noctua), also known as the owl of Athena or owl of Minerva, is a bird that inhabits much of the temperate and warmer parts of Europe, the Palearctic east to Korea, and North Africa.

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Lythrum hyssopifolia

Lythrum hyssopifolia (L. hyssopifolium) is a species of flowering plant in the loosestrife family known by the common names hyssop loosestrife and grass-poly.

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Merlin (bird)

The merlin (Falco columbarius) is a small species of falcon from the Northern Hemisphere, with numerous subspecies throughout North America and Eurasia.

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Mug shot

A mug shot or mugshot (an informal term for police photograph or booking photograph) is a photographic portrait of a person from the shoulders up, typically taken after a person is placed under arrest.

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Natural history

Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study.

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Nature reserve

A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for purposes of conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research.

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Nene (bird)

The nene (Branta sandvicensis), also known as the nēnē or the Hawaiian goose, is a species of bird endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.

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Northern lapwing

The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), also known as the peewit or pewit, tuit or tewit, green plover, or (in Ireland and Great Britain) pyewipe or just lapwing, is a bird in the lapwing subfamily.

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Northern pintail

The pintail or northern pintail (Anas acuta) is a duck species with wide geographic distribution that breeds in the northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and North America.

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Northern wheatear

The northern wheatear or wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae.

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Ophrys apifera

Ophrys apifera, known in Europe as the bee orchid, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Ophrys, in the family of Orchidaceae.

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Paragliding

Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure.

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Pasture

Pasture (from the Latin pastus, past participle of pascere, "to feed") is land used for grazing.

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Peregrine falcon

The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known simply as the peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a cosmopolitan bird of prey (raptor) in the family Falconidae.

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Peter Scott

Sir Peter Markham Scott, (14 September 1909 – 29 August 1989) was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer, broadcaster and sportsman.

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Philippa Scott

Felicity Philippa, Lady Scott (Talbot-Ponsonby; 22 November 1918 – 5 January 2010) was a British wildlife conservationist.

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Pied avocet

The pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) is a large black and white wader in the avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae.

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The pink-footed goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) is a goose which breeds in eastern Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, and recently Novaya Zemlya.

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Predation

Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey.

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Ralph Edwards (homesteader)

Ralph Edwards, (– July 3, 1977) was a pioneering British Columbian homesteader, amateur pilot and leading conservationist of the trumpeter swan.

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Red knot

The red knot or just knot (Calidris canutus) is a medium-sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia.

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Reed bed

A reedbed or reed bed is a natural habitat found in floodplains, waterlogged depressions and estuaries.

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River Severn

The River Severn (Afon Hafren), at long, is the longest river in Great Britain.

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Ruff (bird)

The ruff (Calidris pugnax) is a medium-sized wading bird that breeds in marshes and wet meadows across northern Eurasia.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Salt marsh

A salt marsh, saltmarsh or salting, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides.

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Severn Estuary

The Severn Estuary (Aber Hafren) is the estuary of the River Severn, flowing into the Bristol Channel between South West England (from North Somerset, Bristol and South Gloucestershire) and South Wales (from Cardiff, Newport to Monmouthshire).

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Slimbridge

Slimbridge is a village and civil parish near Dursley in Gloucestershire, England. WWT Slimbridge and Slimbridge are Stroud District.

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Somerset Levels

The Somerset Levels are a coastal plain and wetland area of Somerset, England, running south from the Mendips to the Blackdown Hills. WWT Slimbridge and Somerset Levels are wetlands of England.

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Spotted redshank

The spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus) is a wader (shorebird) in the large bird family Scolopacidae.

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Swan

Swans are birds of the genus Cygnus within the family Anatidae.

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Taiga bean goose

The taiga bean goose (Anser fabalis) is a goose that breeds in northern Europe and Asia.

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Trumpeter swan

The trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator) is a species of swan found in North America.

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Tufted duck

The tufted duck (or tufted pochard) (Aythya fuligula) is a small diving duck with a population of close to one million birds, found in northern Eurasia.

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Tundra swan

The tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus) is a small swan of the Holarctic.

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Water rail

The water rail (Rallus aquaticus) is a bird of the rail family which breeds in well-vegetated wetlands across Europe, Asia and North Africa.

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Wetland

A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally for a shorter periods.

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Whinchat

The whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) is a small migratory passerine bird breeding in Europe and western Asia and wintering in central Africa.

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Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust

The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) is an international wildfowl and wetland conservation charity in the United Kingdom.

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Wood sandpiper

The wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) is a small wader belonging to the sandpiper family Scolopacidae.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWT_Slimbridge

Also known as Slimbridge Reserve, Slimbridge Wetland Reserve, Slimbridge Wetlands Centre, Slimbridge Wildfowl Reserve, Slimbridge Wildfowl Trust, Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Centre, Wildfowl and Wetland Trust, Slimbridge.

, Leland Stowe, Lesser white-fronted goose, Little grebe, Little gull, Little owl, Lythrum hyssopifolia, Merlin (bird), Mug shot, Natural history, Nature reserve, Nene (bird), Northern lapwing, Northern pintail, Northern wheatear, Ophrys apifera, Paragliding, Pasture, Peregrine falcon, Peter Scott, Philippa Scott, Pied avocet, Pink-footed goose, Predation, Ralph Edwards (homesteader), Red knot, Reed bed, River Severn, Ruff (bird), Russia, Salt marsh, Severn Estuary, Slimbridge, Somerset Levels, Spotted redshank, Swan, Taiga bean goose, Trumpeter swan, Tufted duck, Tundra swan, Water rail, Wetland, Whinchat, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Wood sandpiper.

WWT Slimbridge, the Glossary

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See also

Birdwatching sites in England

Environment of Gloucestershire

Nature centres in England

Protected areas established in 1946

Tourist attractions in Gloucestershire

Wetlands of England

Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust centres

References