Nature Weekend in Forest of Dean
This year, I have had a real intent on trying to do something nature oriented each month. So, at the beginning of July, we went to the Forest of Dean for a bit of a nature weekend. The main focus of the weekend was an evening Wildlife Safari with Liz Drewitt which we had pre-booked. We started out by stopping at Slimbridge (the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust site), which coming from Somerset made a slightly elongated journey to the Forest of Dean. If you like birds, it is well worth a visit. Although there are a lot of native birds (with a focus on wetland habitats) at Slimbridge, there are others there such as the Nene which is a Hawaiian goose. There is a mix of enclosure style environments and then hides look out onto the estuary. The gardens and surrounding area at Slimbridge are really lovely and it would be a great place to visit as a family. We decided to hire a canoe whilst we were there. If you are lucky you might see kingfishers, however, as the designated person steering the c...
