European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Thousands of Birds top photo come to the Slimbridge Sanctuary every Winter. Bottom photo a ground View of barnacle geese. From the Trust s shop. Visitors Are allowed to feed most of the Birds. Brown bread is belter for the wildfowl than White say the experts at the wildfowl Trust who thai moldy bread can cause a fatal disease so should never be fed to Birds of any kind. The Trust has developed a method of display thai enables the general Public to see tame and wild native species in their natural habitat on one and the same visit. The formula originated at Slimbridge has been successfully repeated Al several of its six other centers occupying a total of 2,758 acres spread across Mainland Britain from Arundel in Sussex to cac Laverock on Scotland s Solway Firth. Two of its centers Aru located in East Anglia a Short drive away from the majority of the bases used by the . Air Force in England. At Peakirk Cambridgeshire close by Raf Alconbury the special attractions Are the chilean flamingos and the Black necked and Coscorosa swans from South America. At the Trust s Center at Welney near a Wisbech Cambridgeshire very near both Raf Mildenhall and Raf Lakenheath there Are no lame Birds at All although great numbers of wild ones. Up to 4,500 Bewick s swans Winter there with tens of thousands of plucks. Cost of admission to the Trust s various centers varies. Slimbridge has the most expensive Entrance its being 2.50 pounds Boul $3.50 for adults and just under half thai amount for children while admission costs at and we Lucy Are around 1.50 pounds $2.10 for adults and 70 Pence $1 Lor children. February 27,19s6 stripes Magazine 9
