Editing WWT Slimbridge (section)

==Facilities==
[[File:Greater Flamingo at Slimbridge Wetland Centre 22May2019 arp.jpg|thumb|left|The centre has all six species of flamingo. This is the [[Greater Flamingo]].]]
The Sloane Observation Tower gives far-reaching views to the [[Cotswolds|Cotswold]] [[escarpment]] in the east and the River Severn and [[Forest of Dean]] in the West. The £6.2m visitor centre has a shop, waterside restaurant, cinema, art gallery and tropical house, and exhibitions are held in the "Hanson Discovery Centre".<ref name=Tipling>{{cite book|author=Tipling, David |title=Where to Watch Birds in Britain and Ireland: Slimbridge |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ejdRX1JIU-sC&pg=PA62 |year=2006 |publisher=New Holland Publishers |isbn=978-1-84537-459-4 |pages=62–63}}</ref> There are sixteen hides<ref name=Newsome/> that visitors can use for bird watching, as well as several comfortable observatories. Educational visits are available for schools and there is a programme of guided walks, events, talks and workshops.<ref name=Cotswolds/>

Visitors are allowed to feed the captive birds with approved food mixes bought on site, and during the winter, feeding of wild birds near one of the hides takes place at certain scheduled times, including on some floodlit occasions in the evening for visiting groups.<ref name=Newsome>{{cite book|author1=Newsome, David|author2=Kingston, Ross|author3=Moore, Susan A.|title=Wildlife Tourism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1K9XZPCAvmwC&pg=PT345|year=2005|publisher=Channel View Publications|isbn=978-1-84541-316-3|page=345|access-date=9 October 2016|archive-date=18 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818164331/https://books.google.com/books?id=1K9XZPCAvmwC&pg=PT345|url-status=live}}</ref>
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