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No take-backsies or swaps, your bird is your bird. 🦆 Should we do more? 👀 #BirdCore #Birds #Funny [Carousel description: Slide 1: Lots of cutouts of different wetland birds including a bittern, greylag goose, bearded reeling, oystercatcher, lapwing and a goldeneye. Text says ‘Your drink your bird. (Wetland edition)’ with a thin arrow pointing right underneath. Slide 2: A ruff with proud plumage cutout on a white background next to an iced macchiato in a clear glass.  Text says ‘Iced macchiato. Ruff’ Slide 3: A cutout of a woodpigeon sat on a wooden post next to a can of Vimto. Text says ‘Vimto. Woodpigeon.’ Slide 4: A close-up cutout of a lapwing next to a matcha in a clear glass. Text says ‘Matcha. Lapwing.’ Slide 5: A cutout of a little stint and an espresso shot in a white cup. Text says ‘Double espresso. Little stint.’ Slide 6: A cutout of a drake mallard and a cup of tea. Text says ‘Breakfast tea. Mallard.’]

Some food for thought. 🦆 #Birds #Ducks #Birdwatching [Video description: A static image of a northern pintail duck looking towards the screen. Text on screen says ‘Ducks have wings and can quack. Planes have wings but can’t quack. So it’s not the quack making them both fly, it’s something else entirely.’]

Sightings, for spring? Groundbreaking. 🌼 #DevilWearsPrada #Birds [Video description: Two people stand side by side in a wetland. One is lip syncing the audio and the other is writing notes about what they’re saying. Text on screen says ‘when you’re the only one who caught a glimpse of the rare bird’.]

Kingfishers are royalty and so are you 👑 #Wetlands #Motivational #Kingfisher [Carousel description: Slide 1: A kingfisher perched in the reeds. Text reads ‘life lessons from a swan’. Slide 2: Close-up side profile of a kingfisher with an intense look. Text reads ‘stay focused’. Slide 3: A kingfisher with a small fish in its beak. Text reads ‘treat yourself’. Slide 4: A kingfisher exits the water with wings in motion and a big water splash around it. Text reads ‘dramatic exits optional’. Slide 5: Close up of a kingfisher from a slight below angle. Text reads ‘know your worth’.]

Wetlands don’t mind how long you stay, they’ll be ready for you when you need them.  🦆✨ #Wetlands #Relateable #Motivational [Carousel description: A six-slide carousel of images that depict two mirrored images on each slide, some with slight differences. First slide: The edge of a saltmarsh looking cool and slightly frosty repeated at the top and bottom. Text says ‘the view if you only have 10 minutes’ and ‘the view if you have all day’. Second slide: A top down view of a female mallards webbed feet. The repeated image is flipped the other way. Text says ‘the view if you’re a duck’ and ‘the view if you’re not a duck’. Third slide: A large body of water, rainbow in the background at WWT London Wetland Centre. Text says ‘the view if you’re having a good day’ and ‘the view if you need a little support’. Fourth slide: Two mute swans sit in the front of a frame in an urban wetland, two gulls sit in the back near the reeds. The second image is zoomed in on the gulls. Text says: ‘the view if you forgot your binoculars’ and ‘the view if you brought them’. Fifth slide: Reeds poke up in front of the camera, framing the wetland and flock of birds flying above it. This image is repeated below. Text says ‘the view if you correctly identify that bird’ and ‘the view if you haven’t got a clue what you’re looking at’. Sixth slide: Swan lake at WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre in autumn light, the second is from the same location at dusk. Text says ‘the view if you got up early’ and ‘the view if you overslept’.]

You got any fish on you? 🐟 #Wetlands #Heron #Birds [Video description: A compilation of pictures of grey herons, as the song progresses the image become closer and closer to the screen until the final image is showing a grey herons eye.  ‘I could really use a fish right now. Fish right now. Fish right now.’]

be my valentine? 💌🩷 #ValentinesDay #Goose #swipe [carousel description: slide 1: a portrait of a greylag goose facing the camera with a sad looking expression. Text reads 'swipe for a kiss'. slide 2: a greylag goose honking with it's mouth wide open. Text reads 'SIKE have a honkkK'.]

Don’t worry. It was just a dream. 😴 #nightmare #birdwatching #funny [Video description: A person stands on a saltmarsh trying to take their binoculars out of their case. They drop the binoculars accidentally and as they do the clip switches to the same binoculars sitting up in bed and gasping as if waking up from a nightmare.]

It’s World Wetlands Day! 🌿 Wetlands are part of who we are. They’re life-sustaining resources rich with lore and history, and they’ve been connecting us for decades. Whether it’s a vast coastal saltmarsh or a humble garden pond, every wetland tells a story. 🦆 As part of our World Wetlands Day celebrations, we’ve asked a few people about the wetlands that inspire them. Read more about these wonderful places via the link in our bio 🔗 #WorldWetlandsDay #Wildlife #Nature [Video description: A collection of videos showing wetlands throughout the day in different lights. The first clip shows reeds swaying gently in the breeze, the second shows a cool wetland pool with a low sun shining down creating reflections. After this, a sunrise shines through trees, silhouetting the shapes of ducks, coots, and swans preening in the water and on the waters edge. Text says ‘I’ll never get tired of waiting here for a little bit.’ and then ‘happy world wetlands day’.]

We’ve only got swan life, so listen up 🦢 #Wetlands #Motivational #Swan [Carousel description: Slide 1: A swan swimming in water looking back at the camera. The water glistens with sparkles from the sunlight. Text reads ‘life lessons from a swan’. Slide 2: Close-up of a young cygnet between green reeds. Text reads ‘if people call you ugly, they’re wrong’. Slide 3: A swan half underwater with it’s rear in the air and reflection in the water. The image has been flipped sideways. Text reads ‘perspective matters’. Slide 4: Swan swimming away from camera with it’s feet visible underwater. Text reads ‘sometimes you just have to swim away’. Slide 5: A large swan swimming gracefully in a pond with it’s wings lifted elegantly. Text reads ‘enjoy the peaceful moments’.]

swans are the real drama #realitytv #fyp #edit [video description: Titled 'editing the office like a reality TV show', various fast pace clips of an office environment with people having meetings, looking at their screens and walking around are mixed with dramatic video of swans falling into water and geese flying close overhead.]

Well if the goose says so… 🪿 #Goose #Wetlands #Funny [Carousel description: Slide 1: A white background with green text that reads ‘idk about you but I’m ready to…’. Slide 2: A white background with a cutout picture of a barnacle goose on the left hand side. Text cascading down the right-hand side spells out ‘goose’, reading ‘Go Off On Silly Energy’.]

one for the birders #owl #owlimpression #trending [video description: a person filming themselves talking directly to camera doing an impression]

What a point of view! 🗺️ What can look like flat, simple habitat from the ground turns into a spectacular mosaic of water, plants and brilliant muddy spaces. This view is what wetland birds see when they navigate open spaces like saltmarsh. The salty mud provides the perfect habitat and feeding ground to both migrating and resident birds who spend their time digging through the mud for plants and invertebrates. #Wetlands #Saltmarsh #BirdsEyeView [Video description: Views of a saltmarsh from the ground, showing a channel and some sea lavender in amongst the grasses. Text on screen says ‘what we see’. This switches to an aerial view of a saltmarsh, showing the intricate channels and creeks within the landscape. Text on screen says ‘what nature sees’.]

This is your sign to stop doomscrolling. Oh btw, if you're aged 18-24, WWT memberships are only £30 a year - be part of a community that celebrates the wild, together, with unlimited visits ✨ #Wetlands #ThingsToDo #Nature [Video description: A group of friends enjoying wetlands, together. Between the shots of the friends is a variety of wetland birds and bird species shown up close.]