The following images were taken on my trip to the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge. One source of pressure for flamingo populations in the past was bird collectors taking birds, young or eggs from the wild. Slimbridge no longer gather wild birds and instead manage to provide captivity reared birds for other collections. Slimbridge is a worldleader in breeding flamingos however they have only successfully bred Caribbean, Chilean and Greater flamingos in captivity. Flamingos in captivity are kept in different conditions to what they would experience in the wild. Therefore it is necessary to provide housing and heating for them.