Where: WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire

When: From Saturday, July 7, to Sunday, September 23

The popular Giant LEGO® Brick Animal Trail is heading back to WWT Slimbridge this summer.

The specially designed trail will be a feature of the wildfowl and wetland site from July 7 to September 23, inspired by species from across the WWT sites and featuring brand new life-size animal characters.

The 2018 trail includes three distinctive LEGO® animals to be discovered as you wander around WWT Slimbridge, joining some of the favourites Flavia the Flamingo and Lottie the Otter.

You will meet new bricks on the block - Sam the short-eared owl, Walter the water vole, and Skye the stork. It's a must see day out for LEGO® fans of all ages!

The trail across Slimbridge Wetland Centre features 14 1.5m LEGO® animal models in total, including a Hawaiian goose or nene (the world's rarest goose), a huge kingfisher, and a giant frog.

Each sculpture is built by professional LEGO® builders, taking hundreds of hours and using 253,728 bricks in total. The new short-eared owl took 80 hours to create.

To complete the ultimate LEGO® animal experience, Slimbridge is offering LEGO® building workshops throughout the duration of the trail on weekends, and most weekdays from the end of July.

These will be led by professionally trained LEGO® builders, by the experts themselves from Bright Bricks, and are open to LEGO® enthusiasts of all ages who want to have a go at building their own mini-versions.

Sue Steele, a parent of a LEGO® workshop participant, commented: "Our children aged six and nine loved the LEGO® session. The tutors were enthusiastic and supportive and very good at encouraging the children. I would highly recommend this session to other families."

To book a place or find out more about the costs and timings of all the scheduled workshops, go to https://wwt.digitickets.co.uk/tickets?branches.branchID=36 

The Giant LEGO® Animal Trail is free with admission (or membership) - non-members will need to purchase admission separately - either on the day or save 10% by booking online in advance.

To find out more, visit https://www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/slimbridge/