This study is aimed at the observation and measurement of the unstable flow structure when swirling fluids pass through a bluff-body at low Reynolds number. The flow field combining the swirling flow with wake flow will form complicated recirculation structures behind the circular disc. It will bring unstable phenomenon with the increment of the swirl number. Flow structures observed with laser-light sheet at different swirl strength show three characteristic modes: recirculation-bubble mode, vortex breakdown mode, and vortex breakup mode. Eddy shedding appears in shear layer derived from the outer rim of the disc even at the low Reynolds number. Hot-wire anemometry is used to measure the instability frequency of this eddy shedding. Three types of velocity fluctuations at different extent of swirl strength are identified with instability wave, laminar wave, and subcritical wave.