News
Crackdown on invasive non-native plants and animals welcomed
WWT has welcomed today’s announcement of a Europe-wide crackdown on non-native invasive plants and animals which are damaging wildlife in the UK and across Europe. A new European-wide Regulation will aim to better prevent the spread of invasive species,
9 September 2013
First session-done!
Two swans lent for display at WWT Welney, briefly returned back to their orginal roost at Wisbech museum. We have now delivered our very first Flock Together session at Wisbech museum. Alth
2 September 2013
Steart Marshes set for completion in autumn 2014
Earthworks are complete and will now be given time for vegetation to grow and strengthen embankments Hundreds of hectares of nature reserve at Steart will be opened up to the sea in autumn 2014, creating new salt mars
30 August 2013
Steart Marshes set for completion in autumn 2014
Earthworks are complete and will now be given time for vegetation to grow and strengthen embankments Hundreds of hectares of nature reserve at Steart will be opened up to the sea in autumn 2014, creating new salt mars
30 August 2013
Steart Marshes set for completion in autumn 2014
Earthworks are complete and will now be given time for vegetation to grow and strengthen embankments Hundreds of hectares of nature reserve at Steart will be opened up to the sea in autumn 2014, creating new salt mars
30 August 2013
WWT concerned at fracking proposals
Proposed site: View of the Loughor Estuary from WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre WWT is raising concerns about the effect ‘fracking’ could have on wetlands in the UK. Induced Hydraulic Fracturing, or fracking, involves
27 August 2013
Today's bird sightings
British Steel hide/estuary Lesser yellowlegs, 3 curlew sandpiper, ruff, 670 black tailed godwit, 36 greenshank, 128 redshank, 540 curlew, 330 oystercatcher, 4 turnstone, 19 little egret, 38 teal, 5 wigeon and 2 pintail. Millennium wetlands 2 kingfisher
27 August 2013
Microscopy mystery - the answers!
WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre was recently visited by a special guest and his even more special microscope camera. Emilien Leonhardt recently starred in BBC4's Miniature Britain and he and his microscope came to Slimbridge to snap some wetland animals, pl
16 August 2013
Ditch new dredging proposals, says WWT
Proposals to give farmers a greater licence to dredge watercourses on their land could increase flooding downstream and damage wildlife, says WWT. Dredging can, in many circumstances, enable rainwater to be carried away more rapidly. Currently the Environ
25 July 2013
Lead shot poisoning - latest
(c) Otto de Vries WWT has welcomed a campaign launched by eleven organisations across the shooting, game and land management industries for all shooters to comply with regulations on the use of lead shot. Most lead sh
23 July 2013
School fair saved by wetland
A school fair was saved by a wetland planted in the grounds by pupils and the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT), after a fierce downpour threatened to flood the school field. The field at Hollickwood Primary School in Barnet, North London, would usually
22 July 2013
Join Joanna Lumley counting butterflies
On Thursday, a rather glamorous celebrity guest popped into WWT London Wetland Centre and spent the morning admiring our butterflies! Screen legend and passionate environmental campaigner Joanna Lumley was at WWT London Wetland Centre to officially launc
18 July 2013
Flock Together- Workshop one: Wisbech & Fenland Museum
The first of the Flock Together workshops will be held at Wisbech & Fenland museum on Wednesday 28th August, 1.30-3pm. This is an open event, so anyone is welcome! However places are limited so we advise booking (details at the end) . Wisbech & Fe
12 July 2013
'Headstarted' spoon-billed sandpipers hatch
Twenty critically endangered spoon-billed sandpiper chicks have hatched under WWT’s expert care in the Russian Far East. Conservationists took the eggs from the wild, in order to protect them from extreme weather and predators. The first hatched early l
12 July 2013
Flock Together -what's it all about?
About this project Flock Together is a community project that aims to represent the relationship of people and wildlife with this unique and inspiring wetland landscape. Eight workshops will be delivered to selected groups and open sessions in the local c
10 July 2013