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Short film promotes mission to save Madagascar pochard
A short film of last year's mission to Madagascar to rescue the endemic pochard from imminent extinction has been posted on YouTube. It tells the story of the team of WWT and Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust staff who worked with the local Malagasy com
21 September 2010
Turning tides for waterbirds in the UK
In recent years, the UK’s estuaries and other wetlands have seen several notable changes in the birds using them. Little egret and avocet are now present in higher numbers than ever before, but familiar species such as ringed plover and dunlin are at al
24 August 2010
Svalbard expedition confirms hungry polar bears a threat to conservation success story
A Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) scientist just returned from Svalbard has confirmed that polar bears stranded on land in the summer months are devastating breeding barnacle goose populations as they roam the coastline looking for food. Conservation ef
17 August 2010
More Welsh birds in the red
The latest assessment of all of Wales’ 213 regularly occurring birds – Population Status of Birds in Wales 2 – shows 45 species are now of the highest conservation concern and have been placed on the assessment’s red list. Alarmingly, red-listed
11 August 2010
WWT begins breeding project to save endangered waders
WWT have begun work on a groundbreaking new project to perfect the process of breeding waders as part of our conservation breeding program. The project is currently focused on hatching and rearing two wader species - the ruff and the dunlin. Its goal is
28 July 2010
Hungry polar bears threaten WWT conservation success story
Scientists from the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) fear that hungry polar bears are jeopardising a conservation success story by feasting on the eggs of barnacle geese because melting Arctic ice is making seal hunting too difficult. According to resear
17 June 2010
2020Vision launches photography-based conservation initiative
April sees the launch of 2020Vision, Britain’s most ambitious photography-based conservation initiative ever! 20 of the country’s top wildlife and nature photographers have, for the first time, come together with leading conservation partners to docu
25 May 2010
First crane chicks hatch ready for release into wild
The first eight crane chicks destined to be released into the wild later this year as part of the Great Crane Project have successfully hatched at WWT Slimbridge in Gloucestershire, just a few short hours after an epic 17 hour road trip from Germany. The
27 April 2010
Cranes, boats and planes - Great Crane Project hit by air travel chaos
Plans to bring back the eggs of wild cranes for a project to re-introduce the birds to Somerset have been hit by the air travel ban. The eggs are being collected in Germany as part of the Great Crane Project run jointly by RSPB, Wildfowl & Wetlands Tr
19 April 2010
Fears for whooper swan as it disappears into volcanic cloud
Whooper swan Y6K, which is being tracked using satellite technology, seems to have flown into difficulty on its return migration to Iceland. It was last recorded at 10.46 this morning (Friday) heading towards the cloud of ash from the Eyjafjallajökull v
16 April 2010
The Mileage Company donates over £40,000 to WWT
The Mileage Company, operators of Airmiles, the UK’s leading travel rewards scheme, has announced its new partnership with the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT), the leading conservation organisation saving wetlands for wildlife and people across the wor
12 April 2010
Barnacle geese tracking data to help steer windfarm locations
Barnacle geese heading to Svalbard for the summer have been tagged with satellite trackers to find out more about their migration. WWT has fitted five birds with the electronic backpacks which will provide data to help steer the locations of windfarm turb
9 April 2010
Biking birder heading to Llanelli
A teacher who is cycling thousands of miles on a charity bike ride around UK bird reserves is set to reach the National Wetland Centre Wales this week. Gary Prescott, who is known as the biking birder, is undertaking the ambitious task of a 5,000 mile tri
5 April 2010
Nordic walking at the wetland centre
In conjunction with Age Concern Cymru, a new Nordic walking group has been established at the Wetland centre. The group meets at the information desk every Friday at 11.00am. Open to anyone who has received basic Nordic walking training and has use of the
1 April 2010
Public urged to tell politicians: we care about wildlife
Conservationists are urging the public to help stop further wildlife loss by encouraging their local MPs and Prospective Parliamentary Candidates to sign a new “Wildlife Pledge”, to do all they can to stop and reverse wildlife decline. A consortium of
30 March 2010