- Date: Monday 5 to 15 November
- Venue: Martin Mere Wetland Centre
In a two week autumn extravaganza, Bill Oddie and Kate Humble are coming back to the Martin Mere Wetland Centre to host BBC Autumnwatch. The live shows will be screened nationally from 5 to 15 November, Monday to Thursday, at 8pm on BBC2.
What you can do at the Centre
As well as seeing and walking around the areas where the filming is taking place, there is also plenty of additional activities you can do at the Centre during this time.
- Swan feeds everyday at 3pm from Swan Link Hide and 3.30pm from the Raines Observatory. The Swan feed at 3.30pm includes a wardens talk.
- Daily Autumnwatch tours between 5 and 15 November at 1pm in the weekdays and an additional one at 11am over the weekends.
- The main studio will be open to public on Friday 9 November between 10am and 12pm with an opportunity to talk to representatives from the BBC.
- Plant a tree: The BBC Radio Lancashire Bus will be stationed at the Centre for the two weeks and we will have tree planting tours on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 November at 11.30am and 2.30pm as part of the breathing places campaign.
- Beaver talks at 2pm in the beaver lodge
Bus Service from Burscough Bridge Interchange
Click here to download a PDF of the bus timetable.
The West of Lancashire Community Rail Partnership is pleased to announce Duck Link, a dedicated bus service to Martin Mere Wetland Centre during the BBC AutumnWatch programme.
Last year, this event bought many thousands to Martin Mere. To provide an environmentally friendly way to travel to Martin Mere, the Partnership is sponsoring this bus service to meet every train at Burscough Bridge Interchange on the Southport - Manchester route to take visitors directly to Martin Mere. The bus will run from November 5th to November 18th every half-hour between 10.25 a.m. and 4.40 p.m. (hourly on Sundays).
With very attractive return bus fares (£1 adult, accompanied children free or 50p unaccompanied children), we believe this provides a real choice for anyone who cares for our environment - or simply just a better way of enjoying a day out without the hassle of driving and parking.
Trains on the Southport to Manchester line run twice an hour Monday to Saturday, and hourly on Sundays. There are good connections from the Merseyrail electric trains at Southport to Burscough Bridge.
The Partnership is dedicated to promoting and improving local rail services. It is supported by Lancashire County Council, Northern Rail, the Passenger Transport Executives of Greater Manchester and Merseyside, local councils at Wigan, Sefton and West Lancashire, and the local rail user group OPSTA.
For more information contact:
Martin Mere: call 01704 895181 or email info.martinmere@wwt.org
Community Rail Partnership: call 01772533196 or email Brian.Haworth@env.lancscc.gov.uk