Posted on 11th June 2013 by WWT Martin Mere
Last week the reserve department carried out a breeding bird survey of the Marsh. The staff and volunteers walked every field looking and listening for signs of breeding birds. This year, unfortunately is possibly the [...]
Posted on 4th June 2013 by WWT Martin Mere
A very unusual event at Martin Mere: a Black-headed gull has adopted a moorhen chick and the family can currently be viewed from the in focus hide. The Black-headed gull is activley feeding all of the chicks in the nest[...]
Posted on 3rd June 2013 by WWT Martin Mere
Today we have seen two butterflies spotted, the first of the year: Common blue and Small Copper. These are beautiful butterflies[...]
Posted on 3rd June 2013 by WWT Martin Mere
A big thank you to everyone who came along and enjoyed Downy Duckling Week last week. We had a fantastic 9 days with 108 memberships signed up and a great 10,176 visitors in total. Everyone seemed to enjoy the event &[...]
Posted on 24th May 2013 by WWT Martin Mere
Four greater flamingo chicks have been born at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre. The cold weather has meant that the flamingos were late to lay their eggs. Twelve eggs have been laid so far this year; so the grounds team &[...]
Posted on 24th May 2013 by WWT Martin Mere
Every day this week we are telling you how a duckling develops and hatches from an egg. On average it takes 16 – 18 hours for a duckling to hatch. The duckling is very tired when it hatches and will …
Posted on 23rd May 2013 by WWT Martin Mere
Every day this week we are showing you how new life develops inside an egg and ultimatley hatches in preparation for Downy Duckling Week that begins on Saturday. Once the duckling enters the airspace it begins ‘[...]
Posted on 22nd May 2013 by WWT Martin Mere
Every day this week we are showing you how new life develops inside an egg. The hatching will take place on Friday in time for our Downy Duckling Week that is starting on Saturday 25 May. At 4 weeks the …
Posted on 21st May 2013 by WWT Martin Mere
Every day this week we are telling you how a duckling develops inside an egg. Today we are looking at an egg that has been incubated for 2 – 3 weeks. There is a lot of difference as the duckling …
Posted on 20th May 2013 by WWT Martin Mere
All this week we will be telling you all about how a duckling develops inside an egg for the forthcoming Downy Duckling Week starting on Saturday 25 May. 1 week incubation We know that this egg is fertile because you &[...]
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