Conservation
Gardeners urged to repel invaders as weather warms up
Posted on 25th April 2013 by WWT
Gardeners buying plants as spring warms up are being urged to choose water plants which won’t get out of hand in gardens and invade local wetlands. Garden pond species like Water Primrose evolved in tropical climates. [...]
Continue readingWWT-IUCN partnership will help plants and wetlands
Posted on 19th March 2013 by WWT
A new partnership has been agreed between the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) and the IUCN SSC Freshwater Plant Specialist Group (FPSG) that will improve wetland conservation and help save threatened plants. Through [...]
Researchers fit satellite tags to unlock secrets of ‘lost’ geese
Posted on 20th February 2013 by WWT
Researchers in Bulgaria have taken the largest ever catch of Endangered red-breasted geese and fitted satellite tracking devices in a bid to unlock one of the biggest mysteries of the natural world. Just over ten years [...]
WWT welcomes move to prevent another Ash Dieback situation
Posted on 29th January 2013 by WWT
The British countryside will be safer from invasive plants following a decision by the government to ban the sale of certain exotic species. The move has been welcomed by the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust which has long-[...]
WWT welcomes lead poison review
Posted on 24th January 2013 by WWT
WWT has welcomed the Government’s announcement to review the progress of the Lead Ammunition Group, of which WWT is a member. The Group was set up in 2010 in response to urgent concerns about the toxic effects of [...]
Severn Barrage would cause 'massive change to the estuary
Posted on 10th January 2013 by WWT
A proposal to build a Barrage across the Severn Estuary would be “such a massive change to the estuary that we do need more information”, WWT Chief Executive Martin Spray has told MPs. The Wildfowl & Wetlands [...]
Flooding – New guidance could help protect homes and wildlife
Posted on 10th January 2013 by WWT
People and wildlife could be better protected from Britain’s worsening flooding problems and even use them to gain a range of benefits through new guidance published today. The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) and [...]
Threatened swans boosted by bumper breeding season
Posted on 24th December 2012 by WWT
Threatened Bewick’s swans are returning from their Russian breeding grounds with the most young that ornithologists have seen in more than a decade. Surveys of the swans’ UK wintering sites, such as the Ouse Washes [...]
The latest on lead - a thank you for your support
Posted on 19th November 2012 by WWT
A big thank you to everyone who has signed our petition calling for an end to the use of lead shot in shooting and raised awareness of the damage that spent lead gunshot causes to wild birds who eat it, …
We've lost 44 million birds since 1966, including an average of 50 [...]
Posted on 19th November 2012 by WWT
Since 1966, we’ve lost breeding birds from our countryside at an average rate of a nesting pair every minute, say a group of conservation organisations in a report published today (Monday 19 November, 2012). These [...]
