WWT has gone from strength to strength over the last 60 years from its humble beginning as the Severn Wildfowl Trust in 1946.
Listed below are some of our landmark dates and achievements.
In 2006 WWT opens a new eco-friendly £3.5m visitor centre at Welney.- In 2005 the Laysan Teal one of the most endangered species of duck in the world was reintroduced to Hawaii with the help of WWT.
- Carmarthen Bay was declared the UK's first marine Special Protection Area in 2003, after WWT surveys showed its importance for Common Scoters.
- The WWT London Wetland Centre was opened in 2000 - one of the largest created wetland reserves in a capital city in the world.
- By 1999 the long-term protection of Barnacle Geese at Caerlaverock by WWT and others had helped the Svalbard Barnacle Goose population to reach 25,000 after dropping to just 300 in 1948.
- The main White-headed Duck wintering site at Burdur Golu, Turkey was formally protected in 1993, following a collaborative study initiated by WWT.
- WWT recreated the wetland site at Martin Mere in 1975, which was designated a Ramsar site in 1985.
- Sir Peter Scott was knighted in 1973 for his services to conservation.
- Plans were dropped to build a dam at the main area for breeding Pink-footed Geese in Thjorsarver, Iceland in 1969, after successful lobbying by WWT.
- In 1962 the first Slimbridge-reared Nene was released into the wild in Hawaii, the start of the recovery of the world Nene population which had fallen to 30 by 1951.