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Wetland dragons awaken

Posted on 9th May 2013 by Jamie Wyver @ London

The sun is finally shining and the reptiles at WWT London Wetland Centre are out and about enjoying the rays. After a long winter and a chilly start to spring the lizards and slow worms have emerged to make the …

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Wetlands in Bloom

Posted on 19th April 2013 by Jamie Wyver @ London

Our Chief Ecologist Richard Bullock has just given me a list of plants currently in bloom around the Centre. He (and I) had often thought of spring flowers here being predominantly yellow and white, with the blues and [...]

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It's raining cats and…fish

Posted on 15th March 2013 by Jamie Wyver @ London

Guest blog by Katy Haynes, Retail Team Leader and Reserve Volunteer While out on the Grazing Marsh with our Reserve Manager Adam Salmon, I was admiring a cormorant flying low overhead. Suddenly there was a glimpse of [...]

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Spring migrants

Posted on 12th March 2013 by Jamie Wyver @ London

It's been a chilly week here but we're looking forward to signs of spring, including four of the earliest spring migrants, in the next week or so. Little ringed plover Look for the plovers scuttling like clockwork toys on[...]

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February 2013 podcast: Mike Dilger

Posted on 6th February 2013 by Jamie Wyver @ London

Mike Dilger, BBC The One Show naturalist and author, speaks to us as he visits WWT London Wetland Centre to open our new Headley Discovery Hide – a welcoming hide designed with beginner birdwatchers in mind. The new[...]

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Wetland wins and new arrivals: a review of 2012

Posted on 31st December 2012 by Jamie Wyver @ London

2012 was an important year for WWT London Wetland Centre. We're still a very young nature reserve, but there was a sense this year that we really are reaching our goals in terms of providing perfect wetland habitats for [...]

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December podcast: Simon Reeve

Posted on 7th December 2012 by Jamie Wyver @ London

TV presenter and adventurer Simon Reeve joins us to talk about a threatened wetland, the Tana river delta, and the importance of conservation. And we’re feeling festive – hear about our Christmas show and [...]

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Sheep on the Sheltered lagoon

Posted on 16th November 2012 by Jamie Wyver @ London

Having done a great job grazing one of the Sheltered lagoon islands, our Hebridean sheep have now been moved to a second island. This video shows our warden, Mike Caiden, moving the sheep. Hebrideans are a Rare Breed and [...]

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November podcast: Bird psychology and Bittern spotting

Posted on 9th November 2012 by Jamie Wyver @ London

November2012-at-WWT-London-Wetland-Centre by WWT London Psychology lecturers Tom Dickins and David Hardman discuss bird psychology: what gulls are up to in Billingsgate Market, and why certain bird species may have [...]

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Bat in broad daylight

Posted on 18th October 2012 by Jamie Wyver @ London

This rare footage of a Nathusius’ Pipistrelle was shot from the Observatory at WWT London Wetland Centre by Jonny Rex on Wednesday 17 October. The bat was hunting at around 5.30pm, which suggests it may have been [...]

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