News
School fair saved by wetland
A school fair was saved by a wetland planted in the grounds by pupils and the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT), after a fierce downpour threatened to flood the school field. The field at Hollickwood Primary School in Barnet, North London, would usually
22 July 2013
Join Joanna Lumley counting butterflies
On Thursday, a rather glamorous celebrity guest popped into WWT London Wetland Centre and spent the morning admiring our butterflies! Screen legend and passionate environmental campaigner Joanna Lumley was at WWT London Wetland Centre to officially launc
18 July 2013
Flock Together- Workshop one: Wisbech & Fenland Museum
The first of the Flock Together workshops will be held at Wisbech & Fenland museum on Wednesday 28th August, 1.30-3pm. This is an open event, so anyone is welcome! However places are limited so we advise booking (details at the end) . Wisbech & Fe
12 July 2013
'Headstarted' spoon-billed sandpipers hatch
Twenty critically endangered spoon-billed sandpiper chicks have hatched under WWT’s expert care in the Russian Far East. Conservationists took the eggs from the wild, in order to protect them from extreme weather and predators. The first hatched early l
12 July 2013
Flock Together -what's it all about?
About this project Flock Together is a community project that aims to represent the relationship of people and wildlife with this unique and inspiring wetland landscape. Eight workshops will be delivered to selected groups and open sessions in the local c
10 July 2013
Parliamentarians strike off Severn Barrage concept
Madeline Moon MP, Kate Jennings (RSPB) and Charles Walker MP meet at Westminster MPs and environmental groups have united in their call for the Severn Barrage concept to be abandoned, calling instead for a renewed foc
19 June 2013
Gardeners urged to repel invaders as weather warms up
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. In the UK it can form huge dense ma
25 April 2013
First crane nests in the South West in 400 years
Common cranes are nest building in the South West of England for the first time in 400 years, after being reintroduced to the region by the Great Crane Project. Cranes are large and colourful birds who perform amazing courtship dances and trumpeting calls
6 April 2013
WWT welcomes move to prevent another Ash Dieback situation
(c) Trevor Renals 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
29 January 2013
WWT welcomes lead poison review
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 ammunition made of lead, which is a pois
24 January 2013
Severn Barrage would cause 'massive change to the estuary'
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 Trust (WWT), RSPB and Angling Trust told
10 January 2013
Flooding – New guidance could help protect homes and wildlife
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 RSPB have developed a guidance manua
10 January 2013
Today's sightings
Today’s highlights include; 12 little egret, 405 lapwing, 61 redshank, 46 snipe, 24 shelduck, 168 wigeon, 37 shoveler, 54 teal, 2 goldeneye, 5 water rail, 4 little grebe, kingfisher, peregrine, buzzard, sparrowhawk, 2 reed bunting, treecreeper, goldcres
27 December 2012
Threatened swans boosted by bumper breeding season
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 and WWT Slimbridge on the Severn Est
24 December 2012
Cold weather prompts late swanfall at Slimbridge
The sudden change in the weather has prompted an overdue influx of endangered Bewick’s swans to the WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire. The swans migrate from arctic Russia each year to spend the winter at Slimbridge, the former home of co
3 December 2012