News
First calf of the year born
Our first calf of the year was born on Friday. The Long-horn cattle are on the fields by the community reedbed walk up by the sewage works so they can be viewed from there. Both mum and calf are doing well and we are expecting a large number of calves ove
24 April 2012
Crane lands at Martin Mere
A common crane was seen at Martin Mere yesterday and it is still on site today. I got all excited at first as I was really hoping that it was one of the cranes that we released down south but unfortunately it doesn't have a ring number on it so it isn'
23 April 2012
Second osprey egg laid on Sat 21st April
The female osprey laid a second egg on Saturday the 21st of April. Our new male osprey, yellow 08 is doing a grand job bringing in fish for his mate and taking a turn in incubating the eggs. Hopefully we will see a third egg maybe today or tomorrow. The
23 April 2012
Ospreys back at Caerlaverock
Our female osprey returned on the 2nd of April and a new male arrived the next day on the 3rd and joined her at the nest. It is a different bird and not AW, her mate of the last 3 years. We have live CCTV images from the nest on the webcam on the WWT webs
12 April 2012
Sunshine and hail shower on the nest
April showers turned wintery today with a heavy hail shower at 1.15pm. Our female osprey was sitting tight on the nest which she has now built up considerably over the last few days. Not many visits from our yellow ringed male this morning but he was ar
12 April 2012
Mystery male osprey still at the nest
It has been a hectic weekend at the osprey nest. Our female has totally chaged the appearance of the nest with lots more sticks and clumps of grass. A large stick came in early this morning and is now across the front of the nest. This gave me hope that
9 April 2012
Yellow ringed Osprey hanging around
Today has been interesting just sitting and watching the camera. When the camera came on the female was sitting on the nest by herself. Soon after, another Osprey turned up bearing a very stand out yellow ring and landed right on her back. Our female howe
8 April 2012
Ducklings signal hope for world’s rarest bird
The Madagascar pochard - arguably the world’s rarest bird - has bred successfully in captivity building hope that it can be saved from extinction. Eighteen precious pochard ducklings are being reared at a specially built centre in Antsohihy, Madagascar,
6 April 2012
Winners of winter heat of photography competition
I am pleased to announce the winners of the winter heat of the WWT photography competition. All these winning images will now go into a national competition, when winners will be annouced later in the year after the Spring and Summer heats. To enter p
5 April 2012
April podcast: ducklings
Ducklings at WWT London Wetland Centre - Laurence Arnold Spring has arrived at WWT London Wetland Centre and we're celebrating the arrival of the first ducklings. You can meet them in our Easter Eggstravaganza ducklin
4 April 2012
New guided boat tours
The guided boat tours started on Saturday and they have gone very well so far. The volunteers who usually work on the information desk have taken the boat under their wing and are doing the tours as well as a talk whilst the boat is running. The boat
3 April 2012
Female osprey is back!
On the 2nd of April at 14:40 hrs, an osprey was seen to land on the nest via our CCTV system. We were alerted by the excited shouts of a family in the visitor centre, just finishing their lunch and watching the monitor. We rushed to the big screen to ge
2 April 2012
A sporting success
Over 300 people came along to join in the Sainsburys Sport Relief Run yesterday and it was a fantastic day. I wanted to thank Sainsburys in Southport for donating items to go in the goody bags and everyone who took the time to raise money for charity. I
26 March 2012
Check out the new webcam
The webcam on the flamingo nest site has gone live today. This webcam will watch as the flamingos nest build, lay and sit on eggs, eggs hatching and view how the chicks grow. Let me know what you think of it. Click here to go to the webcam page
23 March 2012
A centre update
The reserve webcam will be moved today to the flamingo nest site for 6 months so that you can watch the chicks as they hatch and grow. It is great that we can utilise the webcam by moving it about the centre so that you can get the best views all year.
22 March 2012