Do something amazingthis winter. Give mud.
Wetland mud is nature's life support system. But now it urgently needs your help.
Will you give this winter, so specialist teams across our wetland sites can bring back healthy mud and fight the climate crisis?
Donate to protect struggling wetlands this winter
Climate breakdown is devastating wetland mud
Across WWT's sites this summer, droughts baked mud so hard that snipe and wading birds couldn't probe in it for food. Lapwings couldn't nest safely in it. House martins couldn't use it to build nests.
Now, torrential winter rains are washing mud away, so it's lost forever in rivers and carried out to sea. This is a crisis for our wetlands, but we know what has to be done.
Our teams are ready to use specialist machinery to create ideal muddy conditions - whatever the weather. We know how to build and restore ponds and manage water levels. But we need you to help put our plans into action.
Please give to keep wetlands safe.
£35 could help maintain wetland mud and grass so lapwings can nest safely and find food.
£60 could help build a small pond so water moves slowly through the soil and snipe can feed.
£120 could help buy an artificial nest so house martins can breed when mud is in short supply.
Wetland mud gives wildlife food, shelter and nesting materials - as well as stopping floods and storing carbon.
Please give now"The health of our wetlands depends on healthy mud. We must take action - from managing the land to building and restoring ponds that slowly release water into the landscape. But we urgently need your support."
Leigh Marshall, WWT Head of Reserves
