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Happy birthday Your Majesty
Prince Harry chats with WWT supporters WWT supporters joined our Patron, Her Majesty the Queen, for an official birthday lunch in the Mall with supporters of all the charities who benefit from her support. At WWT we l
13 June 2016
Flamingo "school disco" research wins gold for WWT
It's beneficial for flamingos to scrap over their nesting area. It makes them feel possessive and gives them ownership of a nest mound. Research revealing the complex social life of the flamboyant flamingo has won a s
9 June 2016
From backbenches to Brussels and back again
The story of nature’s champions: Blog post by Richard Benwell, WWT Head of Government Affairs wraps up the EU Referendum, Private Members Bill and a 25 year plan for nature: Drawing by Wolfgang Ammer, published in New St
7 June 2016
People and wildlife to benefit from China/WWT agreement
British and Chinese wetlands could benefit from an agreement to share conservation expertise, signed today between the Chinese Government and UK charity the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT). The agreement opens the door to share technology to design an
31 May 2016
What's your favourite duck?
Blog post by Phoebe Vaughan, Aviculture Warden. Read Phoebe's regular Duck Diary blog or take a behind-the-scenes duckery tour at Castle Espie, Llanelli, Martin Mere and Slimbridge wetland centres - while the ducklings are still downy! Phoebe's blogs a
31 May 2016
Wildlife sightings for 22nd May 2016
2 Shelduck - main lake and scrape 1 Little Egret - scrape 5 Common Tern - main lake May bird highlights: Shelduck, Little Egret, Knot, Whimbrel, Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Greenshank, Ringed Plover, Common Tern, Arctic Tern, Ic
22 May 2016
Chewing gum cleaner used to weed wetland!
No, we're not vacuuming, we're weeding! A wetland nature reserve has found a novel use for a machine that usually cleans chewing gum and graffiti from towns and streets. WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre in Lancashire is
18 May 2016
Meet the UK's newest birdwatching hide - it's got 16 sides!
The interlocking roof means no pillars are needed Britain’s newest birdwatching hide is a 16-sided wooden gazebo with “surround sight” lagoon views, a close-up kingfisher pool, and a wildlife-friendly roof at th
16 May 2016
Lost baby birds. What to do if you find one.
Where's my mummy? Springtime is baby birds time. So what if you see one by itself, hopping around without its mum? As worrying as it seems, this is actually quite normal for all birds. Mum is usually not far away, and
4 May 2016
Europe politicians support our shared swans
Sacha arrives in Brussels to meet MEPs Politicians from across northern Europe have come together to support the continent’s smallest and most threatened swan species – as well as a lone woman who will break recor
29 April 2016
Celebrities lead support for first ever lone female expedition to save swans
Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Sir David Attenborough head a list of hundreds of businesses, charities and individual supporters throughout Europe and Russia who are getting behind a unique expedition to save Europe’s smallest swan from disapp
26 April 2016
Water experts urge Lords to fight for flood resilient homes in affordable houses debate
Why not divert your rain to a water feature, rather than into already overloaded drains? Leading civil engineers, environmental scientists, water experts, water companies and architects have appealed to the Lords to e
22 April 2016
WWT birthday season begins
Llanelli is the first of four WWT wetland centres to celebrate a milestone birthday this year – WWT’s 70 anniversary year. Our youngest reserve - Steart Marshes It’s a silver anniversary for Llanelli, who opene
15 April 2016
Recent Sightings, British Steel Hide
Black-tailed Godwit 420 Knot 52 Greenshank 11 Whimbrel 4 Bar-Tailed Godwit 4 Dunlin 4 Curlew 59 Snipe 1 Redshank 211 Grey Plover 4 Lapwing 1 Ruff 2 Shoveler 31 Pintail 3 Wigeon 5 Teal 23 Gadwall 12 Mallard 12 Tufted Duck 6 Shelduck 74 Canada Goose 7 Grey
15 April 2016
I bet you look good on the dance floor?
Blog post by flamingo researcher Paul Rose. Find our more about these amazing creatures in Paul's flamingo diary. It's a fantastic day for flamingo courtship at WWT Slimbridge and so many of the birds seem to be marching around constantly. Maybe they kno
11 April 2016