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Lead shot poisoning - latest
(c) Otto de Vries WWT has welcomed a campaign launched by eleven organisations across the shooting, game and land management industries for all shooters to comply with regulations on the use of lead shot. Most lead sh
23 July 2013
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
Wetlands mean business: WWT conference brings sectors together
Flooding and drought could be addressed more effectively if businesses and charities shared resources. That's the message of the Wetland Futures conference to be held this autumn. Industry, academia, the public sector and environmental NGOs will come toge
17 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
Educational exhibit on dangerous plants unveiled in London
A colourful exhibit which helps gardeners and pond owners and to avoid the spread of damaging invasive non-native plants has been opened at London Wetland Centre by Environment Minister Richard Benyon. Richard Benyon MP an
9 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
Severn Barrage should now be canned say environmental groups
Severn Bore (c) JS Lees Environmental groups including WWT are calling on Hafren Power to call time on their ill-conceived proposal for a barrage across the Severn, in order to make room for more sustainable renewable
10 June 2013
Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to benefit from outdoor learning through WWT’s ‘Inspiring Generations’ scheme
60,000 pupils will learn curriculum subjects through hands on activities including pond dipping. School children from disadvantaged areas will experience nature close up through a £1m free school visits scheme provid
5 June 2013
Young crane pair loses chick
WWT staff inspect the abandoned nest. Eggshell is visible in the foreground (c) WWT The first wild crane egg in Western Britain for four centuries has hatched at Slimbridge Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire. But sadly
3 June 2013
Bean goose breeding grounds revealed by GPS
GPS tracking has revealed for the first time the migration of Scotland’s only bean goose flock. Scientists from WWT, commissioned by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), fitted tracking devices to six taiga bean geese on the Slamannan plateau last winter. D
29 May 2013
Sixty per cent of UK species in decline, groundbreaking study finds
UK nature is in trouble – that is the conclusion of a groundbreaking report published today by a coalition of leading conservation and research organisations including the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT). Scientists working side-by-side from 25 wild
22 May 2013
24 hour guard for western Britain’s first crane egg in four centuries
Click to watch crane webcam Conservationists at WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire have set up a round-the-clock guard to protect the first crane egg laid in western Britain in over 400 years. Hunting an
20 May 2013