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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
Big 9 challenge: TV presenters nationwide nature quest
On 25 January TV naturalist and WWT supporter Mike Dilger starts a nationwide tour to raise awareness and money for wetlands. The quest will take in all nine WWT centres across the UK in just nine days, finishing on World Wetlands Day (2 February). Along
18 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
Atlas Editions teams up with WWT for the launch of their ‘British Birds’ collection
Atlas Editions, the makers of popular collectables, models and family reference materials have teamed up with us on the launch of their Birds of Britain figurine collection, pledging to donate at least £5,000 towards WWT’s conservation work. The collec
4 January 2013
WWT Chief Executive ‘extremely proud’ to be awarded CBE
Martin Spray, the Wildfowl & Wetland’s Trust’s Chief Executive, has expressed his surprise and pride at being awarded a CBE for his work in wildlife conservation. Mr Spray has devoted half his career to working for conservation organisations and h
29 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
Winners of WWT Photography Competition 2011/12
Wetland Wildlife winner - Egg Thief by Wayne Davies WWT are pleased to announce the national winners of the Canon/WWT Photography Competition 2011/12. Thousands entered and voted for the People's Choice award on our w
14 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
Today's sightings
130 black tailed godwits 1 bar tailed godwit 31 redshank 202 lapwing peregrine sparrow hawk buzzard 121 wigeon 1 golden eye 52 shelduck 30 gadwall 6 mute swans
20 November 2012
The latest on lead - a thank you for your support
A big thank you to everyone who has signed our petition calling for an end to the use of lead shot in shooting and raised awareness of the damage that spent lead gunshot causes to wild birds who eat it, mistaking it for grit. Your support has already made
19 November 2012
We've lost 44 million birds since 1966, including an average of 50 house sparrows every hour
Since 1966, we’ve lost breeding birds from our countryside at an average rate of a nesting pair every minute, say a group of conservation organisations in a report published today (Monday 19 November, 2012). These shocking statistics are contained in th
19 November 2012
Put a date with a TV naturalist in someone’s stocking this Christmas
TV naturalist Mike Dilger is performing a series of shows at WWT centres around the UK from 25 January next year. Tickets for the nine evening shows are selling fast and at £15 or less, would make a perfect Christmas present. They are exclusively availab
16 November 2012
Centenary of Scott of Antarctic demise continues to inspire
Captain Robert Falcon Scott Captain Scott and his expedition were discovered exactly a hundred years ago today. Their deaths in the Antarctic moved and inspired generations. WWT’s centenary campaign, in celebration
12 November 2012
Chris Packham and David Attenborough urge children to get outside
The young naturalist is a dying breed, according to WWT Vice-Presidents Chris Packham and Sir David Attenborough. Pond dipping (c) Jerome Favre When Chris interviewed Sir David for the Radio Times, the two agreed that
6 November 2012