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Prince of Wales celebrates WWT's 70th
The Prince of Wales met volunteers and staff at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust’s (WWT) Slimbridge headquarters to celebrate the charity’s 70th anniversary and hear about their global work. The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) creates and protect
4 November 2016
Spoonies take starring role in new C4 documentary
The critically endangered spoon-billed sandpiper will be stepping into the limelight this week when the first programme in a new C4 documentary series is broadcast at 7pm on Saturday.
4 November 2016
Recent sightings - 4th November
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide. Estuary - visible from the Brent Hide and the Limekiln Observatory Brent geese +1500, Oystercatcher +300, Curlew 25, Shelduck +200, Wigeon 60, Black-headed gull +250,
4 November 2016
Parliament pushes back on flood defence
SuDS capture rain naturally. This image is from WWT and RSPB's guide to SuDS (c) naturebureau.co.uk Today, the EFRA Select Committee has reasserted the will of Parliament to insist once more that the Government
2 November 2016
Farmer Richard takes top wetland award
Award presentation: Richard with Carl Sayer, left, and Martin Spray, right. A farmer hailed as ‘a conservation stalwart of the very best kind’ has been honoured with a national award for wetland creation. R
31 October 2016
Help fight ‘rice breast’ duck disease
The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) and the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) are calling on members to be vigilant in the fight against ‘rice breast’ disease in ducks.
31 October 2016
Great Repeal Bill part 2: a new #naturealert?
New doubt has been cast on the Prime Minister’s assurance that a Great Repeal Bill will transfer the body of EU law into UK law, creating new uncertainty for environmental protection. The Government can still achieve its laudable ambition to be the fir
25 October 2016
Wildlife sightings - 23/10/2016
a.m. Tide level: high Wader Lake Curlew 1 Grey heron 2 Redshank 67 Lapwing 23 Black headed gull 24 Herring gull 1 Black tailed godwit 9 Eurasian teal 46 Kestrel (female) 1 Saline Lagoon Curlew 1 Eurasian Teal 7 Jay 1 Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker
23 October 2016
Swapping spectacles
WWT is once again proud to support Communicate, the UK’s leading conference for environmental communicators. This year’s theme is ‘swapping spectacles’. A reference to, when communicating anything, that it is wise to bear in mind how other people
20 October 2016
The great value of Special Protection Areas
Publication of this review is to be warmly welcomed, and represents a huge amount of work over many years by many experts
20 October 2016
WWT research focus on birds behaving badly
Previously unrecorded ‘bad’ behaviour in flamingos has been spotted during a long-term research project at WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire. For the first time, individuals in a flock of water birds have been observed purposely barging
18 October 2016
Wildlife sightings for 16th October 2016
1 Pintail - main lake 5 Snipe - main lake, wader scrape 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 1 Wheatear - grazing marsh 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital October bird highlights: Wheatear, Stonechat, Pintail, Goldeney
16 October 2016
Human swan injured on migration
Conservationist Sacha Dench has dislocated her kneecap whilst following the migration of Bewick’s swans in a paramotor. Ms Dench is tracking the swans for 7000km from Arctic Russia to the UK as part of a project by the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT
11 October 2016
More wetland protection after major conferences
WWT played a key part in two landmark four-yearly global meetings that have helped to provide future protection for wetlands. In China, WWT became a signatory to the Changshu Declaration on Wetlands at the 10th INTECOL International Wetlands Conference. T
11 October 2016
The Great Repeal Act: One win, five fights
The Nature Directives and the laws that reduce pollution, waste and over-exploitation will not be thrown out wholesale. But a number of caveats mean we must all still be on our guard.
3 October 2016