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Today's sightings
The Rushy LESSER SCAUP 1 second winter female Pochard 450 Pintail 280 Bewick's Swan 170 The Holden Tower White-fronted Goose 261 Barnacle Goose 126 Lapwing 2000 Peregrine [...]
20 January 2012
A whole lot of holiday fun for the whole family at WWT
Why don’t you visit your local WWT Wetland Centre during February half term to enjoy a whole host of activities and events that the family can enjoy, while giving children exciting opportunities to learn about the natural world around them? With a medle
19 January 2012
Lagoon pictures capture progress
The excavation of our new saline lagoon continues apace. The recent cold snap froze the muddy habitat solid, perfect conditions for the diggers to make good headway carving out the shape of the lagoon; giving it depth and width. The river reedbed shelter
19 January 2012
Marathon run for spoon-billed sandpiper
Nigel Hewston, a teacher at Robinswood Primary School in Gloucester, has never run a marathon before, but in April will be taking on the London Marathon to try and raise £5,000 to help save the spoon-billed sandpiper from extinction. The 57 year old onl
19 January 2012
Cold weather brings in more Whooper swans
The cold weather over the last few days has meant there has been an influx of Whooper swans arriving at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre bringing the total to 1900 swans, with more predicted to arrive this weekend. Many Whooper swans had remained in Scotlan
19 January 2012
Little Egret new for the year
At least 120 Jackdaws were amongst Lapwings around the Mere this morning. From the Ron Barker hide, 4 Marsh Harriers, 1 Hen Harrier, 2 Peregrines, a Bewick's Swan and a distant Little Egret which [...]
19 January 2012
Wildlife sightings for 19th January 2012
1 Bittern – reedbed channel by Wildside hide 1 Shelduck – main lake 64 Wigeon – grazing marsh 4 Pintail – main lake 2 Peregrine – landed on main lake isla [...]
19 January 2012
Today's sightings
Holden Tower E White-fronted Geese 270 Egyptian Goose 2 Greylag 4 Barnacle Goose 130 Zeiss Hide Teal 700 Black-tailed Godwit 22 Lapwing 450 Dunlin 30 Wigeon 300 Pintail 20 [...]
19 January 2012
King of wildlife to appear at Slimbridge Festival of Birds
Simon King Simon King will be among the visitors flocking to WWT Slimbridge for its Festival of Birds on February 4 and 5. The wildlife TV star will be re-opening the newly renovated Zeiss Hide and a new otter holt on
18 January 2012
Cold weather makes for spectacular scenery
The recent cold snap may have had us all shivering, but it also provided some stunning photographic opportunities out on our wildlife reserve and among the exotic collection birds. Here are a couple of snaps taken by staff - one of our red-breasted geese
18 January 2012
Whooper Counts
Biggest count of the winter so far with 1800+ Whooper Swan. Some of this group were also aged and brood sizes recorded. There were 1094 adults with 168 juveniles. Forty one pairs had one juvenile, 31 [...]
18 January 2012
Bewicks almost!
Very exciting last night as the calls of wild bewicks swans could be heard heading towards the reserve at 5.15pm. 26 swans circled the reserve several times getting lower and lower. Unfortunat [...]
18 January 2012
Wildlife sightings for 18th January 2012
1 Bittern - middle reedbed channel 310 Teal - scrape, marsh, main lake, sheltered lagoon 6 Redwing - entrance area 1 Stonechat - marsh Recent bird highlights: Bittern, Pereg [...]
18 January 2012
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Wigeon 500 Robbie Garnett/Martin Smith Hide Ruff 5 Dunlin 30 Golden Plover 150 Lapwing Wigeon 1600 Teal 400 Redshank 50 Rushy Bewick's Swan 170 Lesse [...]
18 January 2012
One hundred year anniversary of Captain Robert Falcon Scott's heroic voyage
One hundred years ago today, Captain Robert Falcon Scott arrived at the South Pole - 33 days after his rival Amundsen. The rest, as they say, is history as sadly they never made it home, but for WWT this day played a pivotal role in its own history. Foun
17 January 2012