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Ducklings and lizards welcome spring arrival
This newly hatched mallard duckling took time out to smell the daisies at London Wetland Centre this week. Just in time for Easter the first broods of wild ducklings are hatching and spend most of their time darting around at top speed in search of food.
12 April 2011
Real-life Easter eggs and a whole lot more...
Treat your family to a wild day out at WWT Washington Wetland Centre this Easter. Spring is an eggs-tra special time of year at our award-winning conservation site; with real-life Easter eggs hatching, bluebells and primroses blooming, tadpoles wriggling
12 April 2011
All island first for wildlife art
Castle Espie’s Graffan Gallery, Ireland’s only environmental art space, is hosting an exhibition which will bring together the art world’s Irish wildlife painters. Running from Saturday 17 September to Sunday 2 October 2011, the exhibition will be a
12 April 2011
Royal Ulster Academy at the Graffan Gallery
As part of the Royal Ulster Academy’s (RUA) aim to engage with the broader public, a select number of Academy members will exhibit at the Graffan Gallery from the 22 April to the 8 May 2011. The exhibition focuses on two-dimensional works which incorpor
12 April 2011
Nest building and more black plastic
Both ospreys have been bringing in sticks to re profile the nest and as usual have brought in some blck plastic. As in previous years this discarded silage wrap gets woven into the nest and can flap about in the wind. We are always concerned that it may g
11 April 2011
Take to the water on WWT Martin Mere’s brand new canoe safari attraction
A brand new, unique experience in the North West is officially opening on Monday 11 April at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre in Burscough, Ormskirk: Canoe Safari. In June 2010, WWT Martin Mere started work to create 2.4 hectares of new reed bed, wet woodla
11 April 2011
AW back on the block with a flounder
At 11.05 this morning AW flew onto the nest with a large flounder. Those pesky crows landed on the nest behind him but he soon saw them off and proceeded to eat his catch. There are a lot of new sticks on the nest today so they have been busy. The female
8 April 2011
Brilliant bluethroat back at Welney
A tiny, brightly coloured passerine has led to a surge in birdwatchers at WWT Welney Wetland Centre in Norfolk. Each spring a handful of white-spotted bluethroat pass through the UK on their migration but have never been recorded breeding in the UK. The w
8 April 2011
Youngsters galore at Slimbridge
The pitter patter of tiny duck feet is getting rather loud at Slimbridge Wetland Centre after a busy week of hatching. Moorhen chick by Dominic Heard The last few days have seen a surge in numbers of young birds with ducklings, goslings and chicks taking
8 April 2011
The safety inspection... five days to go
I can breathe a sigh of relief this morning as the safety insepctor from the Council has been out to inspect the canoe safari and all the associated paper work and I am pleased to say everything is fine and we can open on Monday! There is still lots of ac
6 April 2011
New male at the nest
At 12 noon today we saw both the male and female on the nest at the same time. The male is not green AW, he has a white ring on his left leg which we can't read yet due to the poor weather and visibility. They both seemed happy side by side on the nest an
5 April 2011
Pair of ospreys back at Caerlaverock
Great news! A pair of ospreys back at Caerlaverock. This morning we could see the female osprey on the nest when we got the live CCTV images beamed through to the centre. Then at 10.30am she flew off and a male osprey landed on the nest briefly before fly
5 April 2011
It's all coming together: six days to go
Things are really starting to take shape at the Canoe Safari. The kiosk arrived safely yesterday and was erected - we still need to do the cladding but the electrician is in today doing work on both the kiosk and the canoe barn. The play area is being fi
5 April 2011
Artist of the month - Tom Vaulks
WWT Washington Wetland Centre is delighted to present the work of painter Tom Vaulks, on display and on sale throughout April. Tom, originally from Easington Colliery, has been producing his impressive large-scale pieces since 1999, following an art cours
4 April 2011
Still no sign
Since the sightings of our female on the nest on Friday afternoon, we have not seen this bird return. Our ground team did see our female sat in a tree close by but she has not returned to the nest. Similar news with the other individual which was seen on
3 April 2011