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Wildlife sightings 16/01/19
a.m. mid/high tide Wader Lake Grey heron 3 Shoveler 4 male, 1 female Mute swan 2 Shelduck 9 Tufted duck Water rail (heard at Prince's Trust hide) Teal 15 Saline lagoon Teal 3 Hawthorn Wood Lesser redpoll 4 Mealy redpoll Brambling 10 Nuthatch Treecreeper G
16 January 2019
Wildlife sightings 04/01/19
a.m. low tide Wader Lake lapwing 110 snipe 2 shelduck 11 teal 7 redshank water rail Saline lagoon Curlew 83 Teal 5 Jay Hawthorn Wood Brambling 9 Chaffinch 22 Goldfinch 2 Greenfinch 4 Lesser redpoll 6 Willow tit 2 Long tailed tit 6 nuthatch 2 Great spotted
4 January 2019
Giving Nature a Hand
Saltmarshes provide important wetland habitats for a range of organisms, in particular specialist plant communities and associated animals, and they are therefore of high conservation interest. They act as high tide refuges for wading birds and wildfowl t
3 January 2019
Today's sightings 14/12/18
a.m. mid tide Wader Lake (frozen) mute swan 2 Shelduck 5 Saline lagoon shelduck 2 Hawthorn Wood great spotted woodpecker male Goldfinch 6 Coal tit 2 blue tit 10 Great tit 7 bullfinch 14 chaffinch 5 greenfinch robin 2 jay willow tit Other birds wren - play
14 December 2018
Today's sightings
Bewick's swan Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag Canada goose Teal Pintail Pochard Wigeon Shoveler Shelduck Tufted duck Mallard Ringed teal (Escapee) Gadwall Cormorant Coot Moorhen Great white egret Curlew Black tailed godwit Redshank Snipe Lapwing Golden plo
9 December 2018
Today's sightings 07/12/18
a.m. low tide Wader Lake shelduck 9 Water rail (from Paddy Fleming hide) Common snipe 2 Teal 2 Saline lagoon Teal 3 Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker (female) Great tit 8 Blue tit 6 Coal tit 2 Willow tit Bullfinch 7 Chaffinch Robin 2 Greenfinch 6 Oth
7 December 2018
Today's sightings 29/11/18
a.m. high tide Wader Lake shelduck 14 shoveler female 3 redshank 16 water rail (from Paddy Fleming Hide) Teal 14 grey heron 3 Saline lagoon teal 21 Grey heron Redshank 3 Hawthorn Wood nuthatch bullfinch 4 great spotted woodpecker blue tit 5 coal tit 3 gre
29 November 2018
'Message in a bottle' bird found by friend over 3000 miles away
A spoon-billed sandpiper reared by a WWT conservationist in Russia was sighted by a friend in China just weeks later. The young bird was identified in Jiangsu over 3000 miles from the Russian east coast where it was raised by aviculturalist Jodie Clement
5 November 2018
World wetland convention round-up
A triennial meeting between 170 countries to address the future protection of wetlands has reached its conclusion. WWT were also at the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands conference in Dubai as one of six global technical advisors on the science and practical
31 October 2018
First Bewick's swan returns to the UK heralding the arrival of winter
The first Bewick’s swan of the season has landed at WWT Slimbridge in Gloucestershire, having surfed the weekend’s first blast of winter winds from the Arctic. The bird, known as Indri, is making its third visit to the famous reserve, after arriving
30 October 2018
WWT Snapshot September 2018
Thank you to the astounding 600,000 visitors who took advantage of the nice weather to visit our wetland centres over spring and summer 2018. Here’s just some of the good conservation work your support has enabled WWT to achieve in the last three months
26 October 2018
The wetland reckoning in the desert
The most important global meeting in three years for the planet's wetlands is underway in the United Arab Emirates. 180 countries are represented, including the UK. Also attending are six advising NGOs, including WWT. Our Director of Conservation James Ro
25 October 2018
"Can do" Kate is a President for WWT's future
Kate Humble today became President of wetland conservation charity, WWT. At the charity’s annual general meeting she promised to be WWT’s most active and most vocal supporter. WWT creates and protects wetlands to help wildlife and people to thri
11 October 2018
Vote Cambodia! Help save precious wetlands
The chance to help Cambodia’s endangered wetlands is open to a public vote. In just 15 years, half of Cambodia’s wetlands have disappeared. Bergans of Norway has kindly nominated WWT’s project to save two of the last natural seasonal wetlands in th
9 October 2018
New Learning Zone website for teachers planning 'wild' trips
Teachers planning immersive, educational trips in the natural environment now have an invaluable resource at their fingertips, WWT’s new Learning Zone website. The new site is a one-stop shop of unique resources and ideas for all ages. Teachers can use
29 August 2018