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Wildlife sightings 16/01/19

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'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

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

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

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 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

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

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