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WWT concerned at fracking proposals
Proposed site: View of the Loughor Estuary from WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre WWT is raising concerns about the effect ‘fracking’ could have on wetlands in the UK. Induced Hydraulic Fracturing, or fracking, involves
27 August 2013
Spoon-billed sandpiper numbers boosted by conservationists
Young hand-reared spoon-billed sandpiper (c) Nicky Hiscock Critically endangered spoon-billed sandpipers fledglings have increased in number by a quarter in 2013, after conservationists from WWT intervened to hand rea
23 August 2013
Cranes are fighting fit
This pair of Eurasian cranes shows that certain skills are innate and there is no shortage of exuberance among adolescents. As part of the Great Crane Project, the flock is being prepared for life in the wild at Crane School at WWT Slimbridge. They will
20 August 2013
Get GCSE science lessons outside into nature
GCSE science lessons won’t be complete without school children doing fieldwork outside the classroom, says the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust. Government proposals to reform the subject content of science GCSEs currently have little reference to learning
20 August 2013
Microscopy mystery - the answers!
WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre was recently visited by a special guest and his even more special microscope camera. Emilien Leonhardt recently starred in BBC4's Miniature Britain and he and his microscope came to Slimbridge to snap some wetland animals, pl
16 August 2013
Saline lagoon meadow pic
Saline lagoon meadow How fantastic does our saline lagoon meadow look at the moment!? Such beautiful summer colours against the dark green trees and the backdrop of the magnificent Penshaw Monument :-)
14 August 2013
Scott 100 Letters
Scott 100 Letters – they’re on their way back! 600 of you wrote an inspiring letter to inspire someone to do something amazing. You wrote to family members, celebrities, politicians and business leaders. Your letters followed in the footsteps of Capta
14 August 2013
Wildlife lovers offered a piece of conservation history
For the first time, wildlife lovers have the chance to adopt a part of Slimbridge, the wetland centre established by Sir Peter Scott in 1946 and seen as the birthplace of modern conservation. Naturalist Sir Peter Scott opened Slimbridge to the public with
13 August 2013
Spoon-billed sandpipers get help from Leica Camera AG
The critically endangered spoon-billed sandpiper has been given desperately needed financial help by German optics company, Leica Camera AG. The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust and their partners are attempting to stabilise the spoon-billed sandpiper popula
12 August 2013
Microscopic life of wetlands to be revealed LIVE for first time
Triops cancriformis - the tadpole shrimp - (c) Edmund Fellowes Previously unseen adaptations of wetland animals, plants and even slime will be revealed live online and onscreen at WWT Slimbridge in Gloucestershire thi
8 August 2013
Ditch new dredging proposals, says WWT
Proposals to give farmers a greater licence to dredge watercourses on their land could increase flooding downstream and damage wildlife, says WWT. Dredging can, in many circumstances, enable rainwater to be carried away more rapidly. Currently the Environ
25 July 2013
Lead shot poisoning - latest
(c) Otto de Vries WWT has welcomed a campaign launched by eleven organisations across the shooting, game and land management industries for all shooters to comply with regulations on the use of lead shot. Most lead sh
23 July 2013
School fair saved by wetland
A school fair was saved by a wetland planted in the grounds by pupils and the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT), after a fierce downpour threatened to flood the school field. The field at Hollickwood Primary School in Barnet, North London, would usually
22 July 2013
Join Joanna Lumley counting butterflies
On Thursday, a rather glamorous celebrity guest popped into WWT London Wetland Centre and spent the morning admiring our butterflies! Screen legend and passionate environmental campaigner Joanna Lumley was at WWT London Wetland Centre to officially launc
18 July 2013
Wetlands mean business: WWT conference brings sectors together
Flooding and drought could be addressed more effectively if businesses and charities shared resources. That's the message of the Wetland Futures conference to be held this autumn. Industry, academia, the public sector and environmental NGOs will come toge
17 July 2013