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Atlas Editions teams up with WWT for the launch of their ‘British Birds’ collection
Atlas Editions, the makers of popular collectables, models and family reference materials have teamed up with us on the launch of their Birds of Britain figurine collection, pledging to donate at least £5,000 towards WWT’s conservation work. The collec
4 January 2013
WWT Chief Executive ‘extremely proud’ to be awarded CBE
Martin Spray, the Wildfowl & Wetland’s Trust’s Chief Executive, has expressed his surprise and pride at being awarded a CBE for his work in wildlife conservation. Mr Spray has devoted half his career to working for conservation organisations and h
29 December 2012
Threatened swans boosted by bumper breeding season
Threatened Bewick’s swans are returning from their Russian breeding grounds with the most young that ornithologists have seen in more than a decade. Surveys of the swans’ UK wintering sites, such as the Ouse Washes and WWT Slimbridge on the Severn Est
24 December 2012
Winners of WWT Photography Competition 2011/12
Wetland Wildlife winner - Egg Thief by Wayne Davies WWT are pleased to announce the national winners of the Canon/WWT Photography Competition 2011/12. Thousands entered and voted for the People's Choice award on our w
14 December 2012
Cold weather prompts late swanfall at Slimbridge
The sudden change in the weather has prompted an overdue influx of endangered Bewick’s swans to the WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire. The swans migrate from arctic Russia each year to spend the winter at Slimbridge, the former home of co
3 December 2012
Today's sightings
130 black tailed godwits 1 bar tailed godwit 31 redshank 202 lapwing peregrine sparrow hawk buzzard 121 wigeon 1 golden eye 52 shelduck 30 gadwall 6 mute swans
20 November 2012
The latest on lead - a thank you for your support
A big thank you to everyone who has signed our petition calling for an end to the use of lead shot in shooting and raised awareness of the damage that spent lead gunshot causes to wild birds who eat it, mistaking it for grit. Your support has already made
19 November 2012
We've lost 44 million birds since 1966, including an average of 50 house sparrows every hour
Since 1966, we’ve lost breeding birds from our countryside at an average rate of a nesting pair every minute, say a group of conservation organisations in a report published today (Monday 19 November, 2012). These shocking statistics are contained in th
19 November 2012
Put a date with a TV naturalist in someone’s stocking this Christmas
TV naturalist Mike Dilger is performing a series of shows at WWT centres around the UK from 25 January next year. Tickets for the nine evening shows are selling fast and at £15 or less, would make a perfect Christmas present. They are exclusively availab
16 November 2012
Centenary of Scott of Antarctic demise continues to inspire
Captain Robert Falcon Scott Captain Scott and his expedition were discovered exactly a hundred years ago today. Their deaths in the Antarctic moved and inspired generations. WWT’s centenary campaign, in celebration
12 November 2012
Chris Packham and David Attenborough urge children to get outside
The young naturalist is a dying breed, according to WWT Vice-Presidents Chris Packham and Sir David Attenborough. Pond dipping (c) Jerome Favre When Chris interviewed Sir David for the Radio Times, the two agreed that
6 November 2012
Government scores poorly on tackling drought risk
The risk of flooding and water shortage in 2013 has increased because the Government is too slow in changing the way we manage our water, environmental leaders warn. The authors of the ‘Blueprint for Water’ report say that after two dry winters, it to
6 November 2012
David Attenborough's return to Slimbridge
David Attenborough with WWT Chief Exec Martin Spray Half a century ago the BBC ran a live outside broadcast called Guest At Slimbridge. The guest that day, 9 May 1962, was none other than Sir David Attenborough and, o
26 October 2012
Lead shot poisoning - more voices say look for alternatives
Concerns that lead poisoning from gunshot can affect animal and human health have widened, following a scientific paper by the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) which suggests a third of waterbirds sampled suffer from lead poisoning through eating lead
23 October 2012
Today's wild bird sightings
Great white egret - seen from the British Steel Hide 5 little egret 18 cormorant 630 black tailed godwit 462 knot 6 snipe 35 dunlin 12 redshank 2 spotted redshank 14 greenshank assorted wildfowl kestrel sparrowhawk buzzard
22 October 2012