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Flamingo chicks born at WWT National Wetland Centre Wales
The first six fluffy Caribbean Flamingo Chicks of 2008 have been born at WWT National Wetland Centre Wales. The first chick was born on Thursday 17 July and they are now all being looked after by their proud pink parents. Seventeen eggs have been laid th
23 July 2008
Scoter numbers fall for second year
Common Scoter numbers wintering at Carmarthen Bay have dipped below 16,000 for the second consecutive year, according to figures released by WWT. It was the 20,000 plus overwintering scoters that earned Carmarthen Bay the distinction of being the UK's fir
16 July 2008
WWT National Wetland Centre Wales is a visitor attraction with style!
WWT National Wetland Centre Wales won the ‘Visitor Attraction with Style’ award at the 2008 Style Awards on the 3 July 2008. The centre, represented by Marketing Manager, Ruth O’Malley, collected its award from Ruth Maddoc of ‘Hi De Hi’ fame a
8 July 2008
England Wetland Vision
WWT welcomes the England Wetland Vision, which was launched at the WWT London Wetland Centre this week by a partnership of English Heritage, Environment Agency, Natural England, RSPB and the Wildlife Trusts. The Wetland Vision looks forward 50 years to a
7 July 2008
Water industry should seize opportunity to protect environment and consumers
From the Blueprint for Water coalition www.blueprintforwater.co.uk Water companies should use their current planning and expenditure review as an opportunity to provide better protection for the environment and tackle rising prices for water customers. Th
2 July 2008
Study shows Severn barrage is just too expensive
The power generated by a ten-mile barrage across the Severn Estuary could be produced more cheaply using other green technologies, leading economists say today (June 12). Frontier Economics, Europe's leading economic consultancy, also show that the propos
12 June 2008
Black-tailed godwit chicks wiped out
Flooding of the Ouse Washes at WWT Welney has once again wiped out the breeding season for wading birds, with up to 70 pairs of wader chicks eaten by predators - including the precious Black-tailed Godwit chicks who hatched just a fortnight ago on the res
11 June 2008
WWT welcomes new plan to tackle invasive species
At WWT London Wetland Centre today, government minister Lord Rooker launched a new plan to deal with invasive species which damage our wildlife. It is the first time that Great Britain has had a coordinated strategy to reduce the threat of invasive non-na
28 May 2008
Black-tailed godwits hatch at WWT Welney
Up to four Black-tailed godwit chicks are hatching on the reserve at WWT Welney in Norfolk, an amazing success story after last year's floods that washed away all the nests. Back in the 1970s, some 65 pairs of Black-tailed godwits bred on the Ouse Washes
23 May 2008
Dormouse find at Arundel is first for WWT
It's time for a 'Mad Hatter's Tea Party' down at WWT Arundel in Sussex as staff celebrate the first sighting of a rare Hazel Dormouse - that popular character depicted in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland stories. This find is also a first
23 May 2008
WWT welcomes Lewis wind farm veto
WWT is delighted by the Scottish government's decision to veto plans for the controversial Lewis wind farm in the Outer Hebrides. The Scottish energy minister, Jim Mather, said this week that the 181-turbine project, which would have dominated the moors o
25 April 2008
Legal protection may herald better future for endangered voles
The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) is delighted that the government has today given full legal protection to Britain's most endangered mammal, the water vole. Speaking this morning at WWT London Wetland Centre in Barnes, the Minister for Biodiversity, Jo
26 February 2008
Climate change brings avocets to Britain three weeks early
Four Avocets have returned to the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust's reserve at Martin Mere in the past few days, at least three weeks earlier that usual, making this the earliest record in Lancashire of a returning group of summer wading birds for breeding.
12 February 2008
WWT backs sustainable future for the Severn Estuary
Martin Spray, Chief Executive of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) today responded to the outlined tidal power feasibility study for the Severn Estuary. He said, "We now know how long we've got to persuade the government to investigate a sensible propo
22 January 2008
Rare red-breasted goose visits WWT Caerlaverock
Staff at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust's (WWT) Caerlaverock Wetland Centre in Scotland did a double take this morning. Amongst the many thousands of Barnacle geese feeding on the reserve was a lone Red-breasted goose. An endangered species listed on t
13 November 2007