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Freezing!
The series of cold days and nights have certainly effected the resident and visiting wildlife. Singing territorial birds have gone silent, shy retiring birds such as Bullfinch and Water r [...]
3 February 2012
Wildlife sightings for 3rd February 2012
1 Bittern (see pic above) - Main Lake, visible from WWF hide looking to the right 119 Shoveler - site count 2 Pintail - main lake 1 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon 72 Lapwing - site [...]
3 February 2012
Bitterns and Bird Festival
Image: One of the wintering and very showy Bitterns stood on the ice. Taken from the Zeiss Hide (J.S. Lees / WWT) The Zeiss Hide-Re-opens tomorrow! Come and see the newly refurbished Zeiss H [...]
3 February 2012
Wildlife suffering as countryside dries out
Farming and wildlife likely to come into conflict as limited water directed to domestic supply Nature experts warn that this summer could be the worst for wildlife in over 30 years if the current period of low rainfall continues. Rainfall has been so low
2 February 2012
Swans ice-skating!
The lake was almost completely frozen today! Words cannot describe this winter wonderland well enough, so here are some photographs by Graham Hann. Enjoy! 189 swans were recorded on the lake today, a mixture of new arrivals that have escaped colder wea
2 February 2012
Late arrivals touchdown at Slimbridge to escape harsh weather
Rhune (left) and Roscoff arrived late this season. Photo by Colin Butters A swan couple has surprised staff at a wildlife reserve in Gloucestershire by arriving at their usual winter migration spot weeks late. Bewick
2 February 2012
What did wetlands ever do for us?
London Wetland Centre reedbed - Martin Senior There's a scene in the Monty Python film Life of Brian where one character asks "what did the Romans ever do for us?" It then turns out that there's a long list of improv
2 February 2012
World Wetlands photo competition winners announced on World Wetlands Day
'Serenity' by Hiranmoy De These incredible images of lagoons, lakes, bogs and brooks are all winning entries in a competition to celebrate World Wetland’s Day today (Thursday, 2 February). View all of the wi
2 February 2012
Wildlife suffering as countryside dries out
Nature experts warn that this summer could be the worst for wildlife in over 30 years if the current period of low rainfall continues. Rainfall has been so low that in many areas the level of moisture in the soil is currently worse than in 1976, when the
2 February 2012
Water Rails
3 Water Rails, 2 from the Kingfisher hide and 1 from the Janet Kear hide were among today's birding highlights. Although present all year, and not uncommon, this species can prove very difficult t [...]
2 February 2012
Todays Sightings
Yellowhammer this morning, M.Youdale © Copyright 2012 WWT Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 130 Wigeon 200 Teal 30 Shoveler 20 Folly Pond Teal 100 Avenue & Loanings Yell [...]
2 February 2012
Wildlife sightings for 2nd February 2012
2 Bittern - sheltered lagoon, reedbed channel (nearest wildside hide) 270 Teal - site count 3 Pintail - main lake 120 Shoveler - site count 2 Shelduck - main lake 1 Jack Snipe - re [...]
2 February 2012
Today's sightings
Wigeon on ice taken from the Holden Tower this morning JSLeesWWT Send us your photographs If you have any good photographs of our wildlife, we would love to publish them here. send them to jam [...]
2 February 2012
Centre update
There seems to be a lot going on at the moment so I thought a would list a few interesting things happening at the centre: We have joined up to the Breastfeeding Welcome Scheme which bascially means we have a commitment to allow women to breast feed at M
1 February 2012
Reptiles Undercover!
Crocodile Encounters show - Przemek Piotroski Saturday 11 – Sunday 12 February Slither over to WWT London Wetland Centre this half term and enter the fascinating world of reptiles. All weekend there will be snakes,
1 February 2012