News
Autumnwatch arrives at Caerlaverock
"Hughes-Games, Strachan and Packham": sounds like a firm of accountants you can trust..! The BBC’s Autumnwatch team has arrived at WWT Caerlaverock Wetland Centre. The centre is now full of broadcast cables, lights
29 October 2015
Common pochard upgraded to "Vulnerable"
The not quite so common pochard Concern that the common pochard – one of the UK’s most popular duck species – is declining rapidly has led to its status being stepped up to “Vulnerable” in the IUCN Red List
29 October 2015
Autumn Wildlife Photography Top Tips - Part 1
Autumn is an amazing time to get outdoors with your camera – it’s a time of great change, of epic migrations and swirling murmurations. There’s so much to see, and in this series James Lees, acclaimed photographer and Reserve Warden at WWT Slimbridg
28 October 2015
Today's Highlights
Wigeon & teal - 1500 viewed from summer walk Pochard - 4 Blacn-tailed godwit - 67 Golden plover - 19 Snipe - 9 Curlew - 4 Water rail heard on reserve Fieldfare flying over Peregrine - 1 Marsh harrier
24 October 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time - AM/Tide - Low Curlew - 1 Black Tailed Godwit - 2 Common Snipe - 3 Redshank - 16 Lapwing - 22 Grey Heron - 2 Black Headed Gull - 10 Teal - 19 Common Snipe - 12 Teal - 40 Other Birds Little Egret - Lagoon/River - 1 Kingfisher - Lagoon/Rive
24 October 2015
Recent Sightings, British Steel Hide
Black-Tailed Godwit 413 Knot 181 Redshank 3 Greenshank 14 Lapwing 18 Spotted Redshank 2 Snipe 2 Oystercatcher 2 Curlew 2 Wigeon 200 Shelduck 4 Great Crested Grebe 8 Shoveler 8 Tufted Duck 16 Teal 47 Pochard 4 Pintail 11 Mallard 37 Greylag Goose 17 Coot 3
23 October 2015
Pink-footed geese bonanza at WWT Martin Mere
Over the last couple of weeks more than 30,000 pink-footed geese have arrived at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre. Such large numbers, this early in the year, suggest that we could be on track to beat last year’s record number of 45,800 geese roosting a
20 October 2015
Around the Caerlaverock reserve, Monday 19th Oct 2015
Whooper Swans, although not yet present in great nos. are becoming increasingly regular at the daily feeds. Two families of birds with cygnets have now turned up. Friends from Iceland inform us that the breeding season for Whoopers in their area was three
19 October 2015
Bewick's swans - record breaking early arrivals fuel cold winter rumours
Something quite extraordinary is happening this week at WWT, three of our wetland centres have reported the earliest arrival of the world famous Bewick’s swans for over 50 years and it's rumoured that this may mean we are in for a long and bitter winter
15 October 2015
Today's Highlights
Whooper swan - up to 35 Buzzard - 2 Wigeon numbers increasing
13 October 2015
Conservationists ask Govt to step up for nature
Whoa! - we're not saying it's easy to step up for nature, which is why the Govt needs our support An ambitious and inspirational long-term plan is urgently needed to save nature and improve our well-being as the Gover
13 October 2015
Show you care about climate change
For the love of...WETLANDS! On 30 November this year, world leaders will meet in Paris to set new carbon reduction targets for the coming decades. Whatever they decide will affect millions of lives and potentially res
12 October 2015
Your support for wetlands reaches Westminster
A captive Whitehall-winged duck at Slimbridge Some of you signed a petition to Save Our Waters earlier this year. Part of the result of that petition was a document called Water Matters which suggests what steps the
12 October 2015
School visits to WWT help promote outside learning
Schoolchildren at WWT Llanelli's new water lab - kindly supported by HSBC Thank you to the 50,000 children who come on school visits to WWT each year – including the 15,000 who receive free places through our Inspir
12 October 2015
Fracking - stand up for the wild places you love
Severn Estuary SAC/SPA/Ramsar site - could be fracked underneath Earlier this year the Government promised not to offer licences to frack in places that have environmental protections. But when they drafted the legisl
12 October 2015