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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
Roscoff arrives in cold snap
As I sit here trying to warm up, it’s hard to believe that the last entry started with the phrase ‘spring like temperatures’! It’s no wonder that we are consumed by the weather in Britain! The weather is a key factor in influencing the swans behav
1 February 2012
The Mileage Company donations to WWT top £100k
The Mileage Company, operators of the new UK Avios travel rewards programme, has made its latest donation of over £40,000 to the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT), as part of its on-going support to us. The Mileage Company has now donated over £100,00
1 February 2012
New Sightings
Today at Hawthorn Hide - PM Weather is quite cold, but the hide was busy this afternoon. Coal Tit - 3 Robin - 4 Blue Tit - 12 Bullfinch - 4 Chaffinch - 3 Longtai [...]
1 February 2012
Woodcock
Dawn till dusk sunshine and great visibility yet again, although well worth putting a couple of extra layers on if you want to sit it out in the hides! Woodcock from the Janet Kear Hide was new fo [...]
1 February 2012
Sallow Button (picture)
As promised a picture of Acleris hastiana (B&F 1053) or to use the new(ish) proper name Sallow Button, which is rather pleasant. Caught on the 24th January, it was the first record of this spe [...]
1 February 2012
Today's sightings
A great white egret is present on the saline lagoons and is best viewed from the British steel hide. Other sightings today include; red breasted merganser, 3 goldeneye, 3 little grebe, 3 great cr [...]
1 February 2012