News - WWT
Could specially engineered wetlands help clean up the UK's polluted waterways?
WWT calls for national pilot scheme to be established in the UK by 2025.
3 August 2023
Mini-wetland revolution could help wildlife beat the heat and boost urban biodiversity
This summer, we are calling for everyone to build their own tiny ponds, drainpipe wetlands and bog gardens in backyards and on balconies to help nature thrive in soaring temperatures and help reverse the UK’s devastating decline in biodiversity.
11 July 2023
Generation Wild wins top education award
The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust’s nature connection project Generation Wild has won Gold at this year’s BIAZA awards.
10 July 2023
Celebrating Pride month
A message from Chief Executive, Sarah Fowler on celebrating Pride month at WWT.
28 June 2023
WWT awarded £21 million to restore coastal saltmarsh in UK
WWT has teamed up with Aviva, the savings and insurance business, on a ground-breaking project to restore saltmarshes in the UK – unlocking the superpowers of wetlands.
13 June 2023
Returning birds are a ray of hope for UK curlew numbers
Four curlews hand-reared from eggs by WWT staff have returned to the Severn Vale and Avon Vales and bred with wild birds, representing a ray of hope for the threatened species.
26 May 2023
WWT enjoys an evening of celebration at the People’s Postcode Lottery Charity Gala
Celebrating the incredible £1.1 billion raised by players of People’s Postcode Lottery for good causes and all that they achieve, WWT was excited to join an inspiring evening at the 13th annual People’s Postcode Lottery Charity Gala in Edinburgh.
24 May 2023
Reflecting on WWT’s Royal connections this coronation weekend
This weekend we are joining the rest of the country in celebrating the coronation of our patron, His Royal Highness the former Prince of Wales, who has campaigned for decades to protect wetlands and their wildlife.
5 May 2023
Saving Britain’s royal fish
Roadmap published to restore ‘armour-plated’ sturgeon beloved by Royals to British waters.
3 May 2023
Lead ammunition campaign latest: Study reveals excessive lead levels in raw dog food with pheasant
A staggering 77% of raw dog food with pheasant has excessive levels of lead – posing significant risks to our pets, the latest study has confirmed.
3 May 2023
WWT nearly doubles the area of land under its management with Bridgwater Bay lease
WWT is set to nearly double the total area of land it looks after for nature after agreeing to manage Bridgwater Bay National Nature Reserve.
24 April 2023
Flourishing Floodplains project celebrates project successes
The Severn and Avon Vales were once a large, connected mosaic of floodplain meadows, marshes and small wetlands teeming with life. Sadly, over 88% of this habitat has been lost or has reduced biodiversity. But, as floodplains across the Severn and Avon Vale reawaken this spring, a ground-breaking landscape-scale project to promote their ecological health is concluding.
31 March 2023
Wild Isles – UK Wildlife gets the Sir David Attenborough treatment!
A new Sir David Attenborough wildlife series hits our small screens in ultra-high definition this Sunday evening (BBC One at 7pm). Some of the UK’s most iconic wetland wildlife will feature including the high speed life of the Kingfisher in episode 1.
10 March 2023
Biodiversity Net Gain: As new rules for developers that could help wetlands are introduced, Sarah Fowler addresses key conference
2nd March saw WWT Chief Executive Sarah Fowler speak alongside a panel of experts on new rules requiring developers to leave biodiversity in a better state than they found it that could help boost wetland nature.
3 March 2023
Protecting the world’s wetlands – milestone lead shot ban comes into force
Following years of campaigning by WWT, Birdlife and other international partners, it is now illegal to use lead gunshot in and around wetlands in all 27 EU countries as well as Iceland, Norway and Lichtenstein.
15 February 2023