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Make Memories This Mother's Day
Treat your mum to a special day out at your favourite nature reserve. Spring, brings an abundance of new-life that is seen all over the centre that time of year. Take this opportunity to enjoy the flowers in bloom, presenting vivid colours that will light
9 March 2023
First Impressions of a Placement Student
My role My role as the reserve placement student involves taking part in practical tasks, and maintaining the site. I chose to do my university placement with WWT as I appreciated the efforts they go to for wildlife conservation. I have always had an int
29 November 2022
Nick Baker and Tony Juniper podcast
Nick Baker, naturalist and TV presenter, introduces some easy animal tracking tips. Learning more about animal tracking can greatly enhance your enjoyment of the natural world. And Tony Juniper, eco-campaigner and writer, explains the importance of wetlan
12 September 2013
Perfect Pond Season - 3
Guest blog by Nick Oliver The Perfect Pond Season was our way of marking the British Ecological Society’s Festival of Ecology. For seven weeks we went wild about all things pond. From fresh water sampling and reedbed walks for older children and adults,
15 August 2013
Wetlands in bloom: record orchid display on the reserve
It’s been another good year for orchids on the reserve with best counts yet so far for Southern Marsh Orchid, Bee Orchid and Pyramidal Orchid. This chart (click to enlarge) shows how well they’re doing. The Dactylorhiza x grandis in the chart refers
8 August 2013
Perfect Pond Season - 2
Guest blog by Nick Oliver Four weeks into the Perfect Pond Season and not much has changed with our pond succession experiment. The basin, up on the bank in Pond Zone, was dug back in April and filled with rain water collected in a water butt, and left
24 July 2013
Perfect Pond Season - 1
Guest blog by Nick Oliver We’re two weeks into our Perfect Pond Season, part of the British Ecological Society’s Festival of Ecology, which marks their centenary year. Visitors have enjoyed the opportunity to join in with our freshwater surveys across
4 July 2013
Wetland dragons awaken
The sun is finally shining and the reptiles at WWT London Wetland Centre are out and about enjoying the rays. After a long winter and a chilly start to spring the lizards and slow worms have emerged to make the most of the sunshine. This beautiful video
9 May 2013
Wetlands in Bloom
Our Chief Ecologist Richard Bullock has just given me a list of plants currently in bloom around the Centre. He (and I) had often thought of spring flowers here being predominantly yellow and white, with the blues and purples appearing later in the year -
19 April 2013
It's raining cats and...fish?
Guest blog by Katy Haynes, Retail Team Leader and Reserve Volunteer Smelt - Richard Bullock While out on the Grazing Marsh with our Reserve Manager Adam Salmon, I was admiring a cormorant flying low overhead. Suddenly
15 March 2013
Spring migrants
It’s been a chilly week here but we’re looking forward to signs of spring, including four of the earliest spring migrants, in the next week or so. Little ringed plover James Lees Look for the plovers scuttling lik
12 March 2013
February 2013 podcast: Mike Dilger
Mike Dilger enjoys the view from one of the large picture windows in the Headley Discovery Hide Mike Dilger, BBC The One Show naturalist and author, speaks to us as he visits WWT London Wetland Centre to open our new
6 February 2013
Wetland wins and new arrivals: a review of 2012
WWT London Wetland Centre wardens with the Britain's Favourite Nature Reserve award 2012 was an important year for WWT London Wetland Centre. We’re still a very young nature reserve, but there was a sense this y
31 December 2012
December podcast: Simon Reeve
Simon Reeve TV presenter and adventurer Simon Reeve joins us to talk about a threatened wetland, the Tana river delta, and the importance of conservation. And we're feeling festive - hear about our Christmas show and
7 December 2012
Sheep on the Sheltered lagoon
Having done a great job grazing one of the Sheltered lagoon islands, our Hebridean sheep have now been moved to a second island. This video shows our warden, Mike Caiden, moving the sheep. Hebrideans are a Rare Breed and are kept at WWT London Wetland Ce
16 November 2012