News
Iconic monument glows pink in support of solar-powered flamingos
WWT Washington Wetland Centre is giving North East England’s iconic Penshaw Monument a pink flamingo makeover as part of a bid to create Europe’s first solar-powered flamingo house. The display marks tomorrow being the deadline for public votes for pr
20 October 2017
Fenland farmer wins Marsh award for wetlands
Fenland farmer Andrew Green has won the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust’s 2017 Marsh Award for Wetland Creation. Over 20 years Mr Green has transformed 250 acres at Kingfishers Bridge near Wicken, Cambridgeshire from intensively farmed fields into meadows, r
20 October 2017
WWT and wetland centres around the world
Your nearest WWT wetland centre is one of 10 around the UK. But did you know we’ve also helped to design and create dozens more wetland centres around the world? So if you go to Dubai, check out the 20,000 birds at the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. Or
17 October 2017
Autumnal highlights from across our reserves
We all have our favourite season, but few can argue that there are more dramatic sights than the countryside turning bronze. For our wetlands, it is a spectacular time of year. The first of our migratory birds arrive, having flown vast distances in search
17 October 2017
Will there be a happy ending for our lonely swan at Caerlaverock?
The young whooper swan arrived in Caerlaverock from Iceland with its family last year but was unable to return this spring after damaging its feathers. As a result, the sad little cygnet has spent a summer on the Solway all alone. Now, as the whooper swan
16 October 2017
WWT's very own 'human swan' recognised by Women of the Year
Sacha Dench of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT), will be named as one of Britain’s ‘Women of the Year’ at a prestigious lunch to celebrate ‘2017 Woman of Achievement’. She will join over 400 women from all walks of life and represents not
12 October 2017
WWT proposes new accountability law
A new law will be proposed at Westminster today (Wed 11 Oct) which would commit the Government to making the UK a little greener and healthier each year, or have to face up to Parliament and the public if they don’t. The WWT (Wildfowl & Wetlands Tru
11 October 2017
Child 'architects' check on new wetlands
School pupils turned construction managers last week when they dropped in on a new wetland project that they helped design. More than 500 pupils from Prince of Wales Primary School visited the site of the new Prince of Wales community wetlands, which are
4 October 2017
Your WWT 2016-17
Your WWT is working hard to create special wetland landscapes that benefit people and wildlife. Here are just some of the achievements your support made possible in the financial year 2016-17. Wildlife at wetland centres Our 10 wetland centres and reserve
2 October 2017
New urban wetland at WWT London Wetland Centre
A new urban wetland feature at WWT London Wetland Centre is showing visitors how to use rainwater to improve their environment and for wetland wildlife A series of ponds and planters in the courtyard capture rainfall from the visitor centre’s roofs, and
20 September 2017
World record holders
World’s largest bug hotel built at WWT Martin Mere in Lancashire WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre has been awarded a Guinness World Record for creating the world’s largest bug hotel at 18.46m3. The hotel’s residents already include leafcutter bees, m
19 September 2017
Today's Highlights
Strong winds today mean that many birds are sheltering out of sight. As it gets calmer they should become easier to spot. Tree Sparrow - bird feeders Sparrowhawk 9 Ruff - Reedbed hide Snipe Green sandpiper Marsh Harrier
13 September 2017
Early observations indicate a poor breeding season for the Bewick's swan
Our experts travelled over 2000 miles to the tundra to ring Bewick’s swans but sighted just one cygnet over nine days. The team managed to tag 86 of the magnificent birds but are concerned unseasonably cold weather may have affected numbers. However the
12 September 2017
Celebrating our achievements!
As we wave goodbye to summer, we thought we’d cheer everyone up with a round-up of good news from across our WWT centres. There’s lots to celebrate in conservation. There were several examples of how habitat creation projects and developed habitat man
7 September 2017
UK hand-reared rare birds head south for winter
A total of 26 black-tailed godwits, hand-reared at WWT Welney in Norfolk, have spread their wings for warmer climes. The first-time adventurers were released from their aviary only eleven weeks ago and have already been sighted in various locations along
5 September 2017