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Swapping spectacles
WWT is once again proud to support Communicate, the UK’s leading conference for environmental communicators. This year’s theme is ‘swapping spectacles’. A reference to, when communicating anything, that it is wise to bear in mind how other people
20 October 2016
The great value of Special Protection Areas
Publication of this review is to be warmly welcomed, and represents a huge amount of work over many years by many experts
20 October 2016
WWT research focus on birds behaving badly
Previously unrecorded ‘bad’ behaviour in flamingos has been spotted during a long-term research project at WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire. For the first time, individuals in a flock of water birds have been observed purposely barging
18 October 2016
Wildlife sightings for 16th October 2016
1 Pintail - main lake 5 Snipe - main lake, wader scrape 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 1 Wheatear - grazing marsh 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital October bird highlights: Wheatear, Stonechat, Pintail, Goldeney
16 October 2016
Human swan injured on migration
Conservationist Sacha Dench has dislocated her kneecap whilst following the migration of Bewick’s swans in a paramotor. Ms Dench is tracking the swans for 7000km from Arctic Russia to the UK as part of a project by the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT
11 October 2016
More wetland protection after major conferences
WWT played a key part in two landmark four-yearly global meetings that have helped to provide future protection for wetlands. In China, WWT became a signatory to the Changshu Declaration on Wetlands at the 10th INTECOL International Wetlands Conference. T
11 October 2016
The Great Repeal Act: One win, five fights
The Nature Directives and the laws that reduce pollution, waste and over-exploitation will not be thrown out wholesale. But a number of caveats mean we must all still be on our guard.
3 October 2016
Wildlife Sightings - 1/10/16
Wader Lake Tide Level: Low AM Black-Tailed Godwit: 11 Common Snipe: 8 Redshank: 42 Eurasian Teal: 21 Kestrel: 1 Stock Dove: 1 Saline Lagoon Tide Level: Low Greenshank: 1 Common Snipe: 2 Hawthorn Wood Great Spotted Woodpecker: 2 Bullfi
3 October 2016
Wildlife Sightings - 3/10/16
Wader Lake Tide Level: Mid AM Sparrowhawk: 1 Common Snipe: 15 Grey Heron: 1 Black-Tailed Godwit: 17 Herring Gull (Juvenile): 1 Redshank: 6 Eurasian Teal: 18 Black-Headed Gull: 3 Saline Lagoon Tide Level: Mid AM Curlew: 1 Grey Heron: 1 Eurasian Teal
3 October 2016
Wild birds make the most of warmer weather
Moorhens are building nests and raising families of chicks at WWT’s wetland centres, four months after their peak breeding season in the spring.
20 September 2016
Swan woman takes off
Early this morning, conservationist and adventurer Sacha Dench took to the air above the Russian tundra in her paramotor at the start of her 4,500 mile journey following the migration of endangered Bewick’s swans.
19 September 2016
Recent Sightings
Great White Egret cr. Rob Werran British Steel Hide Great White Egret 2 Curlew Sandpiper 11 Black-tailed Godwit 406 Bar-tailed Godwit 3 Lapwing 40 Redshank 11 Spotted Redshank 2 Ruff 2 Dunlin 7 Wigeon 51 Marsh Harrier 1 Peregrine 1 Mil
16 September 2016
Sightings 16/09/16
A nice sunny morning around the reserve after some over night rain. There was a scattering of Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff down the avenue and couple of Grey Wagtails &Meadow Pipits flew over calling. There were 60+ Wigeon feeding out on the merse
16 September 2016
Slough gets a taste for nature on the Salt Hill Stream
The people of Slough got a taste for nature today when TV naturalist David Lindo aka The Urban Birder helped the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) launched an initiative to restore the Salt Hill Stream.
14 September 2016
More than one in 10 UK species threatened with extinction, new study finds
It’s not too late to save UK nature but we must act now - that is the conclusion from WWT and a coalition of more than 50 leading wildlife and research organisations behind the State of Nature 2016 report. Following on from the ground breaking State of
14 September 2016