News
Spring on the Great Ouse Wetlands - March
Throughout the year a team of 30 media volunteers have been filming across the Great Ouse Wetlands to capture some of the regions most treasured spectacles and diverse wildlife. Here are some of our highlights from March: https://youtu.be/I25JvxN_Zqc
1 December 2015
Winter on the Great Ouse Wetlands - January
Throughout the year a team of 30 media volunteers have been filming across the Great Ouse Wetlands to capture some of the regions most treasured spectacles and diverse wildlife. Here are some of our highlights from January: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
30 November 2015
Swan Rescues!
WWT works tirelessly to protect our treasured swans, in this video we take a look at some of the other organisations who are doing the same. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZbpWmH6yyA
29 November 2015
Lead ammunition poisoning - new figures
This swan can't support it's own weight due to lead poisoning Up to 100,000 wildfowl (swans, ducks and geese) are estimated to die each winter in the UK countryside due to lead poisoning from spent gunshot, according
26 November 2015
Recent Sightings, Millennium Wetlands
Gadwall 186 Mallard 40 Tufted Duck 31 Shoveler 11 Teal 22 Pochard 3 Shelduck 3 Moorhen 20 Coot 23 Water Rail 2 Little Grebe 6 Mute Swan 12 Snipe 11 Redshank 1 Cormorant 11 Grey Heron 3 Kingfisher 1 Herring Gull 11 Black-Headed Gull 1 Lesser Black-Backed
23 November 2015
Wildlife sightings for 12th November 2015
1 Pipit species - large Pipit flew NW calling, very like Richard's Pipit 8 Meadow Pipit - feeding on seed on the scrape 4 Mandarin - reservoir lagoon 1 Nuthatch - feeders on the south route 7 Redwing - flew W 1 Blackcap - south route 15 Siskin - shelte
12 November 2015
UK bird populations benefitting from innovative partnerships
New report reveals conservation partnerships with farmers, supermarkets and even the brewing industry has positive impacts on bird populations The State of the UK’s Birds 2015 report (SUKB) showcases a range of inspiring examples of organisations such a
10 November 2015
Recent Sightings, Millennium Wetlands
Gadwall 31 Shoveler 40 Teal 27 Tufted Duck 40 Mallard 51 Pochard 1 Pintail 1 Shelduck 1 Little Grebe 1 Moorhen 4 Coot 12 Water Rail 3 Mute Swan 8 Snipe 5 Lesser Black-Backed Gull 1 Kingfisher 1 Cormorant 8 Grey Heron 1 Little Egret 5 Raven 1 Siskin 9 Cet
9 November 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid Lapwing - 26 Teal - 15 Grey Heron - 3 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/Mid Curlew (on Lagoon Meadow) - 22 Redshank Teal Hawthorn Wood Willow Tit - 2 Coal Tit - 9 Bullfinch - 11 Great Spot
5 November 2015
Keeping Track of the Whoopers
Whooper swan season has well and truly begun at WWT! Whooper swans undertake probably the longest sea crossing of any swan species, covering between 800 and 1,400 km between Iceland and their wintering sites here in the UK. Each autumn hundreds of whooper
3 November 2015
Swans get their supper in style
Dafila feeding the swans by Adam Finch Hundreds of wild swans had a special treat at WWT Welney Wetland Centre on Friday night as they were fed their evening meal by Dafila Scott. Special guests including the Deputy M
2 November 2015
Autumnwatch arrives at Caerlaverock
"Hughes-Games, Strachan and Packham": sounds like a firm of accountants you can trust..! The BBC’s Autumnwatch team has arrived at WWT Caerlaverock Wetland Centre. The centre is now full of broadcast cables, lights
29 October 2015
Common pochard upgraded to "Vulnerable"
The not quite so common pochard Concern that the common pochard – one of the UK’s most popular duck species – is declining rapidly has led to its status being stepped up to “Vulnerable” in the IUCN Red List
29 October 2015
Autumn Wildlife Photography Top Tips - Part 1
Autumn is an amazing time to get outdoors with your camera – it’s a time of great change, of epic migrations and swirling murmurations. There’s so much to see, and in this series James Lees, acclaimed photographer and Reserve Warden at WWT Slimbridg
28 October 2015
Today's Highlights
Wigeon & teal - 1500 viewed from summer walk Pochard - 4 Blacn-tailed godwit - 67 Golden plover - 19 Snipe - 9 Curlew - 4 Water rail heard on reserve Fieldfare flying over Peregrine - 1 Marsh harrier
24 October 2015