News
WWT receives international recognition from Ramsar
Governments around the world unanimously recognised the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) as a formal partner on the global convention for wetlands earlier this month. WWT joins a select group of independent organisations including WWF and IUCN that sup
23 June 2015
Water Voles - How To Spot Them
Water voles are the fastest declining mammal in the UK, seeing a drop of 90% since the 1970’s! They are facing serious threats from habitat loss and predation by the American mink. East Anglia is still a national stronghold for this species and by impro
22 June 2015
Waders - Evolutionary Bills
Waders are beautiful birds, they come in all different shapes and sizes and due to their different bills, they can co-exist in wetland habitats without competing with each other. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcqBwm6-eJs
22 June 2015
Calling all nature explorers
Become a modern day adventurer at a WWT Wetland Centre this summer holiday. This summer holiday, children of all ages can discover their inner adventurer by becoming fully fledged Nature Explorers at any of our nine UK WWT Wetland Centres. Here, they can
20 June 2015
Less salt on our veg, less sheep poo on our starfish
Decisions upstream affect our coasts (c) Sacha Dench WWT Sheep on high moorlands affect the UK’s starfish, says the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT), and not enough people are thinking about that unlikely connect
15 June 2015
Recent sightings - 12th June
The following sightings were recorded by Toni Castello, Senior Reserve Warden Main lake – visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre Tufted duck 19, Greylag 4 (with 5 goslings growing extremely fast!), Coot 1, Little grebe 1, Herring gull 3, Great
12 June 2015
Recent sightings - 9th June
The following sightings were recorded by Toni Castello, Senior Reserve Warden Main lake – visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre Tufted duck 16, Greylag 2 (with 5 goslings!), Coot 3. Freshwater lagoon - visible from Brent Hide and Crannog Gadwa
9 June 2015
Waterbirds listed at risk of extinction
Bewick's swans (c) James Lees WWT Waterbirds including the Bewick’s swan that features in WWT’s logo appeared on a new list of endangered European wildlife this week. The sad news follows hot on the heels of anoth
4 June 2015
Cattle - Meet the Grazing Team
Even in the present day, nothing manages a wetland habitat as well as a herd of cattle. Their duties include munching on the grasses, poaching the mud at the water’s edge, fertilizing the soil and attracting a range of insect life. By taking a minute
2 June 2015
Murky past of Britain's rarest duck revealed by Big Ben
The downfall of Britain's rarest duck, the common scoter, could be written in the murky sediment at the bottom of lochs in the Flow Country, the UK's largest expanse of wetland. To find out, scientists from WWT and UCL have been driving a giant sediment c
2 June 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Avocet - 12 Lapwing - 9 Redshank - 1 Little Ringed Plover - 2 Oystercatcher - 2 & 2 chicks Common Tern - 64 Black-headed Gull - 8 Gadwall - 8 Swift - 8 Shoveler - 4 Wigeon - 2 Shelduck - 16 & 8 chicks &n
30 May 2015
Hare Showdown - Boxing Match
For knockout views of hares, the open landscape of the Fens is hard to beat. From racing across the flat land at up to 45kph to throwing punches at one another, these fast feisty mammals are really captivating. Our volunteer coordinator Tony can’t w
28 May 2015
Moths Vs Bats - A Wildlife Arms Race
Did you know that there are over 150,000 species of moth in the world? We took a look at some of the species we found on the reserve with our warden Louise. https://youtu.be/0jR5z-hJTG4
25 May 2015
Wetland hope among awful nature report
Conservation success story - a Great Bittern at WWT Wetlands and grasslands are Europe’s most deteriorating landscapes, but there is hope that the trend can be reversed. That’s the findings of a new European Commi
20 May 2015
Royal support for drains that "work with nature"
(c) Dan Marsh / Flickr WWT’s President HRH Prince Charles has been telling BBC1 viewers about the benefits of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS). SuDS include features like green roofs, ponds and soakaways that cap
19 May 2015