News
WWT Chief Executive Sarah Fowler leads team to vital international wetlands conference
The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust is sending a top team to a critical international wetlands conference in Geneva as the world gathers to discuss climate change, the environment, and nature across several locations over the next few weeks.
4 November 2022
Could creating more mud become as important as tree planting in fight against climate change?
A new report released today (3 November) outlines a quicker, more effective way to fight climate change than planting forests – creating and restoring more coastal saltmarshes full of carbon-storing mud.
3 November 2022
WWT responds to government proposals that could imperil wetlands
Proposed changes to the planning system, land management support and environmental legislation.
28 September 2022
25/09/2022 wildlife sightings
Weather..Over castRiver Wear tide level ..lowWader Lake SpeciesTeal -34Lapwing -46Greylag -1Shoveler -1Stonechat-1Hawthorn wood bird feeding ststionGreen Finch -14Bullfinch -1Coal Tit -2Chaffinch -9Blue Tit -9Great Tit -6Other Bird Species noted around si
25 September 2022
A tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
All of us at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We were honoured to have had the Queen as our Patron for many decades until 2016, when she passed on the role to her son, His Majesty King Charles III, then His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
9 September 2022
WWT helps win protection for wetland wildlife at Hinkley Point C nuclear power station
WWT has helped secure a big win for wetland nature in preserving vital environmental protections at Hinkley Point C nuclear power station on the Severn Estuary.
8 September 2022
Somerset town enjoys the benefits of wetland project one year on
Residents of a Somerset town are celebrating one year of an exciting project to bring wetlands into the urban area and help transform the local community.
19 August 2022
Curlews fly free on Dartmoor as part of project to save iconic species
A project to re-introduce a thriving population of curlews on Dartmoor run by a partnership which includes the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust has received a boost in its second year with the release of a group of new birds.
5 August 2022
Glowing report for Generation Wild at the end of a busy school year
As schools around the country break for their summer holidays, it’s a clear A+ in the end of term report for Generation Wild – the Wildfowl & Wetland Trust’s innovative nature-connection programme for children from economically disadvantaged areas.
28 July 2022
Wildlife sightings 20/07/2022
weather ..warmRiver Wear Tide level ..HighWader Lake SpeciesAvocet -58Oystercatcher -6Little ringed Plover-1 juvLapwing -52Wood Sandpiper -1Red shank -36Black tailed God wit -8Curlew -10Common Snipe -2MED Gull -317Grey Heron -9Common Tern -152Saline Lagoo
20 July 2022
New plan calls for urban wetlands to help ‘level up’ inequalities in wellbeing
Creating wildlife-rich wetlands like ponds, streams, wetland parks and rain gardens in deprived urban communities could help level up inequalities in wellbeing across the UK, according to a new report launched today.
6 July 2022
Farmers help save critically endangered curlews in Severn and Avon Vale meadows
Farmers have joined forces with conservationists from the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT), the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group South West (FWAG) and the Floodplain Meadows Partnership in the floodplain meadows of the Severn and Avon Vale to help save the curlew - one of the UK’s rarest wading birds - as part of the new Flourishing Floodplains project running from 2022-2023.
30 June 2022
Critically endangered black-tailed godwits thrown lifeline in the Fens
Today (28 June) sees the final release of hand-raised black-tailed godwits as part of an emergency intervention which has thrown the critically endangered wetland bird a lifeline and helped increase its chances of survival.
28 June 2022
Become a Wetland Ranger this Summer
Families can join in the fun to become Junior Wetland Rangers at seven of our WWT Wetland Centres this summer holiday.
15 June 2022
Wildlife sightings 12/06/2022
Weather..sunnyRiver Wear ..lowWader Lake SpeciesShelduck ( 24 chicks,2 broods)-30Grey Heron -23Avocet (11 chicks,4 nesting) -44 Teal -2Tufted Duck -3B.H Gull 925 chicks ) -102 Mallard -3Swallow -2Oystercatcher 95 chicks 2 broods)-9Common Tern (3 chicks)
12 June 2022