News
World Wetlands photo competition winners announced on World Wetlands Day
'Serenity' by Hiranmoy De These incredible images of lagoons, lakes, bogs and brooks are all winning entries in a competition to celebrate World Wetland’s Day today (Thursday, 2 February). View all of the wi
2 February 2012
Wildlife suffering as countryside dries out
Nature experts warn that this summer could be the worst for wildlife in over 30 years if the current period of low rainfall continues. Rainfall has been so low that in many areas the level of moisture in the soil is currently worse than in 1976, when the
2 February 2012
The Mileage Company donations to WWT top £100k
The Mileage Company, operators of the new UK Avios travel rewards programme, has made its latest donation of over £40,000 to the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT), as part of its on-going support to us. The Mileage Company has now donated over £100,00
1 February 2012
Play area update
We are now in a position to start the play area development and I have attached below an outline of what the new one will look like (not the final version as still a few slight amendments to make). The current play area opened in the late 80s and it has b
30 January 2012
Bird News
The unpleasant weather over the last couple of days seems to have put many people off, but the birds are still out there for anyone willing to brave the squalls ! At one stage today 3 Marsh Harriers, [...]
27 January 2012
A whole lot of holiday fun for the whole family at WWT
Why don’t you visit your local WWT Wetland Centre during February half term to enjoy a whole host of activities and events that the family can enjoy, while giving children exciting opportunities to learn about the natural world around them? With a medle
19 January 2012
Marathon run for spoon-billed sandpiper
Nigel Hewston, a teacher at Robinswood Primary School in Gloucester, has never run a marathon before, but in April will be taking on the London Marathon to try and raise £5,000 to help save the spoon-billed sandpiper from extinction. The 57 year old onl
19 January 2012
Fantastic footage of the beavers
We have pulled two bits of footage from the beaver webcam that I wanted to share with you. There is some very cute footage of three beavers sat with their back to the camera grooming like they have decided not to perform for the camera anymore and we
19 January 2012
One hundred year anniversary of Captain Robert Falcon Scott's heroic voyage
One hundred years ago today, Captain Robert Falcon Scott arrived at the South Pole - 33 days after his rival Amundsen. The rest, as they say, is history as sadly they never made it home, but for WWT this day played a pivotal role in its own history. Foun
17 January 2012
We have started a facebook page
Today we have created a facebook page and it would be great if you could 'like' it at: www.facebook.com/wwtmartinmere We aim to use facebook to upload photographs, wildlife sightings, events, podcasts and much more so I hope you will find it useful and y
17 January 2012
Budget meeting review
Yesterday I spent all day in a budget meeting with my line manager and the finance team to go through the centres budgets for 12/13. It was a long day as we have over 9 budgets to go through from the centre but it was very productive and I am very happy w
13 January 2012
Reward a wetland hero
WWT are looking for the unsung hero responsible for the best wetland in the UK and they need your help. Use the online form to nominate the wetland you most love and admire. A panel of experts will choose the very best and the person who manages it will b
10 January 2012
Reward a wetland hero
WWT are looking for the unsung hero responsible for the best wetland in the UK and they need your help. Use the online form at wwt.org.uk/marsh-award to nominate the wetland you most love and admire. A panel of experts will choose the very best and the pe
10 January 2012
Moving forward
I have had a few planning meetings recently about the development of the waterfowl gardens and I am pleased to say that things will start moving forward within a couple of months. Martin Mere's waterfowl gardens were developed in 1975 so I am sure it is n
9 January 2012
Events meeting update
I spent a few hours yesterday in our events meeting. Once a month, myself, the education team, marketing manager and volunteer co-ordinator get together to discuss all of the events coming up. The January meeting is always important because we go through
6 January 2012