News
Winners of autumn photography competition
I am pleased to announce the winners of the autumn photography competition. Paul Jarvis, a retail professional, aged 34, from Rufford, was named winner in the Wetland Wildlife category, with his picture entitled ‘Solitary Pink’. Caroline Brooke
2 January 2012
January 2012 podcast: wetland science
Paul, Victor and Rachel in the Discovery Centre Happy new year! We begin the year with some wetland science: Victor, Rachel and Paul demonstrate one of the key benefits of wetlands to people and wildlife, and why stay
1 January 2012
Celebration of Scott expedition
I hope you enjoyed Christmas Day To celebrate the centenary of the Scott polar expedition we are opening an exhibition today that we will run to early February. This is the first event that WWT is planning throughout the whole year and we have been give
26 December 2011
Wishing you a happy Christmas
I would like to wish everyone a very happy Christmas. Martin Mere is closed on Christmas day so I shall enjoy spending the day with my family and friends, before the madness of the Christmas holidays start and hopefully it should be busy as we are start
23 December 2011
State of Birds in Wales 2011
The State of Birds in Wales report published yesterday charts the fortunes of Welsh birdlife, and the successes of, and challenges for, conservation action. The curlew has seen a 49% decline since 1994 For more than a
22 December 2011
Rare bird rescue hits new milestone
The Spoon-billed Sandpiper conservation breeding programme is a collaboration between WWT, Birds Russia, Moscow Zoo and the RSPB working with colleagues from the BTO, BirdLife International, ArcCona and the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force. Efforts to sa
21 December 2011
The new view from the beaver camera
The view on the beaver camera has now changed. I asked Alex for a bit of feedback as to why the camera has been moved from the back pond and it is in preparation just in case the ponds start to freeze over Christmas as there would be no movement on the
19 December 2011
Ice Warning
Due to last night freezing temperatures and the constant rain fall the road to the reserve is covered in Black Ice as it the reserve. EXTREME CAUTION IS NEEDED! It is thawing though, and is passable if driven carefully. The areas on the reserve around the
19 December 2011
Rare bird rescue hits new milestone
Efforts to save one of the world’s rarest and most unusual birds have today (Monday 19 December) taken another step forward. Spoon-billed sandpipers, brought to the UK from Far East Russia, have been moved out of quarantine into purpose built quarters a
19 December 2011
Off to the playground
I am off to Lyme Park today to take a look at their play area. There are still plans here at the Centre to build a new adventure play area next year, we are just waiting for planning to be confirmed before we can proceed with this, and the play area at Ly
16 December 2011
What has happened to the Dome?
Unfortunatley we have seen some damage this wind as a result of the heavy winds we have had recently and the dome that we have by the centre has completely lost its roof so we will have to get that replaced over the winter in plenty of time to start doing
14 December 2011
An invitation to see one of the world’s rarest birds at Slimbridge
Please join us and our Vice-President Kate Humble for a very special event on Monday 19 December, which will include the first chance to glimpse the spoon-billed sandpipers in the UK. Kate will unveil a live CCTV link up with the specially-constructed Sli
13 December 2011
Plan for water lacks bottle
The Government’s water White Paper, Water for Life, is published today. The measures outlined could reduce water use and better safeguard wetlands and this can only be welcomed. But action is delayed, and concerns about urban flooding and over-abstracti
8 December 2011
Plan for water has no bottle
The Government’s Water White Paper, Water for Life, is published today. The measures outlined could reduce water use and better safeguard wetlands but action is delayed and concerns about urban flooding and over-abstraction are fudged. Carrie Hume, Head
8 December 2011
Back to work
It was a really good staff party on Saturday night. We had lots of games including jenga, duck races and the DJ got us making items out of balloons and certain staff up dancing to entertain us! I am really starting to feel like it is coming up to Christ
6 December 2011