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The winter heat of the WWT Photography Competition is rolled out as December arrives
'Here's looking at You' taken by Dave Cook The heat is on as winter approaches, not only in our cosy living rooms, but for the next stage of the WWT Photography competition as the winter heat opens on 1 De
6 December 2011
Beware ducks swimming up a hill of water
Water droplets can appear to bounce off a bird's back. WWT/James Lees Photographing wetlands is exciting, challenging and always unpredictable, according to WWT’s James Lees. Birds arrive in their thousands in
5 December 2011
Darwin Scholarship Programme
The UK Field Studies Council are launching the next round of their Darwin Scholars programme, which offers professional conservationists under the age of 35 the chance to spend two weeks in the UK learning basic techniques of biodiversity monitoring and i
5 December 2011
Parties galore
We are all looking forward to the staff Christmas party tomorrow night but I also have the Friends of Martin Mere Christmas party tonight and our volunteer party next week. The Christmas decorations have gone up and the tree is up in the main concourse so
2 December 2011
Four wrongs don’t make a fiscal right
The Severn Estuary, protected by European law. WWT/James Lees Chancellor George Osborne is wrong to so readily dismiss long-standing laws protecting sites and species. He suggested in Tuesday’s Autumn Statement th
2 December 2011
Thousands of seaducks go missing
Widespread declines in birds that spend most of their lives at sea are alarming conservationists. Long-tailed duck, Wolfgang Wander Seven species of seaduck that overwinter in the Baltic – a key wintering site -
30 November 2011
WWT Photography Competition autumn heat closes and winter heat begins!
The autumn heat of the 2010/11 WWT Photography Competition closed on 30 November, making way for the start of the winter heat. Almost 2,500 pictures were entered across five categories, which included Wetland Wildlife, World Wetlands and Young Photographe
30 November 2011
Ben Osborne events
I am pleased to say that we have confirmed events next year with Ben Osborne. Ben Osbourne is official photographer for the BBC programme, Planet Earth, with Sir David Attenborough, winner of the ‘Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year’ in 2007 and
29 November 2011
In the middle of the Bird Fair
It is the second day of the North West Bies Watching Festival and it is very busy here at the moment. We had 1100 people in yesterday which I was really please with as we had a lot of rain after 1pm, but it meant all the talks were vey well attended and w
27 November 2011
Studies point to rapid changes in the waterbird world, but what does it mean for conservation?
Two studies hitting the news this week have highlighted big changes for waterbirds. On Monday, a Finnish study measured how much later wildfowl in Northern Europe are setting off on their autumn migrations. Yesterday, the State of the UK’s Birds reports
25 November 2011
Swan-up and duck down, dramatic changes revealed in the UK's waterbirds
Press release on behalf of the following partnership: British Trust for Ornithology; Joint Nature Conservation Committee; Natural England; Northern Ireland Environment Agency; RSPB; Scottish Natural Heritage; and the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Signs o
24 November 2011
Dramatic changes revealed in UK waterbird numbers
Shoveler - Tom Hines Signs of dramatic changes for some wetland birds are reported today as some species reach their highest and lowest recorded population levels in the UK in winter. Millions of ducks, geese, swans a
24 November 2011
Computer updates
Our IT department came and spent the week with us last week to improve our network connection in the building and over to our yard were the outdoor team work. We always struggle here with wifi and internet connection due to our location so this is a wel
21 November 2011
Three heroes, a book and a legacy: Sir David Attenborough acclaims Scott and WWT
Sir David Attenborough at the London Wetland Centre (Nick Cottrell) “Make no mistake, Captain Scott was a hero and his party were great human beings,” Sir David Attenborough told a captivated audience at the Lond
18 November 2011
What’s the trick to counting flocks of birds?
Wilfowl at WWT's Slimbridge reserve (James Lees) Volunteers will spend this Sunday spotting and recording the thousands of waterbirds that migrate to the UK in winter. Staff and visitors at all nine WWT wetland r
16 November 2011