Llanelli News
TV presenter Mike Dilger feeds the 500!
(Edited from the Big 9 Challenge blog written by Mark Simpson) On Sunday 27 January, TV presenter Mike Dilger visited WWT Llanelli! The sun was shining and centre manager Nigel Williams took Mike on a quick tour of the centre, picking up gadwall, pochar
31 January 2013
Special programme and special offer for schools to celebrate world wetlands day!
As part of our world wetlands day celebrations this year (as well as two of our staff performing magic tricks before having wet sponges thrown at them! - see http://www.wwt.org.uk/visit/llanelli/whats-on/2013/02/02/world-wetlands-day/) we are offering
12 January 2013
Can TV presenter Mike Dilger feed over 500 birds at WWT Llanelli in less than an hour?
Mike Dilger Can TV presenter and naturalist Mike Dilger feed all of our collection birds, over 500 in total, the right food in less than an hour...? You are welcome to join him on his journey and find out! He will beg
11 January 2013
Local photographer wins first place in wetland wildlife photography competition
The winning photo - "Egg thief" by Wayne Davies Local photographer Wayne Davies has won first place in the national Canon/WWT photography competition in the Wetland Wildlife category for his photograph entitled “Egg thief” - congratulations Wayne
10 January 2013
Wetland willow creations!
Over the school Christmas holidays we ran two willow sculpture workshops for our visitors, creating individually designed 2D willow sculptures based on wetland themes. All ages got involved from young children to adults, bending willow to create a framew
7 January 2013
Tick and twitch - 73 species seen!
Nuthatch (Image credit: John Day) On Tuesday, new year’s day, we held our annual tick and twitch event. Helped by lovely weather this year’s event was particularly popular, with many people, including plenty of children, taking part. The car park
3 January 2013
Celebrate Christmas at WWT Llanelli
The festive season is nearly upon us, and you can get into the Christmas spirit with plenty of events and activities at WWT Llanelli – there’s something for everyone! Did you know that reindeer love to eat goose poo? I’m sure that’ll be enough inc
3 November 2012
The spooky side of wetlands
From Saturday 27 October until Sunday 4 November you can join us for Halloween-themed half term family fun! Catch spiders and other beasties at our creepy crawly hunts (11am), find frightening fungi and hear spooky stories about them (1pm), go fishing in
25 October 2012
Today's wild bird sightings
Please note these are yesterday's sightings! Great white egret from the British Steel Hide 5 little egret 18 cormorant 630 black tailed godwit 462 knot 6 snipe 35 dunlin 12 redshank 2 spotted redshank 14 greenshank assorted wildfowl kestrel sparowhawk bu
23 October 2012
Inspiring Generations Free School Visits Scheme
Hundreds of pupils from disadvantaged schools across Wales are being given the chance to visit WWT Llanelli for free, thanks to the successful Inspiring Generations fundraising appeal. Head teachers from the hundreds of eligible* schools in the area rece
14 October 2012
Migration update
Curlew Between 40,000 and 50,000 migratory wildfowl and waders travel to the Burry Inlet to spend the winter every year. This year, we saw the unprecedented early arrival in July of hundreds of these birds due to cold weather and flooding resulting i
7 September 2012
New species of damselfly arrives in Wales
Small red-eyed damselfly at WWT Llanelli (Mark Hipkin) Small red-eyed damselflies have been recorded on the reserve here at WWT Llanelli, and according to the British Dragonfly Society, they are the first recorded any
24 August 2012
Final flamingo chick has hatched!
One of the flamingo chicks on the nest (Sammy-jo Pengelly) There are now five flamingo chicks to see at WWT Llanelli! Chicks number 1 and 2, both hatched on the morning of 25 July (to different parents), have grown a
15 August 2012
First flamingo chicks hatch!
Caribbean flamingo chick - Simon Ellison-Burns Two Caribbean flamingo chicks hatched in the early hours of Wednesday 25th July. This is fifteen days later than the first hatching in 2011, due to the confusing w
26 July 2012
Summer holiday fun!
Summer holiday activities run from Saturday 21 July until Monday 3 September! Join us for minibeast hunting, pond dipping, craft activities, flamingo watching and of course our fabulous canoe and bike trails! For more information see http://www.wwt.org.u
19 July 2012