Martin Mere news

What’s on this Spring at Martin Mere

What’s on this Spring at Martin Mere

Looking for something to do this Spring? WWT Martin Mere, Burscough, has a line-up of exciting events and activities so that you can keep coming back and exploring the amazing outdoors. Take a look: GIANT Duck Hunt Cost: £1 per trail card Da

6 March 2024

Go quackers with the Giant Easter Duck Hunt

Go quackers with the Giant Easter Duck Hunt

Have a wild day out at Martin Mere Wetland Centre this Easter half term with the Giant Easter Duck Trail (6-22 April).

1 March 2024

Meet June, Retail Volunteer at Martin Mere

Meet June, Retail Volunteer at Martin Mere

Volunteer for almost two years, June comes each Wednesday to Martin Mere to help out in our gift shop. She describes volunteering as ‘fun’ and ‘worthwhile’.Speaking on what got her started, June said: “A friend of mine did a lot of voluntary wor

28 February 2024

Meet Rita Newby, craft room volunteer at Martin Mere

Meet Rita Newby, craft room volunteer at Martin Mere

Rita, a huge sci-fi fan who enjoys being creative, has volunteered at Martin Mere for nearly two years. She started looking for volunteering after she missed being around people.“I became physically disabled as an adult, and my condition means it would

25 February 2024

Meet Bhagavi Podichetty, Administrative Volunteer at Martin Mere

Meet Bhagavi Podichetty, Administrative Volunteer at Martin Mere

Bhagavi, who volunteers once a week as part of our office team, has been with us for around 16 months now. She describes volunteering at Martin Mere as “fun, inclusive, and collaborative”.Bhagavi originally decided to enquire about volunteering as she

23 February 2024

Meet Alan Heaton, Canoe Safari Volunteer at Martin Mere

Meet Alan Heaton, Canoe Safari Volunteer at Martin Mere

Alan Heaton, volunteer at Martin Mere for around 10 years now, joined after wanting to turn his passion for nature into something valuable. “I’ve always had a passion for nature, I just wondered how best I could utilise that. I used to visit Martin

21 February 2024

Meet Gary Gray, our visitor-faced volunteer

Meet Gary Gray, our visitor-faced volunteer

Our visitor-faced volunteer, Gary Gray, has been volunteering with Martin Mere for four years. Helping us across a range of roles and activities, he first started after wanting to do something to get him out of the house and doing new things. “I have

20 February 2024

Learn about volunteering with us - Volunteering Week

Learn about volunteering with us - Volunteering Week

WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre in Lancashire is on the search for new people to join its friendly volunteering team. This year, Volunteering Week returns from 24 February to 1 March with drop-in sessions available each day 1-3pm for those wanting to find

19 February 2024

Enter into this year's photography competition!

Enter into this year's photography competition!

WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre has returned with the North West Wetland Photography Competition, with entries now open until 16 August 2024. The competition encourages entrants to submit their best wetland moments. It could be of a wetland landscape, a

18 February 2024

Meet Mark Sowerby, Reserve Volunteer

Meet Mark Sowerby, Reserve Volunteer

Mark Sowerby volunteers on our reserve. Here is what he had to say about his time volunteering with us.

13 February 2024

Bing and Flop are coming to WWT Martin Mere!

Bing and Flop are coming to WWT Martin Mere!

Families in Lancashire will have the chance to meet Bing, the title character from the multi-award winning animated series at WWT Martin Mere this spring.

10 February 2024

Hand feeding returns to Martin Mere

Hand feeding returns to Martin Mere

It is the news you have all been waiting for - hand feeding has received the green light, and you can now feed the birds again during your visit to our wetland centre.

7 February 2024

Meet Steve Milner, Grounds & Gardening Volunteer

Meet Steve Milner, Grounds & Gardening Volunteer

Volunteers play a key part in supporting WWT. With our Volunteering Week coming up, we caught up with some of our volunteers to find out why they started volunteering and their experiences so far.Steve Milner, Grounds & Gardening Volunteer, has volunteere

31 January 2024

 Seriously squelchy fun: Martin Mere announces mud-filled festival of events for February half-term

Seriously squelchy fun: Martin Mere announces mud-filled festival of events for February half-term

WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre has announced its brand new Mudfest event filled with mudtastic activities to get stuck into this February half-term. As part of Mudfest, the centre will return with their popular North West Puddle Jumping Championships a

22 January 2024

New Year's resolution ideas for 2024

New Year's resolution ideas for 2024

As we step into the new year, many of us will reflect on how 2023 went and how we’d like to improve our lives throughout 2024.

28 December 2023