Martin Mere news
Five cygnets hatch at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre
WWT Martin Mere’s black swans have defied the recent cold weather to hatch 5 cygnets this week. Centre Manager, Andy Wooldridge, said: “The black swans were paired together last year and they immediately had 3 cygnets last March, so it is fantastic th
22 February 2013
Spring migration begins at WWT Martin Mere
Spring is in the air at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre with 22 avocets returning to the centre as part of the spring migration. The avocets will remain at the centre until early August, using the reserve as their breeding ground. In the past, numbers have
19 February 2013
Week 2 of the WOW development
We are now into week 2 of the WOW development and below is our latest update of how the work is progressing: Welcome to the new development of the old Australian area here at Martin Mere. As you can see there is quite a bit of work going on! This whole ar
13 February 2013
Breeding times and numbers of breeding birds at Martin Mere
Below is a table showing the breeding birds on the reserve at Martin Mere and the months they will be breeding.
12 February 2013
Conservation update: Red-breasted geese
The wild goose chase is over! The WWT team in Bulgaria has caught 93 Red-breasted and 28 White-fronted Geese! We have fitted 11 tags to Red-breasts to follow their movements. We have also x-rayed 20 birds to assess the level of illegal hun...ting of this
11 February 2013
A great family day out WWT Martin Mere this half term
Families, couples, teenagers and the retired can have a fun day out at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre this February Half Term. Starting Saturday 16 February, you can do the following: Free – build a den to see if you can camouflage yourself Free – ma
7 February 2013
February half term: Boats and camouflage!
Our February half term holiday is starting this Saturday and running through to Sunday 24 February. We are kick starting the holidays with the indoor model boat show this weekend. The boats will be on display from 4 societies in our classrooms to allow
7 February 2013
100 letters announced to follow in the footsteps of Captain Scott
The 100 letters that will be making the journey to Antarctica have been announced as part of a Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust competition to inspire future generations to get close to nature and protect our environment. The competition celebrates the cente
31 January 2013
WOW development begins
A new development has started at Martin Mere which is the complete redevelopment of the Australasia area in the waterfowl gardens to 'WOW - Weird or Wonderful. Steve Dilworth from the grounds team is working on the project and will be writing a weekly u
31 January 2013
Mike Dilgers visit
I was privileged to meet Mike Dilger yesterday and I can confirm that he is an extremely nice man. He had a tour of our reserve, watched and did swan feeds, undertook some live radio interviews and posed for pictures for our local paper, as well as under
29 January 2013
It is time to say goodbye
After 40 years of service with WWT, I would like to inform you that I have decided that the time is right for him to take on a new challenge outside of the Trust and I will be leaving Martin Mere in April 2013. I joined the Trust in 1973 and have spen
15 January 2013
Award submission
I am pleased to day that today we have made a submission to the national tourism awards: England in Excellence, for the award Best Sustainable Tourism. We can enter this award as a result of winning the award regionally in the Marketing Lancashire touri
10 January 2013
Wild Wetland Writing Workshop
Join experienced poet and workshop facilitator Susan Richardson on Saturday 23 February, for an afternoon of Wild Wetland Writing. Explore the Martin Mere reserve and respond, through either prose or poetry, to the wildlife and wetland landscape that you
9 January 2013
Construction work at the Centre
Now we are into the new year we have a long list of jobs to do at the centre. The first job is to remove that external corridor that runs alongside the exhibition hall, so there may be some distruption in the main foyer over the next couple of weeks.
8 January 2013
Reserve list review of 2012
2012 turned out to be a record year at WWT Martin Mere with 170 species of wild bird recorded. It’s interesting to reflect why this was so. There are certainly a number of factors. The reserve management, for example Cetti’s Warbler which was the only
7 January 2013