Martin Mere news
Conservation & captive breeding
Peter Cranswick, Head of Species Recovery for WWT visited the centre today we a inspirational talk about how conservationists are trying a range of techniques to try and save Madagascar Pochard and Spoon-billed Sandpipers from extinction and reintroduce C
25 October 2012
Meet our new chef
We are pleased to welcome a new member to the Martin Mere team. Our new head chef Michael Ray who started a few weeks ago and is settling really well into our team. Michael who is originally from Leeds first started his career in a French restaurant ther
23 October 2012
Whats on this October half term
We had a great start to October half term this weekend with 2100 people visiting us! This weekend the pumpkin carvings kicked off our half term activities, and we have plently more going on over the new two weeks. There are daily talks and feeds includin
22 October 2012
check us out on the One Show
Did you see the One Show on Wednesday night? There was a fantastic item relating to Scott 100 letters and the legacy built by Sir Peter Scott, to watch again, please click the link below, it is 25mins, 25secs into the programme http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplaye
19 October 2012
Geese numbers after the goose count
We started goose counts at the weekend to see the extent of the predicted decline of the pink-footed geese. These counts are nationally co-ordinated and the results in Lancashire are: Total: 77,683 Wyre estuary 7300 Cocker’s Dyke 2650 Pilling 29082
18 October 2012
Local letter writers inspire our future generations
We have had such an inspirational year with the Queen’s Jubilee, the Olympics and the Paralympics inspiring the nation. And now WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centres has launched a campaign called Scott 100. The Scott 100 campaign is to ‘inspire generations
16 October 2012
Geese numbers in decline?
Survey results recently published by the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) reveal that the population of pink-footed geese may have dropped by around 100,000 in just the last two years. The majority of the world’s pink-footed geese winter in the UK, h
15 October 2012
What’s going on..October half term!
With October half term already creeping up on us we have loads of activities going on at WWT Martin Mere for the whole family to enjoy. The fun starts from Saturday 20 October to Sunday 4 November. Visiting Martin mere is a great autumn day out with lo
12 October 2012
Whats new!
Morning everyone, Just a quick update on whats happening here at WWT Martin Mere this week. It is officially autumn on the reserve as pink footed geese numbers have reached at least 15000. We have also named our three baby girl otters, Belle, Flick and P
10 October 2012
Photography competition summer heat winners
The fourth and final heat of WWT Martin Mere’s photography competition has just finished. The photography competition has been ongoing for a year. The summer heat was the final stage of the competition. The competition has five winners from the end of e
5 October 2012
Flooding at WWT Martin mere
Last week wasnt such a good week for us here at WWT Martin mere we experienced a lot of flooding due to the heavy rain fall. We were flooded from Tuesday carrying on untill Saturday. It was the worse flood I have seen in 40 years. The local farmers said
2 October 2012
Reserve webcam goes live!
As autumn arives so do our webcams! Webcams are now live on the reserve as the Geese fly in. We have roughly 7,000 geese on the reserve at the moment which will more than double in the next few weeks. You can also see the swan feeds towards they end of th
1 October 2012
A bird that loves the wet weather
Below is some video footage Andy Bunting from in focus took yesterday of common snipe feeding. This bird loves wet weather and we have seen a big influx of over 140 birds. They can be viewed on the edge of the mere delving for worms and grubs. They have
25 September 2012
Animal Magic success at Martin Mere
Almost 5000 people enjoyed the Animal Magic event at the weekend, enjoying the sunshine on Saturday. There were skunks, meerkats, grehounds, reptiles, sheep, donkeys, birds of prey, alpacas, bees and plenty of activities happening for everyone to enjoy
24 September 2012
Explore the night sky at WWT Martin Mere
In partnership with Liverpool Astronomical Society, WWT Martin Mere is offering visitors a way to explore the night sky at an astronomy evening on Saturday 6 October. The event will start at 7.30pm and will include special talks entitled: 'Our place in sp
21 September 2012