Martin Mere news
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
Help us to inspire a generation
100 years ago Captain Scott wrote one letter from Antarctica to his wife. This letter encouraged her to keep his son interested in nature. Years later Peter Scott established WWT and he inspired a generation. WWT have launched a 100 letters initiative.
18 September 2012
Did you ride the bus?
I wanted to say a personal thank you to everyone who came along to ride on the classic bus at the weekend. In total, we think about 140 people used the bus and we got some fantastic comments as people really appreciated the transport gesture. We have a
17 September 2012
WWT Martin Mere wins Sustainable Tourism Award
WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre won the Sustainable Tourism Award at last night’s Marketing Lancashire Tourism Awards. The award, presented by Wayne Hemingway at the event at Preston Guild Hall, was won for the following: Communication to our visitors a
17 September 2012
Award win!
I am pleased to say that last night we won the Sustainable Tourism Award in the Lancashire Tourism Awards. We can now make a submission to be considered for the National Tourism Awards in January and I am really hopeful that we have a good chance of bei
14 September 2012
Flying machines!
We have been approached by a student at Edge Hill University who is doing a BA in computing. As part of his dissertation, he is designing a flying drone to take photographs of wildlife in unaccessible areas and we have become his client to work with him o
10 September 2012
Martin Mere from a Volunteer Perspective
Martin Mere not only welcomes a huge range of birds and other wildlife, but also welcomes a large team of volunteers. As a recent volunteer in the shop and ‘behind the scenes’ with the marketing and administration departments, I’ve learnt a lot abou
5 September 2012
Join the Gosling gang at WWT Martin Mere
Every Thursday during term time, toddlers can join WWT Martin Mere’s new gosling gang. Thursday is Toddler Thursdays at Martin Mere, and every week, toddlers will be able to get a special gosling gang badge, free bag of bird seed a stamp in their goslin
3 September 2012
Help us to show demand for a bus service
On Saturday 15 September, there will be a free classic bus running between Burscough Bridge Interchange, Martin Mere, Windmill Animal farm, Homestead Farm, Mere Sands Wood and Burscough Wharf. Each attraction is offering a special offer for bus passenge
3 September 2012
Returning pink feet - is it Autumn already?
We have had our fist flock of 11 pink-footed geese arrive this morning. This was followed by another 6 after 12.30pm so the count should be higher by the end of the day with perfect weather conditions with this northerly wind. We normally expect the reall
30 August 2012