Martin Mere news
It’s play time at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre
On Saturday 2 June, WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre is launching a brand new adventure play area: Rushes Play Space The play area, a £250K development, involves climbing structures, tree houses, swings, slides, sand pits and waterplay around a central boa
25 May 2012
Flamingo chicks hatch at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre
Six greater flamingo chicks have been born at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre. Twenty three eggs have been laid so far this year; so the Grounds team are still expecting many more chicks to hatch in the next week for the award winning Downy Duckling Week,
17 May 2012
Grant success at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre
WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre has been successful in receiving funding from the Lancashire County Council, Local Member Grant Scheme to bring care home residents to Martin Mere for free. Over the past month, care home residents from all over West Lancas
8 May 2012
Traditional English Longbow course at Martin Mere
A new workshop is taking place at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 May with longbow specialist Tony Saunders, learning how to manipulate and craft wood into one of the most important weapons in British history. The two day cours
27 April 2012
Common Crane flies into WWT Martin Mere
For only the third time in 35 years, WWT Martin Mere has welcomed a wild crane to the reserve. The last time a crane was seen at Martin Mere was in 1999 and previously to that was in the 70s. The adult crane has been on the reserve for 2 days now and is s
24 April 2012
An Easter update
Thank goodness the second half of the Easter holidays brightened up! It was very wet here over the Easter weekend which was a shame as Easter is usually a very busy time for us. In some good news though, we have ten greater flamingo eggs, so we are very c
16 April 2012
Celebrity Mark Carwardine visits WWT Martin Mere
Celebrity, Mark Carwardine is coming to WWT Martin Mere on Saturday 12 & Sunday 13 May to host an evening talk and creative photography workshops. Best known for co-presenting the TV series ‘Last Chance to See’ with Stephen Fry, Mark Carwardine is
16 April 2012
Martin Mere - Inspiring generations
I hope that you will all fine this project inspirational. Captain Scott is remembered for his incredible bravery, fortitude and self-belief, and his Antarctic expeditions and research findings inspired people across the world. But possibly Scott’s most
29 March 2012
Successful grants
We have been successful in gaining over £1000 from local councillors in West Lancashire to bring care and residential home residents to Martin Mere for free which is a fantastic project for us to be involved in. Hopefully if this works well we can lo
28 March 2012
Magical Animal Fun at WWT Martin Mere this Easter
Easter is Animal Magic at Martin Mere and you can get up close and personal to a huge range of weird and wonderful creatures. Everyday throughout the Easter Holidays there will be different animals for the whole family to enjoy including birds of prey, sk
21 March 2012
Launch of guided boat tours at WWT Martin Mere
WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre is launching a brand new guided boat attraction on Saturday 31 March. The guided boat tours will run every day until the end of October offering visitors a tour of wetlands: learning about Martin Mere, watching wildlife, sp
9 March 2012
Spring is in the air at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre
Black swan cygnets, the return of Avocets and a flurry of snowdrops on the ground means that spring has sprung at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre. Black swan cygnets Two black swan cygnets have been born at Martin Mere. The cygnets are about 7 days old an
24 February 2012
Spring is in the air
I am back now after taking a few days off. February half term was very good at the Centre but the interesting thing at the moment is that there are plenty of signs that Spring has begun. The first of the Avocets arrived back on Monday, the flamingos a
21 February 2012
Take part in a brown hare survey at Martin Mere
Join the North West Brown Hare Project and WWT Martin Mere on Saturday 3 March in this unique event that allows you to learn identification techniques and then test your skills in the wild by looking for brown hares. The brown hare has suffered a 75% decl
13 February 2012
An update on Wizzy the beaver
I often get asked when I walk around how Wizzy our young beaver is that we have hand reared. The answer is that he is doing very well. He is still in his own area that isn't accessible for visitors, but he is growing nicely. At the moment he is often st
10 February 2012