Martin Mere news
Meet Twiggy the Beaver
Meet our mum beaver 'Twiggy' We successfully managed to catch Twiggy (mum) and Woody (dad) last night for their annual health check. Grounds Warden Alex Sawyer said: “They seemed to be familiar with the routine catc
22 October 2013
Health Check for our Beavers
After a 500 year absence from Lancashire, in 2007 two European beavers, a male and a female called Twiggy and Woody, became residents at Martin Mere. They went onto have kitts and this week we will be carrying out a health check on this little family. Ou
21 October 2013
Let us introduce Chris Taylor
Name: Chris Taylor Research topic: Bird flights and collisions (Powerlines) Profile: Originally from Dursley, Gloucestershire I spent a fair few weeks during School with the Reserves team at Slimbridge, Gloucestershire. After which I went to university
17 October 2013
A video about sponsoring the beavers
Persimmon Homes have sponsored the beavers as natures home builders. They have created a video about the sponsorship - have a look at it and see what you think [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJiX5D5mJaU']
16 October 2013
Beavers
[yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNYTwmZDpiY&feature=c4-overview&list=UUQlb1STeXF0bnO74Kc9x9jw'] We have put Bushnell cameras into the beaver enclosure at night to get some up close footage of what the beavers have been up to. Follow th
11 October 2013
Up close and personal with the geese
This week we have placed Bushnell cameras in the fields used by the geese to get some up close footage of the geese. Have a look and see what you think. [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Sh2U0VYuI&feature=youtu.be']
10 October 2013
Meet birds of prey at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre
A new event is taking place at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre on Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 October to offer visitors a fantastic opportunity to get up close and personal with birds of prey. Wild birds of prey are regular visitors to WWT Martin Mere Wetl
6 October 2013
20,000 Pink-footed geese arrive at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre
The autumn sound of geese calling whilst flying overhead has begun with 20,000 Pink-footed geese arriving at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre in the last few days, having made the 500 mile journey from Iceland to spend the next month in Lancashire. The autu
26 September 2013
When should the whooper swans arrive?
The graph below shows the numbers of Whooper Swans during weekly dawn counts in 2012. From beginning of October onwards we should start to see a steady increase in whooper swans arriving at Martin Mere (although the first ones have arrived at Martin Mere
23 September 2013
Mike Dilger returns to Martin Mere
The One Show with Mike Dilger are back at Martin Mere today filming a piece about the beavers. The show hope to be able to explore the underground tunnel system that the beavers have created and the piece will be going out in a couple of months so stay tu
13 September 2013
Did you see BBC Breakfast this morning?
John Maguire from BBC Breakfast was here at Martin Mere bright and early this morning to do live links into the national programme. John spoke to Tom Clare at 6.50am, 7.20am and 7.50am to discuss our project to fit bird diverters to power lines for the sa
10 September 2013
Building homes for people and wildlife
A leading house builder is ensuring both people and wildlife have a safe and comfortable place to live in Lancashire. Persimmon Homes is sponsoring a new beaver lodge at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre in Burscough, close to the company’s new homes devel
10 September 2013
One Show visiting Martin Mere
The One Show are visiting WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre on Friday 13 September along with presenter Mike Dilger to film a piece about the beavers at the Centre. The beavers first arrived at WWT Martin Mere in July 2007 as they have been busy beavers sinc
9 September 2013
Special diverters to save thousands of migrating birds
The skies above West Lancashire are now safer for thousands of migrating birds thanks to the installation of more than 150 special flight diverters. Engineers from Electricity North West have been working with the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) at Ma
30 August 2013
A visit by BBC Breakfast
John Maguire from BBC Breakfast has been at Martin Mere this morning filming for BBC Breakfast. The footage should be shown early next week about an exciting new project that WWT Martin Mere are involved in with Electricity North West. More information ab
29 August 2013