Martin Mere news
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
BBC Radio Lancashire come along to visit us
John Gillmore from BBC Radio Lancashire came in to do a live show between 1pm and 4pm today - if you tune in now you can hear Andy Bunting from In Focus being interviewed about our reserve list. Other interviews have included our Marketing Manager talking
7 November 2012
Fungi Flourishes
It has been a terrific year for fungi. With the damp weather conditions and slight sunny spells we have had, it has been the perfect weather to allow fungi to flourish. Fungi is not around for very long however we have managed to capture these great pic
31 October 2012
Autumnwatch is back on our screens
Autumnwatch will be hitting our screens again from next Tuesday 30th October to the 2nd November with a programme every day. It will be shown from 8-9pm. Autumnwatch will include knowledge on bird migration which really reflects on what Martin Mere is all
25 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