Martin Mere news
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
What a fantastic August!
We have had a great August at Martin Mere comfortably meeting all of our targets and everyone seems to have really enjoyed their visit. The play area has been so popular, although sometimes overcrowded as so many families are using the facility - but we
29 August 2012
Beaver camera
The beavers have been up to no good over the weekend! We came in on Monday morning to find that they had knocked over the webcam. The webcam is on a metal pole and you can see the tracks all around it where they have been curious about it. This is the f
28 August 2012
Swallow chicks
You can curerntly see three swallow chicks nesting in the roof of our building and they are proving quite an attraction for our visitors as you can watch their parents swoop in to feed them on a regular basis. The nest is in the top of the roof as you wa
26 August 2012
Help us name a baby otter
We have joined forces with the Champion newspaper to run a competition to name one of our baby otters after your favourite olympian. The otter we are naming is a little girl. The prize is to win a behind the scenes day at Martin Mere, working with Alex wh
22 August 2012
Andean geese goslings
We have three andean geese goslings and another black swan cygnet. The weather has really mixed up our breeding season as the birds are continuing to sit on nests and we still have quite a few ducklings, goslings and cygnets around the centre. It has ce
20 August 2012
Latest otter cub images
We did another weigh-in this morning with the otter cubs and got this lovely image. They are now too big for the box that we weigh them in and they are becoming very lively so we can expect them to start exploring any time now.
17 August 2012
Our new arrivals.... otter cubs
Three otter cubs have been born at Martin Mere. I am delighted that the otters have produced young. Parents and cubs are all very healthy and it will be a delight to watch them spend their time together as a family. I have no doubt that the young otters w
14 August 2012
New website to be launched
This weekend we are launching a new website but it will mean the current one is off line on Saturday and Sunday. The new website will be an improvment on our current one in terms of the way we show events and what is happening at the centre - my blog will
31 July 2012
How the summer holidays are going so far......
We are officially 5 days into the summer holidays and we could not have wished for the weather change at such a great time. Except for yesterday we have had over 1000 people in everyday, although yesterday was still 750 even with the drizzle and I am star
26 July 2012