Martin Mere news
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
Lookout for us on Inside Out
I spend all day yesterday with the BBC filiming a feature for Inside Out, that will be on Monday evening at 7.30pm. It was a really great day and we do get so well with the BBC and have a fantastic working relationship with them. Tony came out as the pres
8 February 2012
Enjoy a romantic valentines night
WWT Martin Mere is offering a romantic valentines night experience with a difference. You can stroll hand in hand through the grounds by lantern lights to experience the haunting sound and romantic sight of over 1500 Whooper Swans on the mere before compl
3 February 2012
Centre update
There seems to be a lot going on at the moment so I thought a would list a few interesting things happening at the centre: We have joined up to the Breastfeeding Welcome Scheme which bascially means we have a commitment to allow women to breast feed at M
1 February 2012
Take part in Sport Relief
Martin Mere is a location for the Sainsbury's Sport Relief fun run on Sunday 25 March. You can do either a 1, 3 or 6 mile run on the day to raise money for Comic Relief. The run itself is going to start on the community reedbed walk and come back arou
25 January 2012
Ready, steady, cook with the Centre Manager
Tomorrow is our event in the cafe in the afternoon. I am taking part in the entertainment Ready, Steady, Cook when the guests arrive and I am dreading it! I can't cook to save my life, I can grow veg and supply all the materials but I don't think I will b
24 January 2012
Our first podcast - The secret life of swans
It has been a fantastic weekend at Martin Mere with over 2000 people coming along to the model train show. It is the model boat show net weekend so hopefully that one will be very busy as well. There seems to be so much going on at the moment, but one t
22 January 2012
Some really old pictures of Martin Mere
Our education team found a bundle of old photographs of Martin Mere in the 70s and 80s the other day so I thought I would share them with you. There are quite a few so they have been put into a PDF document to download or you can have a look at our face
21 January 2012
Cold weather brings in more Whooper swans
The cold weather over the last few days has meant there has been an influx of Whooper swans arriving at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre bringing the total to 1900 swans, with more predicted to arrive this weekend. Many Whooper swans had remained in Scotlan
19 January 2012
Meet our new Office Manager
Hi I am the new Office Manager while Belinda is on Maternity leave. My name is Lucy Copeland and previous to this role I was the receptionist at the centre. In all I have worked at Martin Mere for about 7 years, starting as a casual in the cafe. I have re
17 January 2012