Martin Mere news
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
A visit from the Chief Executive
WWT's Chief Executive, Martin Spray, has visited Martin Mere today to give a motivational talk to our volunteers and staff this afternoon. I spent some time with him this morning walking around the grounds with him, but he is aiming to come to each cen
11 January 2012
Updates to sightings page
I wanted to let you kow that you can now report your sightings at Martin Mere by visiting http://www.wwt.org.uk/visit-us/martin-mere/latest-sightings/ and logging public sightings, including an image if you want to. You can also use Twitter by starting
3 January 2012
How has the year been
With the end of year coming I thought it would be good to reflect on how the year has been for Martin Mere, and I am pleased to say it has been very successful. We have had about 172,000 visitors this year which is up about 15,000 from last year - mainl
29 December 2011
Take a trip to South Pole
To celebrate the centenary of the Scott Antarctic expedition, WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre is taking families back in time over the Christmas holidays to become an explorer and make the perilous journey to the South Pole in our creative trail. 'Scott o
16 December 2011
Budgets and meetings
Christmas is no time for me to relax, I have to get our budget forecast done for 2012 - 13 and I have a number of meetings with my manager and other directors. I had a busy two days last week with my manager going through so much at the centre. I do enj
12 December 2011
Thank you to The Mileage Company
The Mileage Company kindly sponsored 100 children from St Margarets CofE Primary School in Warrington to come to Martin Mere today to do some fun activities including meeting the otters, creating their own wetland critter, see the swans and go wild on th
24 November 2011
A new trail
I am pleased to say the the trail has now been completed from the end of our community reedbed walk to the Farm Tea Room. This is something we have wanted to get completed for some time - there has always been a walk there via the public footpaths, but we
18 November 2011
How to recruit new members
We are always trying to come up with new ways of recruiting members to WWT as we believe it is such fantastic value for money and our membership co-ordinator has come up with great idea - she is holding a special 'become a member' day out. Basically we ar
9 November 2011
Celebrity speaker at Bird Watching Festival
Celebrity David Lindo is the special guest speaker at WWT Martin Mere’s North West Bird Watching Festival on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 November. David Lindo is The Urban Birder, bringing a fresh, urban perspective to modern birding. Tipped as the next B
6 November 2011
A Romany day to remember at WWT Martin Mere
The Romany Society visited WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre on Saturday 29 October to celebrate the life of George Bramwell Evans, who was the original broadcasting naturalist for the BBC known as ‘Romany of the BBC’. The society had a fantastic day out
29 October 2011
Beaver catch - night 5
It was a very quiet night last night and we didn't manage to catch any of the juveniles so the beaver catch will continue tonight with Steve, a warden, on night duty checking the traps. The diary will be updated on Monday with all the weekend news.
29 October 2011
Maxwell Law exhibition at WWT Martin Mere
WWT Martin Mere is hosting an exhibition from freelance photographer, Maxwell Law, throughout November. The exhibition, beginning Friday 4 November, will be located in the Lecture Theatre and Max will be undertaking free presentations throughout the durat
29 October 2011
Beaver catch - night 4
Last night I set the traps at 4.30 - 5pm. I had the night off (woohoo) so Julia checked them at 8pm and there wasn't anything in the traps but they were swimming around. At Midnight Mum and the kit from the first night had been caught. They where scanned
28 October 2011
Beaver catch - night 3
Yesterday I set the traps at 5pm before heading home. Julia, our Grounds Manager, was still around so she checked them in case of Moorhens. At 8pm we hadn’t managed to catch any, but they were out of the lodge. I came back at midnight and we had caught
27 October 2011