Martin Mere news
Join in the big toddle waddle at WWT Martin Mere
Toddlers, parents and nurseries are invited to WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre on Thursday 30 June at 10.30am to take part in the Big Toddle Waddle to raise money for Banardo's projects that help children under the age of 5. Entry is free to the Centre for
5 May 2011
Thirteen calves born at WWT Martin Mere
13 long-horn calves have been born at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre, helping the Centre to traditionally manage the reserve. Martin Mere has a herd of traditional Long Horn cattle as they are ideal for grazing on wetlands and have been nicknamed ‘wetla
29 April 2011
A Wizzy update
We had a fantastic bank holiday weekend at the Centre with almost 5000 visitors over the 4 days and I received nothing but positive comments as I walked around and talked to people. It has been mentioned to me that a number of people were also asking how
27 April 2011
Take to the water on WWT Martin Mere’s brand new canoe safari attraction
A brand new, unique experience in the North West is officially opening on Monday 11 April at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre in Burscough, Ormskirk: Canoe Safari. In June 2010, WWT Martin Mere started work to create 2.4 hectares of new reed bed, wet woodla
11 April 2011
The safety inspection... five days to go
I can breathe a sigh of relief this morning as the safety insepctor from the Council has been out to inspect the canoe safari and all the associated paper work and I am pleased to say everything is fine and we can open on Monday! There is still lots of ac
6 April 2011
It's all coming together: six days to go
Things are really starting to take shape at the Canoe Safari. The kiosk arrived safely yesterday and was erected - we still need to do the cladding but the electrician is in today doing work on both the kiosk and the canoe barn. The play area is being fi
5 April 2011
Goslings born at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre heralding the start of spring
WWT Martin Mere is heralding the start of spring and downy duckling season with four nene goslings being born. The Nene is well known at the Centre for being one of the birds that will actually take bird food from the hand and is an enjoyable attraction f
3 April 2011
Planting at the canoe safari
With the opening day looming I have today been out on the Canoe Safari with some of our volunteers, planting Phragmies. There is still lots of preparation for the opening in a few weeks time, so i decided to lend a hand as the sun was shining. There have
31 March 2011
Flamingo Catch
We have recently been catching up our Chilean flamingos. Every year we struggle to breed the Chilean flamingos as they tend to lay their eggs later in the year so it is getting too cold for the chicks to survive when they hatch. So we are continually comi
22 March 2011
A visit to WWT Washington
I went to visit our Centre in Washington yesterday. I have not been to Washington for a couple of years so it was great to have a look around the Centre and see the new developments - in particular the new wetland lagoon which is a fantastic new edition t
11 March 2011
Festival of Gardening - my vegetable patch at home
March is WWT's official gardening month and we have started with displays in the concourse and this weekend we will be doing pond dipping and making mini-gardens as well as specialist tours. To add to this event, every Friday I will put on my diary what I
4 March 2011
Meetings with local businesses
I have had two fantastic meetings this morning and yesterday with Tesco and United Utilities. Myself and the Marketing Manager met with the community officer for Tesco Southport yesterday to talk about how we can work in partnership in the future - we had
3 March 2011
How many hits on the beaver cam?
Thank you for all of your comments stating how you are enjoying watching the beavers - I can't believe it has been so popular although I always hoped it would be something that would catch on. The Marketing Manager had a quick look on google analytics thi
28 February 2011
A visit from IT
Julian, our new Head of IT, and John came up from Slimbridge yesterday to have a good look around the Centre and find out our technological needs! It was a really good visit and a great opportunity to sit down and talk about problems we have with our netw
24 February 2011
Watch the beavers at night on WWT Martin Mere’s new web cam
From Monday 21 February visitors to WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre can take the experience home with them as they can now watch a live web cam on the beavers to view their nightly antics of swimming, playing, feeding and carrying willow around the enclosu
21 February 2011