News
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
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/AM/Tide - Mid Wigeon - 4 Shelduck - 19 Tufted Duck - 10 Mallard - 42 Teal - 30 Lapwing - 26 Grey Heron - 6 Red Shank - 2 Hawthorn Wood Tree Creeper - [...]
21 January 2012
Bewick's Swan
The single Bewick's Swan was present again today feeding most of the morning in a field with Shelduck viewable from the United Utilities hide. Upto 1700 Whooper Swan are still present along with u [...]
21 January 2012
Wildlife sightings for 21st January 2012
1 Shelduck - main lake 3 Pintail - main lake, wader scrape 20 Redwing - entrance lake 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh Recent bird highlights: Bittern, Peregrine, Jack Snipe, Woo [...]
21 January 2012
Today's sightings
Send us your photographs If you have any good photographs of our wildlife, we would love to publish them here. send them to james.lees@wwt.org.uk Second winter female Sparrowhawk Copyrigh [...]
21 January 2012
Winter wildlife update
The recent cold spell has seen an increase in winter visitors on site today (20 Jan). Wildlife reserve manager John Gowland said: "As I checked the water flow at the filter reedbeds, I was privileged with great views of a male merlin sitting on one of the
20 January 2012
Recent leg-ringed swans
Quite a few swans at the 6.30pm feed last night coming up onto the walkway that we feed off meant that there were some interesting ringed swans to be seen. The rings below are the typical yellow [...]
20 January 2012
Merlin magic!
One of our wardens has just spotted a male Merlin perched on the fence behind the reedbed, then flew off toward the back of the flamingo pen, plus around 30 Siskin in Hollowood. [...]
20 January 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/AM/Tide - Mid Shelduck - 4 Lapwing - 14 Moorhen - 2 River Wear Little Grebe - 1 Cormorant - 5 Mallard - 42 Teal - 30 Shelduck - 4 Curlew - 3 Rese [...]
20 January 2012
Bird News
Despite awful weather, plenty of good birds to be seen including 4 Marsh Harriers, 1 Hen Harrier (ringtail), 2 Ravens and 2 Peregrines and a single Oystercatcher around the Mere. The feeders at the Ja [...]
20 January 2012
Wildlife sightings for 20th January 2012
1 Shelduck - main lake 1 Pintail - reservoir lagoon 252 Black Headed Gull - wader scrape 15 Redwing - entrance lake 5 Lesser Redpoll - world wetlands 2 Siskin - wildside [...]
20 January 2012
Today's sightings
The Rushy LESSER SCAUP 1 second winter female Pochard 450 Pintail 280 Bewick's Swan 170 The Holden Tower White-fronted Goose 261 Barnacle Goose 126 Lapwing 2000 Peregrine [...]
20 January 2012
A whole lot of holiday fun for the whole family at WWT
Why don’t you visit your local WWT Wetland Centre during February half term to enjoy a whole host of activities and events that the family can enjoy, while giving children exciting opportunities to learn about the natural world around them? With a medle
19 January 2012
Lagoon pictures capture progress
The excavation of our new saline lagoon continues apace. The recent cold snap froze the muddy habitat solid, perfect conditions for the diggers to make good headway carving out the shape of the lagoon; giving it depth and width. The river reedbed shelter
19 January 2012
Marathon run for spoon-billed sandpiper
Nigel Hewston, a teacher at Robinswood Primary School in Gloucester, has never run a marathon before, but in April will be taking on the London Marathon to try and raise £5,000 to help save the spoon-billed sandpiper from extinction. The 57 year old onl
19 January 2012