News
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
AW back on the block with a flounder
At 11.05 this morning AW flew onto the nest with a large flounder. Those pesky crows landed on the nest behind him but he soon saw them off and proceeded to eat his catch. There are a lot of new sticks on the nest today so they have been busy. The female
8 April 2011
Brilliant bluethroat back at Welney
A tiny, brightly coloured passerine has led to a surge in birdwatchers at WWT Welney Wetland Centre in Norfolk. Each spring a handful of white-spotted bluethroat pass through the UK on their migration but have never been recorded breeding in the UK. The w
8 April 2011
Youngsters galore at Slimbridge
The pitter patter of tiny duck feet is getting rather loud at Slimbridge Wetland Centre after a busy week of hatching. Moorhen chick by Dominic Heard The last few days have seen a surge in numbers of young birds with ducklings, goslings and chicks taking
8 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
New male at the nest
At 12 noon today we saw both the male and female on the nest at the same time. The male is not green AW, he has a white ring on his left leg which we can't read yet due to the poor weather and visibility. They both seemed happy side by side on the nest an
5 April 2011
Pair of ospreys back at Caerlaverock
Great news! A pair of ospreys back at Caerlaverock. This morning we could see the female osprey on the nest when we got the live CCTV images beamed through to the centre. Then at 10.30am she flew off and a male osprey landed on the nest briefly before fly
5 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
Artist of the month - Tom Vaulks
WWT Washington Wetland Centre is delighted to present the work of painter Tom Vaulks, on display and on sale throughout April. Tom, originally from Easington Colliery, has been producing his impressive large-scale pieces since 1999, following an art cours
4 April 2011
Still no sign
Since the sightings of our female on the nest on Friday afternoon, we have not seen this bird return. Our ground team did see our female sat in a tree close by but she has not returned to the nest. Similar news with the other individual which was seen on
3 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
Heritage Lottery Fund wants your views on the future of our heritage
What matters to you most about the UK’s heritage? Perhaps it’s the upkeep of a much-loved historic park or the secure future of a local museum. Perhaps it’s your local church, an important old building or a precious landscape you feel might need he
1 April 2011
Downy Duckling Days in April
Experience close encounters of the duckling kind at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre this April! Hand feed Indian runner ducklings in the Ducky Delights room in the visitors centre. Outside visit the wild mallard ducklings and the fluffy grey goslings of the ne
1 April 2011
Arrival news
Osprey Arrival Great news this afternoon at Caerlaverock with our first confirmed sighting of an Osprey on the live nest camera for the 2011 breeding season. Whilst we have had reports of a couple of sightings around the nest site over the last couple of
1 April 2011
She's back!!
Great news coming from the CCTV cameras in the visitor center. Today at 1420 an unringed female Osprey landing smack in the middle of the egg cup. After looking at the facial patterns we are quite confident that this is our female. Whilst watching the fem
1 April 2011