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Chris Packham awards photography prizes at WWT London Wetland Centre
Photographer and TV naturalist Chris Packham spent the day at WWT London Wetland Centre on Monday to judge and present six national prizes for WWT's photography competition. All finalists were invited to the winners’ day to be on hand for individual fe
27 January 2011
Six winners chosen for WWT photo competition 2010
The six winners of the WWT photography competition have been chosen by an expert panel chaired by photographer and TV naturalist Chris Packham. All finalists were invited to the winners’ day at WWT London Wetland Centre on Monday 24 January to be on h
26 January 2011
Regional winner from Welney succeeds at national WWT photography competition
The six winners of the WWT photography competition have been chosen by an expert panel chaired by photographer and TV naturalist Chris Packham. One of which, won the regional section of the people’s choice category for WWT Welney Wetland Centre. All fin
26 January 2011
WWT staff visit Martin Mere
I have been very busy over the last couple of days meeting with other staff from WWT centres. Yesterday our Learning officer visited Martin Mere and today both the Centre Managers and Marketing Managers from Arundel and London have come along to have a lo
25 January 2011
Sunderland photographer clinches national prize in WWT Photography Competition
A massive congratulations and well done to Naomi Roper from Roker in Sunderland, who has been named national winner of the Wetland Wildlife category in the WWT Photography Competition 2010! The 26-year-old, who works in Jessops in Sunderland city centre,
25 January 2011
Celebrations as 'punk duck' numbers rocket
Conservationists in Gloucestershire are celebrating record numbers of a duck with a very unusual ‘hairstyle’. The Tufted duck gets its name from the way its feathers grow with a punk-rock style tuft of them sweeping down the back of its head. A whoppi
25 January 2011
Model boat and train show
The Centre has had a fantastic weekend. It was the Model Boat and Train Show and even though I wasn't scheduled in for work I did pop over to check that everything was running smoothly (I can never resist living on site). Amazingly on Saturday we had 832
23 January 2011
Snowdrops and birdsong...is spring around the corner?
This cluster of beautiful snowdrops is just one of the signs that spring is round the corner in Gloucestershire. The wardens at Slimbridge Wetland Centre are always on the lookout for sights and sounds of the different seasons. Reserve warden James Lees t
20 January 2011
Spot the scaup and unseasonal sightings
For the past week or so a female scaup has been feeding on the reserve among the large numbers of tufted duck (see the photo taken here by Paul Gregory). Like the tufted ducks, these are diving ducks. They generally overwinter in the seas around UK coast
18 January 2011
Swans enjoy the floods!
There have been spectacular views of the swans on the reserve over the past few days as 200 have been making the most of the flooded scrapes on the reserve, alongside over 6,000 wigeon and nearly 600 white-fronted geese! The reserve is a nature lovers par
18 January 2011
PR and radio interviews
We have been working a lot with BBC Radio Lancashire recently. Last Thursday we had the afternoon show with John Gillmore live from the Centre and I did 2 interviews as well as a vast array of staff being interviewed, and Brett from the drive time show al
18 January 2011
Your wetland needs you!
Castle Espie Wetland Centre, outside Comber is currently recruiting for new volunteers. If you fancy embarking on something new in 2011 and are interested in wildlife, wetlands, history and people there are vacancies in administration, marketing, events,
12 January 2011
Hail the fisherman
The Graffan Gallery at Castle Espie Wetland Centre outside Comber in County Down, is the venue for Hail The Fisherman, (29 January – 13 February), a collection of work by Irish painter Cliona Fox. Primarily a painter, Dublin-based Cliona regularly under
12 January 2011
A day outside
I have spent the day helping the outside team today. They are still struggling since the cold weather and they have an amazing amount of work to do includinig catching up the birds that we are still treating for frost bite every two days for treatment. So
12 January 2011
Hazardous conditions
For anyone visiting Caerlaverock today, please take great caution when driving to the reserve. After the heavy fall of snow yesterday, we have had heavy rain all night which has melted through the snow as leaving sheet ice and black ice everywhere. The ro
10 January 2011