News
Winners of Carmarthenshire Tourism Awards 2011
We are proud to announce that WWT National Wetland Centre Wales won the silver award for 'best tourist attraction' in Carmarthenshire and the bronze award for the 'Sustainable Tourism' category. The awards were organised by the Carmarthenshrie Touris
14 November 2011
Swans flood in!
Swan Lake has been completely transformed with the arrival of 75 new birds, including 24 cygnets, over the weekend! On Saturday night alone, 50 swans dropped down, in the biggest ‘swan-fall’ for seven years! As I write, 100 swans are swimming, preenin
14 November 2011
Walk with a Warden day success.
Every year I hold a Walk with a Warden event where we collect, ring and mark the juvenile Nenes for future breeding, and this year was no exception. Great thanks to the 9 intrepid helpers who booked up. We were blessed with sunshine, but not with luck.
14 November 2011
From Russia with love: rare bird entrusted to British conservationists arrives in the UK
The Spoon-billed Sandpiper conservation breeding programme is a collaboration between WWT, Birds Russia, Moscow Zoo and the RSPB working with colleagues from the BTO, BirdLife International, ArcCona and the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force. Over the we
14 November 2011
From Russia with love: spoon-billed sandpipers arrive in the UK
On Friday, conservationists escorted 13 spoon-billed sandpipers, one of the most endangered species on the planet, into Heathrow and onto their new home at WWT's headquarters at Slimbridge. This is the final stage of an epic journey for the birds, which h
14 November 2011
White-fronted goose spotted
Our wardens have just spotted a wild white-fronted goose near the crested screamer pen! Flew off before we could confirm the sub-species... [...]
14 November 2011
Sightings
A hunting sparrowhawk is on site today and there are lots of bullfinch adding colour to the feeding station at Hawthorn Wood. [...]
14 November 2011
Barnacles
At least 3 Barnacle Geese this morning with Pink-footed Geese. It's shaping up to be an excellent autumn for interesting geese on the reserve. No reports of the Euro White-fronts today but there h [...]
14 November 2011
Today's wild bird sightings
258 wigeon 58 shoveler pocahrd tufted duck teal mallard gadwall shelduck small numbers of redshank black tailed godwits c300 lapwing w [...]
14 November 2011
Todays Sightings
Avenue Tower/Farmhouse Tower EURASIAN WHITE FRONTED GOOSE Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 1 Tufted Duck 50 Teal 2 Wigeon 60 Mute Swan 15 Folly Pond GREEN WINGED TEAL 1 Black-ta [...]
14 November 2011
Wildlife sightings for 14th November 2011
1 Jack Snipe - marsh, amongst tall Purple Loosestrife to the right of the main channel, from Peacock Tower 2 Peregrine - opposite side of the river on roof top of hospital 1 Dun [...]
14 November 2011
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Common Scoter female on estuary over high tide Great Crested Grebe 1 Grey Plover 20+ Knot 1 Plus 50 E.White-fronted Goose on the Dumbles and 2 immature Peregrine South L [...]
14 November 2011
Swan spectacle gets underway at WWT Welney
Swan roost provides stunning autumn spectacle. As the natural spectacles of autumn get underway, our region plays host to one of its own, now at its best! Thousands of migratory swans are roosting in front of WWT Welney’s main observatory each night.
13 November 2011
Wonderful weather for a visit to Welney
This morning as I was out doing the cattle checks I saw not 1, not 2, but 5 short-eared owls. With the water at its current level, this is the perfect time of year to not only see our stunning swans and welcome their return but to also see birds of pr
13 November 2011
Out on the reserve today
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13 November 2011