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Animal Magic Preparations
We are setting up this week for our annual Animal Magic Weekend, if you like your animals it's an amazing weekend where you will get the chance to get up close to Meerkats, Skunks, ferrets and birds of prey all from various organisations. We have been
22 September 2011
Whooper swans glide in at WWT Welney!
The first nine whooper swans glided onto the main lagoon as wardens opened the reserve on the morning of Thursday 15 September – four days earlier than last year! The sight of these arrivals and those to follow will be an intriguing development for the
21 September 2011
Some 2011 favourites
Aah the south Georgian pintail... So under-rated! Their proportions; from the roundness of the head to the curve of the belly are totally perfect. Despite this delicacy however they exude a sort of.. stoutness, which goes a long way to explaining their at
17 September 2011
Entries come flooding in for WWT Photography Competition 2011-12
Talented photographers from across the region have begun sending in their spectacular entries for the WWT Photography Competition 2011-2012. With an amazing grand prize of a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Antarctica up for grabs, the competition is being held
16 September 2011
The AGM
It has been the WWT AGM at Martin Mere today and we welcomed the Council members, Directors, staff and a large number of WWT members to the event. Last night we had the opportunity to go and have a meal with the Council members at Briars Hall and it wa
15 September 2011
A clean bill of health
Guest blog by London Wetland Centre Volunteer Jenny Shalom Our Grounds Supervisor, Idris, with a red-breasted goose One of my favourite volunteering opportunities at the London Wetland Centre is helping with the Worl
15 September 2011
The European eider
"Ow-woo!" Common Eider are so adorable... They are so big and fluffy with their chocolate brown down and so distinctive with that miniature replica of their adult beak that there is no mistaking them. Even as ducklings they emit that wonderful "ooh ooh" n
14 September 2011
Weather-beaten seabirds rescued off banks of the Severn
James lees about to release the Manx shearwaters by Mike Youdale Wardens at a nature reserve in Gloucestershire are keeping watch for injured seabirds after a number have been blown off course by the stormy weather. S
13 September 2011
David Lindo, The Urban Birder, goes rural at WWT Welney!
David Lindo, up-and-coming birder with a twist! Using urban centres to hone his skills and let his interest in birds flourish, will be talking and holding book signings of his first publication at the WWT Welney autumn fair on Sunday 25 September. The aut
12 September 2011
Freckled ducks!
My current favourites (I know it changes!) are these wonderful Freckled duck. Foiled last year by the bizarre, dedicated and intrepid efforts of a broody Maccoa, Mrs. Freck finally got to incubate her own eggs! In 2010 her previous clutch was rolled pain
10 September 2011
September is WWT's wellbeing month
We have a variety of activities at the Centre including the promotion of the walks, talks and canoe safari as light forms of exercise. We have set up a few partnerships with Wellbeing month as well - Tescos and the Vegetarian Society have both put displ
7 September 2011
Heading south
Our Ospreys have now not been seen on the nest for over a week, but we have been getting regular daily sightings of Ospreys fishing on the Solway in front of our Saltcot Merse Observatory. Some days have been seeing one or two birds, other days there ha
7 September 2011
London Wetland Centre announces launch of the WWT Photography Competition 2011-2012
Win a trip to Antarctica Shoveler - Tom Hines WWT London Wetland Centre is encouraging all local photographers to enter the WWT Photography Competition 2011-2012 which launched yesterday. The competition is being hel
6 September 2011
Slimbridge named top British reserve
It’s official, we’re Britain’s finest nature reserve! Slimbridge Wetland Centre has been voted the top nature reserve in Britain. Staff at the centre in Gloucestershire are celebrating after it was picked by Countryfile magazine readers from a shor
2 September 2011
A ruddy-headed goose double date
A glorious male Ruddy head.I am a bit obsessed with some of our sheldgoose species, not least the Falkland island examples such as the Ashy and Ruddy-headed goose. They just tick every single box; beautiful, delicate, unique, compact, characterful...
1 September 2011