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Wild birds take refuge as cold snap bites
WWT’s nine wetland centres across the UK are seeing bumper visitor numbers this week, but not just the human kind! The freezing conditions have prompted thousands more ducks, geese and swans than usual to enjoy the hospitality of WWT reserves during the
5 January 2010
Learn Welsh in the wetlands in 2010
Have you been meaning to learn Welsh in 2010? Here's your chance. Welsh courses for beginners at entry level/lefel mynediad will be held in the National Wetland Centre. The options are: Mondays and Wednesdays from 9.30 to 12.30. Registration for this cour
1 January 2010
Almost two girls for every boy is perfect start to pochard breeding programme
Scientists working to save the rarest bird in the world, the Madagascar pochard, have reported ducks (girls) outnumber drakes (boys) by almost two to one in the first two broods being reared in captivity, giving further hope to the emergency rescue missi
24 December 2009
Are the Bewick's predicting a white Christmas again?
With the country in the grip of arctic conditions from Russia, there’s an old Russian saying tthe swans bring winter on their wingst. So are the Bewick’s swans migrating from arctic Russia to winter at WWT Slimbridge in Gloucestershire accurately pre
17 December 2009
Success! hatch confirms doubling of population
The short text sent from Madagascar by Team Pochard’s Owen Joiner (Aviculture Manager at WWT’s Washington Wetland Centre) said it all: “100% hatch just complete. Massive grins” Fantastic news that all seven eggs from the third clutch of Criticall
20 November 2009
Madagascar pochard population set to double
The race against time to save the Madagascar pochard from extinction is well on the road to success. WWT’s ‘Team Pochard’ in Madagascar, along with colleagues from Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and The Peregrine Fund look set to achieve the
13 November 2009
First super whooper completes migration in 'Supersonic' time
A satellite-tracked Super Whooper swan has lived up to his name and completed the migration between Iceland and Scotland, flying 800km non-stop over the ocean in just 14 hours. The aptly named Supersonic Bill was just three hours short of the shortest eve
5 November 2009
First step to save the world’s rarest bird taken successfully!
A complicated and challenging mission to a remote lake in Madagascar has resulted in a huge step being taken in efforts to save the world’s rarest duck from extinction. A collaborative team of specialists were hampered by electrical storms, gruelling j
4 November 2009
Winners of the WWT Nikon photography competition announced
A pintail, a shelduck and a little grebe featured in the winning images of the WWT Nikon Photography Competition 2009, announced at an awards ceremony held at the WWT London Wetland Centre. The competition asked photographers to ‘show us what WWT means
30 October 2009
Llanelli scoops top tourism award
WWT National Wetland Centre Wales, Llanelli has officially been hailed the best day out in Carmarthenshire. In the first Carmarthenshire Tourism Association’s tourism awards held last week, WWT National Wetland Centre Wales fought off stiff competition
28 October 2009
Will our wildlife be celebrating Natural England’s third birthday?
Three years ago last weekend, Natural England was born. Formed from the merger of three organisations, it emerged into the expectant glare of England’s wildlife charities, including WWT, the UK’s leading wetland conservation charity. We have been watc
13 October 2009
The Crimson Wing debuts with footage from Slimbridge
The million+ lesser flamingos at Lake Natron in Tanzania are the subject of a visually stunning new documentary film from Disneynature. The Crimson Wing charts the life of a lesser flamingo from birth and follows its battle to thrive in the unforgiving e
25 September 2009
Rare first-winter marsh warbler in first for Slimbridge
He might have arrived in time for Sir Peter Scott's centenary celebrations on Monday, but he was so unexpected a sighting that official verification that he is a first-winter marsh warbler has only just been confirmed. Marsh warblers are generally seen in
17 September 2009
Artist-led bat house gives a lead to building design of the future
WWT is marking today's centenary of the birth of our founder, Sir Peter Scott, by urging architects, builders and home-improvers to follow his lead and do work which benefits wildlife as well as people. The call coincides with the opening this morning of
14 September 2009
WWT hopeful that innovation will prevail in Severn Estuary - though threat of a Cardiff-Weston barrage remains
WWT welcomes the UK Low Carbon Transition Plan white paper which put the quest for tidal power in the Severn Estuary into a national context. However, the inclusion of the environmentally destructive Cardiff-Weston barrage in the government's shortlist of
16 July 2009