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Swan late! The first Bewick's swan has finally landed at WWT Slimbridge

Swan late! The first Bewick's swan has finally landed at WWT Slimbridge

After a long wait, the Bewick’s swan has finally arrived in Gloucestershire after an epic journey from the Arctic. The bird - so iconic to Slimbridge - has kept staff and volunteers on the edge of their seats; the late autumn weather delaying their migr

10 November 2017

National Lottery support to transform the birthplace of conservation

National Lottery support to transform the birthplace of conservation

A £4.1m National Lottery grant has been awarded to WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre, Gloucestershire, in a three-year project that will pay tribute to founder, Sir Peter Scott in a range of developments aimed at creating inspirational wildlife experiences.

31 October 2017

Royal visitor celebrates new milestone in efforts to save Madagascar pochard

Royal visitor celebrates new milestone in efforts to save Madagascar pochard

HRH The Princess Royal, patron of Durrell Wildlife Conservation, and President Rajaonarimampianina have officially opened the Fotsimaso Interpretation Centre for the Madagascar pochard. The event marks the completion of a major phase of the project, whic

27 October 2017

WWT Snapshot - September 2017

WWT Snapshot - September 2017

Thank you to our 212,341 members for your support. Here’s a whistle-stop run through just a few of the things your support enabled us to achieve in the last three months - at our wetland centres, elsewhere around the UK, and around the world: At our we

23 October 2017

Spooktacular 'wild' goings-on at UK WWT Wetland Centres this October Half Term

Spooktacular 'wild' goings-on at UK WWT Wetland Centres this October Half Term

Children and their families can enjoy a scarily huge variety of spooky fun at nine WWT Wetland Centres spread across the UK this October half term. Many events incorporate a ‘wild’ element, giving a different twist to traditional Halloween fare. Activ

20 October 2017

Iconic monument glows pink in support of solar-powered flamingos

Iconic monument glows pink in support of solar-powered flamingos

WWT Washington Wetland Centre is giving North East England’s iconic Penshaw Monument a pink flamingo makeover as part of a bid to create Europe’s first solar-powered flamingo house. The display marks tomorrow being the deadline for public votes for pr

20 October 2017

Fenland farmer wins Marsh award for wetlands

Fenland farmer wins Marsh award for wetlands

Fenland farmer Andrew Green has won the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust’s 2017 Marsh Award for Wetland Creation. Over 20 years Mr Green has transformed 250 acres at Kingfishers Bridge near Wicken, Cambridgeshire from intensively farmed fields into meadows, r

20 October 2017

WWT and wetland centres around the world

WWT and wetland centres around the world

Your nearest WWT wetland centre is one of 10 around the UK. But did you know we’ve also helped to design and create dozens more wetland centres around the world? So if you go to Dubai, check out the 20,000 birds at the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. Or

17 October 2017

Will there be a happy ending for our lonely swan at Caerlaverock?

Will there be a happy ending for our lonely swan at Caerlaverock?

The young whooper swan arrived in Caerlaverock from Iceland with its family last year but was unable to return this spring after damaging its feathers. As a result, the sad little cygnet has spent a summer on the Solway all alone. Now, as the whooper swan

16 October 2017

WWT's very own 'human swan' recognised by Women of the Year

WWT's very own 'human swan' recognised by Women of the Year

Sacha Dench of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT), will be named as one of Britain’s ‘Women of the Year’ at a prestigious lunch to celebrate ‘2017 Woman of Achievement’. She will join over 400 women from all walks of life and represents not

12 October 2017

WWT proposes new accountability law

WWT proposes new accountability law

A new law will be proposed at Westminster today (Wed 11 Oct) which would commit the Government to making the UK a little greener and healthier each year, or have to face up to Parliament and the public if they don’t. The WWT (Wildfowl & Wetlands Tru

11 October 2017

Child 'architects' check on new wetlands

Child 'architects' check on new wetlands

School pupils turned construction managers last week when they dropped in on a new wetland project that they helped design. More than 500 pupils from Prince of Wales Primary School visited the site of the new Prince of Wales community wetlands, which are

4 October 2017

Your WWT 2016-17

Your WWT 2016-17

Your WWT is working hard to create special wetland landscapes that benefit people and wildlife. Here are just some of the achievements your support made possible in the financial year 2016-17. Wildlife at wetland centres Our 10 wetland centres and reserve

2 October 2017

New urban wetland at WWT London Wetland Centre

New urban wetland at WWT London Wetland Centre

A new urban wetland feature at WWT London Wetland Centre is showing visitors how to use rainwater to improve their environment and for wetland wildlife A series of ponds and planters in the courtyard capture rainfall from the visitor centre’s roofs, and

20 September 2017

Early observations indicate a poor breeding season for the Bewick's swan

Early observations indicate a poor breeding season for the Bewick's swan

Our experts travelled over 2000 miles to the tundra to ring Bewick’s swans but sighted just one cygnet over nine days. The team managed to tag 86 of the magnificent birds but are concerned unseasonably cold weather may have affected numbers. However the

12 September 2017