Blog - Martin Mere
A new trail
I am pleased to say the the trail has now been completed from the end of our community reedbed walk to the Farm Tea Room. This is something we have wanted to get completed for some time - there has always been a walk there via the public footpaths, but we
18 November 2011
How to recruit new members
We are always trying to come up with new ways of recruiting members to WWT as we believe it is such fantastic value for money and our membership co-ordinator has come up with great idea - she is holding a special 'become a member' day out. Basically we ar
9 November 2011
Celebrity speaker at Bird Watching Festival
Celebrity David Lindo is the special guest speaker at WWT Martin Mere’s North West Bird Watching Festival on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 November. David Lindo is The Urban Birder, bringing a fresh, urban perspective to modern birding. Tipped as the next B
6 November 2011
Beaver catch - night 5
It was a very quiet night last night and we didn't manage to catch any of the juveniles so the beaver catch will continue tonight with Steve, a warden, on night duty checking the traps. The diary will be updated on Monday with all the weekend news.
29 October 2011
Beaver catch - night 4
Last night I set the traps at 4.30 - 5pm. I had the night off (woohoo) so Julia checked them at 8pm and there wasn't anything in the traps but they were swimming around. At Midnight Mum and the kit from the first night had been caught. They where scanned
28 October 2011
Beaver catch - night 3
Yesterday I set the traps at 5pm before heading home. Julia, our Grounds Manager, was still around so she checked them in case of Moorhens. At 8pm we hadn’t managed to catch any, but they were out of the lodge. I came back at midnight and we had caught
27 October 2011
Beaver catch - night 2
Last night I set the traps at around 6 o'clock. We set them at dusk, but have to hang around so that we can check they aren't set off by moorhens while its still light. The moorhens like to have a nosy in them, once I'd done that I had a snooze in the bea
26 October 2011
Last chance to have a go on canoe safari
I hope that you are all enjoying reading about the beaver catches this week but I just wanted to remind you all that the canoe safari will be closing on Sunday for the winter so this week really is the last chance to experience it until next Easter. Th
25 October 2011
Beaver catch - night 1
Hi I'm Alex, the Mammal Keeper at Martin Mere. Last night I spent the night in the warden's Tower. I brought my portable hammock, which is really comfy and much better than the floor or chairs as i have slept on in previous catches! The first night
25 October 2011
Beaver catches start
We will be starting beaver catches tonight. The cages are in the enclosure all year round and we feed the beavers from the cages to get them used to going in and out of them. So tonight we will actually set the traps and our outdoor team will come alon
24 October 2011
October - busy, busy
Last week was a really busy week for me and I wasn't really at the centre much. We have meetings reagularly for our Centre Managers from across the country and these are really useful and great for catching up with the other centres news! At the meetin
17 October 2011
Animal Magic success
Animal Magic was a great success at the weekend with 4000 visitors enjoying the event. A big thank you to all the staff that worked really hard and I must also thank all the exhibitors that came along and were fantastic in talking to visitors and shari
27 September 2011
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
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
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