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Grab a paddle

Family paddling on canoe safari The award winning canoe safari and boat tours at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre are re-opening on Thursday 24 March, offering adults and children lots of fun exploring the wetland throu

4 March 2016

Swanning around

Every year at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre, we welcome experts from across the Trust and industry to host a swan catch to continue with our Whooper swan research, allowing us to monitor the health of the species and ring individual birds to develop prof

28 February 2016

We need your help!

Volunteer with a group of teenagers before a canoe safari WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre is looking for enthusiastic volunteers of all ages to come and join our education, visitor services and canoe safari team this S

10 February 2016

Planted and Picked

A new exhibition, by Carol Dawber, called Planted and Picked has begun at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre. Southport artist, Carol, will display over 40 pieces of work which explores how best to use 'colours of the garden' to create art through textiles.

4 February 2016

Spot a pochard?

Male Common Pochard flying The cold snap which engulfed the country over the last few days has led to an increase in ducks, geese and swans at WWT Martin Mere. It is often the best time of year to see large numbers of

22 January 2016

Calling all teachers!

When Sir Peter Scott built WWT Martin Mere over 40 years ago, he intended it to be a place where people would enjoy themselves whilst learning about the amazing wetland wildlife which lives here. Today, ten thousand school children from Lancashire, Mersey

13 January 2016

Look deeply beyond at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre’s latest exhibition

A new exhibition that explores the magnified world of nature has begun at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre. Deeply Beyond, an exhibition by Mary Keenan, uses lighting techniques to show plant specimens and feathers in fine detail producing vibrant, colourfu

15 December 2015

WWT Martin Mere helps North West Women’s Institutes Celebrate their Centenary Year

Martin Mere Photography Project.Pictures by Martin Birchall Photography.www.martinbirchallphotography.comTel.07810528193. WWT Martin Mere, a mere youngster at only 40 years old, is celebrating with North West Women’

2 December 2015

Unveiled today at WWT Martin Mere, the UK’s only giant LEGO® brick wetland animal trail

Today, the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust’s (WWT) giant LEGO brick animal trail, the only one of its kind in the UK, was launched at Martin Mere Wetland Centre. This is the first time these amazing characters, especially created for WWT, have been seen in

24 November 2015

Bird Watching Festival

Iolo Williams, Andy Rouse and Mark Avery are some of the celebrity guest speakers visiting WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre for the North West Bird Watching Festival on Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 November. Whether you’re a group of photographers, birdwat

13 November 2015

In the company of wildlife

In the company of wildlife is the title of the latest exhibition at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre throughout November. The exhibition, by multi-award winning photographer Ron McCombe, features wildlife photographs from his travels to the Highlands, Swede

13 November 2015

Amazing starling display

WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre has seen the return of approximately 15,000 starlings at the Centre. The birds disperse during the day but return to the Centre from 4pm onwards everyday with a fantastic ten minute spectacle, creating shapes in the sky as t

28 October 2015

Mega-hide built at WWT Martin Mere

Visitors to WWT Martin Mere will get even closer to its famous spectacle of thousands of geese and swans after a brand new mega-hide was completed this week. It has been made possible thanks to donations from WWT members, Lancashire Environmental Fund, Ca

22 October 2015

Construction work complete on new hide

Visitors to WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre will get even closer to its famous spectacle of thousands of geese and swans after the building work was completed this week on the brand new discovery hide. It has been made possible thanks to donations from WW