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WWT festive fun – mixing tradition and treats
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a visit to Santa, but a festive day out at a Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) Centre is a great opportunity to mix tradition with nature too.
29 November 2016
Lottery focus on 'incredible journey' learning experience
A share of the £225,000 gifted to the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) via the support of players of the People’s Postcode Lottery is now helping school pupils understand the incredible journeys of migratory species of bird.
28 November 2016
Tiny transmitter's giant role in saving the 'spoony'
A tiny transmitter on a tiny bird is helping conservationists in their bid to save a Critically Endangered species from extinction. Now the world’s smallest satellite tag is helping researchers to build up a picture of the migration patterns of Spoon-bill
21 November 2016
'Spoonies' take starring role in new C4 documentary
The Critically Endangered spoon-billed sandpiper will be stepping into the limelight this week when the first programme in a new C4 documentary series is broadcast at 7pm on Saturday. China: Between Clouds and Dreams is a new five-part series which aims t
4 November 2016
Prince of Wales celebrates WWT's 70th
The Prince of Wales met volunteers and staff at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust’s (WWT) Slimbridge headquarters to celebrate the charity’s 70th anniversary and hear about their global work. The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) creates and protect
4 November 2016
Human swan injured on migration
Conservationist Sacha Dench has dislocated her kneecap whilst following the migration of Bewick’s swans in a paramotor. Ms Dench is tracking the swans for 7000km from Arctic Russia to the UK as part of a project by the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT
11 October 2016
More wetland protection after major conferences
WWT played a key part in two landmark four-yearly global meetings that have helped to provide future protection for wetlands. In China, WWT became a signatory to the Changshu Declaration on Wetlands at the 10th INTECOL International Wetlands Conference. T
11 October 2016
Swan woman takes off
Early this morning, conservationist and adventurer Sacha Dench took to the air above the Russian tundra in her paramotor at the start of her 4,500 mile journey following the migration of endangered Bewick’s swans.
19 September 2016
More than one in 10 UK species threatened with extinction, new study finds
It’s not too late to save UK nature but we must act now - that is the conclusion from WWT and a coalition of more than 50 leading wildlife and research organisations behind the State of Nature 2016 report. Following on from the ground breaking State of
14 September 2016
Shipping agreement helps tackle problem species
(c) CSIRO A new international agreement to reduce the spread of water-born invasive species between countries due to shipping has been warmly welcomed by the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust. Large ships take on ballast
9 September 2016
Well-wishers bid farewell to adventurer Sacha Dench ahead of swan flight from Arctic
Well-wishers bid farewell to adventurer and conservationist Sacha Dench yesterday, ahead of her departure for the Arctic where she will accompany rare Bewick’s swans on a 4,500 mile journey in a paramotor as they make their annual migration back to the UK
26 August 2016
Willow sculptures
Around the Wetland Walkway at Steart Marshes you can now spot 10 willow sculptures. These are life size models, made from Somerset willow by local artists, of animals that live in or use this Working Wetland. The attached information sheet gives
24 August 2016
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4 August 2016
WWT welcomes new invasive species law
A list of 37 invasive non-native plant and animal species including squirrels, a terrapin and a cabbage will be banned from being brought into the UK after this Wednesday – but only for as long as the UK remains in the EU.
1 August 2016
You've been Attenborough'd!
This is the moment naturalist and wildlife presenter Sir David Attenborough surprised WWT member Lizzie Guntrip by saying hello on a visit to London Wetland Centre. David was at the wetland centre in Barnes to launch the 2016 Big Butterfly Count, a nation
21 July 2016