Come and meet Mike Dilger at WWT Martin Mere
Face of The One Show and probably the most widely watched wildlife presenter on TV today, Mike Dilger will be embarking on a very special mission for WWT in January 2013 and he will be making a guest appearance at Martin Mere on Monday 28 January 2013.
Kind of like a cross between running seven marathons on seven continents in seven days and seeing the ‘big five’ African safari animals, but with a bit of birding thrown in, the Big 9 Challenge will see Mike visit all nine WWT centres across the UK in just nine days.
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As well as taking in some of the UK’s best winter wildlife spectacles, he will undertake a wildlife challenge and host an evening talk at each centre, raising money for the spoon-billed sandpiper conservation breeding programme.
The challenge will start on Friday 25 January in Arundel and finish on World Wetlands Day, Saturday 2 Feb at London Wetland Centre.
Martin Mere Challenge
Mike will be undertaking our two swan feeds: 3pm and 3.30pm at the Raines Observatory. The 3.30pm talk will also include a commentary from Mike. Normal admission charges apply and you can come along and and see Mike at the Centre.
Evening talk
Time: 6pm
Cost: £15 including refreshments
The talk entitled ‘The Trials and Tribulations of a TV Naturalist’ is an informative, entertaining and, in places, hilarious rollercoaster of a ride revealing everything you wanted to know about filming wildlife and writing nature books, but were afraid to ask.
Mike will be doing an evening talk at the Centre and you need to book in advance by calling 01704 895181.
For details of Mike's schedule for the Big 9 Challenge, please click here
