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Wetland conservation heroes - the Marsh Awards 2019
Mary Colwell and David Hindle have been given a Marsh award each from Peter Titley of the Marsh Christian Trust, whilst the other recipient, Dr. Llewellyn Young’s, posthumous award was accepted by his wife Deborah.
14 October 2019
Funding helps support our work in Cambodia
WWT has been awarded a grant by the Disney Conservation Fund (DCF) for our work to conserve the globally Vulnerable sarus crane in the Lower Mekong Delta in Cambodia.
11 October 2019
Help us crack the curlew mystery!
Help us track the mysterious movements of our headstarted curlews by reporting your sightings to us.
3 October 2019
Cambodia: the kingdom of wetlands
Cambodia is one of the most wetland dependant countries in the world. More than 46% of its people live and work in wetlands and 80% of the population rely on them for food. Yet protecting wetlands in Cambodia is a complex and challenging issue.
20 September 2019
Support the global climate strikes
WWT stands alongside young people calling for climate strikes
12 September 2019
Alien Plant Meets a Mighty Foe at Llanelli Wetland Centre
In a first for Wales, a microscopic sap-sucking mite has been introduced in a bid to help control invasive Australian wetland plant Crassula that chokes up bodies of water and vastly out-competes our native plants.
3 September 2019
Wild barnacle geese take climate action
2019 research has shown that migratory barnacle geese are actively adjusting their traditions to climate change, shifting their migration routes within the last 25 years.
3 September 2019
Improving habitat for waterbirds: the Dafen Scrapes Project at Llanelli
At Llanelli we have recently enhanced the Dafen Scrapes area of the reserve.
29 August 2019
WWT Snapshot August 2019
Here’s a snapshot of just some of the wetland conservation work that’s been possible in the last three months due to your support for WWT.
29 August 2019
WWT welcomes French curlew decision reversal
WWT is welcoming the French government’s decision to ban the hunting of curlew this winter, following pressure from conservation groups including ourselves. The curlew is declining rapidly across the UK. Its population has declined by almost two thir
28 August 2019
Curlew hunting in France given green light despite experts' warnings
The French Government has decided that up to 6000 Eurasian curlew - in rapid decline across the UK and Europe - can be hunted in France. Dismissing expert advice, including recommendations from their own committee, the French Government will not renew a
2 August 2019
Have we got newt for you!
North East wetland reserve helps the local population of protected great-crested newt thrive
31 July 2019
Major campaign launched to encourage the nation to ‘Love Water’
The British public are being asked to help the country protect water resources for future generations as part of a major campaign launched today by more than 40 environmental groups, charities, water companies and regulators. Clean, healthy and readily
30 July 2019
WWT urges French Government to end the hunting of curlews
WWT has written to the French Government urging them to reconsider plans to allow the hunting of curlews, which are declining rapidly across the UK and Europe. Under new proposals, the French Government are considering not renewing a moratorium which s
26 July 2019
Your patch, your planet
WWT joins campaign encouraging all children to protect nature in their backyard Backyard Nature is a new UK-wide campaign aiming to get all children, regardless of where they live, to spend more time outside enjoying and protecting nature in their back
23 July 2019