WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre on S4C
WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre celebrated World Wetlands Day 2015 on Monday 2nd February with a visit from S4C’s Heno programme film crew, who spent the afternoon exploring the wetlands and meeting with members of the WWT team. The crew interviewed Learning Assistant Dan Rouse to find out more about wetlands, why they are threatened, and what can be done to help.
The programme was broadcast live from the Wetland Centre in the evening, including a live interview with Learning Assistant Heini Evans, who talked particularly about this year’s World Wetlands Day theme of “wetlands for our future”. Heini was helped by year 3 and 4 pupils from local school Ysgol Dewi Sant, who talked about some of their favourite wetland animals, with the great diving beetle coming out on top!
The programme will be available to view for a short time at the following website: http://www.s4c.co.uk/clic/e_level2.shtml?programme_id=519011477
The day also marked the beginning of the installation of the steel framework that will form part of WWT Llanelli’s brand new “water lab”, an inspiring outdoor teaching and learning space especially designed to help school children and the centre’s general visitors to learn about wetlands and their role in the water cycle. The building will incorporate Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS), along with rainwater-powered kinetic features, showcasing how we can work in harmony with wetlands when designing modern buildings.
