Llanelli News

Celebrate New Life This May Half Term

Celebrate New Life This May Half Term

Downy Duckling Week is back at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre this spring half term! This exclusive one week only experience will take visitors behind-the-scenes of our special nursery to meet newly hatched fluffy ducklings! You can enjoy a special egg-to-d

16 May 2018

Celebrity-Designed Dusty Ducks Land at WWT Llanelli

Celebrity-Designed Dusty Ducks Land at WWT Llanelli

The phenomenal celebrity-designed Dusty Ducks are coming back to WWT Llanelli this spring! Originally designed by the world-famous Aardman studios to celebrate WWT’s 70th anniversary, Dusty is a big duck on an exciting adventure – exploring, trying ne

11 April 2018

Dusty's GIANT Duck Hunt Returns This Easter!

Dusty's GIANT Duck Hunt Returns This Easter!

WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre has lost some rather special ducks... Nine of our GIANT yellow ducks have gone missing and we need young detectives to help Dusty Duck find them this Easter holidays as part of Dusty’s GIANT Easter Duck Hunt! Follow our spec

21 March 2018

A Splashtastic Half Term Event!

A Splashtastic Half Term Event!

Children of all ages (and the young-at-heart!) are being encouraged to get out into the fresh air and have fun jumping in puddles this February half-term at Dusty’s Puddle Jumping Championships held at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre. The competition is par

24 January 2018

WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre Welcomes Chef Anna Brown to The Kingfisher Kitchen

WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre Welcomes Chef Anna Brown to The Kingfisher Kitchen

The recently refurbished Kingfisher Kitchen at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre is excited to welcome Chef Anna Brown to lead the team as Catering Manager. Anna has a wealth of catering experience, including time as a resident chef on S4C’s Prynhawn Da and W

3 November 2017

Storms Blow Rare Visitors to WWT Llanelli

Storms Blow Rare Visitors to WWT Llanelli

It’s proving to be a very exciting start to the autumn season at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre with the wild September weather blowing unexpected birds inland from all over the place. The first unusual sightings were of Manx Shearwaters and Guillemots in

26 September 2017

Osprey Checks In at WWT Llanelli

Osprey Checks In at WWT Llanelli

A nesting platform recently installed at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre in the hopes of attracting ospreys to the Burry Inlet following their absence for hundreds of years has been graced by one of the stunning birds already. On Monday 25 September an osprey

26 September 2017

High Tide Watch Brings Keen Birders Flocking

High Tide Watch Brings Keen Birders Flocking

                          Bird enthusiasts flocked to WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre for a special ‘after-hours’ guided High Tide Watch on 19 September when the first September tide to rea

20 September 2017

Exciting new play area launched at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre!

Exciting new play area launched at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre!

An overgrown woodland, which has been closed to the public for 20 years, has been transformed into a wild trek for adventurous youngsters at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust’s Llanelli Wetland Centre in Carmarthenshire. The Explore play area is a maze of

4 September 2017

Make a Bug Hotel with dad this father’s day with FREE entry at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre

Make a Bug Hotel with dad this father’s day with FREE entry at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre

Why not treat your loved ones this father’s day with FREE entry for dad, tad or tad-cu at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre on Sunday 18 June and enjoy the stunning surroundings overlooking the incredible Gower Peninsula. This is a proper treat for dad and a

13 June 2017

The countdown is on, how many wildlife species will you find?

The countdown is on, how many wildlife species will you find?

The countdown is on, WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre need your help to find and identify as many different species of birds, plants, bugs and beasties as possible in one day during the Bioblitz event on Saturday 10 June. The event is part of a series of acti

6 June 2017

NEW Celebrity Dusty Duck Trail at WWT Llanelli this May Half Term

NEW Celebrity Dusty Duck Trail at WWT Llanelli this May Half Term

A very different type of duck, designed by the world-famous Aardman studios, is landing at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre this week ready for May half term. Dusty Duck has been designed exclusively for the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) by Aardman studio

24 May 2017

Behind the scenes tours offer close up duckling encounters at Llanelli Wetland Centre

Behind the scenes tours offer close up duckling encounters at Llanelli Wetland Centre

Downy Duckling Week is back at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre this spring half term! This exclusive, one week only experience will take visitors behind-the-scenes to our ducking nursery to meet newly hatched fluffy ducklings! You can enjoy a special egg-to-

19 May 2017

Shetland Sheep Settle at New Home at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre

Shetland Sheep Settle at New Home at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre

Staff at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre are hoping some unlikely visitors will help them attract more breeding lapwings – a bird that is now red-listed due to its decline. And who are these visitors? Six Shetland sheep! These native breed of sheep, origina

24 April 2017

Discover wonderful wildlife as you Walk with a Warden this Spring at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre

Discover wonderful wildlife as you Walk with a Warden this Spring at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre

Explore the Millennium Wetlands with our warden for our first Walk with a Warden session of the year this Friday 7 April at 11am. Spring is a great time to discover the wildlife highlights on our fantastic 80ha reserve and our warden will help you use yo

3 April 2017