Llanelli News
Celebrate Christmas at WWT Llanelli
The festive season is nearly upon us, and you can get into the Christmas spirit with plenty of events and activities at WWT Llanelli – there’s something for everyone! Did you know that reindeer love to eat goose poo? I’m sure that’ll be enough inc
3 November 2012
The spooky side of wetlands
From Saturday 27 October until Sunday 4 November you can join us for Halloween-themed half term family fun! Catch spiders and other beasties at our creepy crawly hunts (11am), find frightening fungi and hear spooky stories about them (1pm), go fishing in
25 October 2012
Today's wild bird sightings
Please note these are yesterday's sightings! Great white egret from the British Steel Hide 5 little egret 18 cormorant 630 black tailed godwit 462 knot 6 snipe 35 dunlin 12 redshank 2 spotted redshank 14 greenshank assorted wildfowl kestrel sparowhawk bu
23 October 2012
Inspiring Generations Free School Visits Scheme
Hundreds of pupils from disadvantaged schools across Wales are being given the chance to visit WWT Llanelli for free, thanks to the successful Inspiring Generations fundraising appeal. Head teachers from the hundreds of eligible* schools in the area rece
14 October 2012
Migration update
Curlew Between 40,000 and 50,000 migratory wildfowl and waders travel to the Burry Inlet to spend the winter every year. This year, we saw the unprecedented early arrival in July of hundreds of these birds due to cold weather and flooding resulting i
7 September 2012
New species of damselfly arrives in Wales
Small red-eyed damselfly at WWT Llanelli (Mark Hipkin) Small red-eyed damselflies have been recorded on the reserve here at WWT Llanelli, and according to the British Dragonfly Society, they are the first recorded any
24 August 2012
Final flamingo chick has hatched!
One of the flamingo chicks on the nest (Sammy-jo Pengelly) There are now five flamingo chicks to see at WWT Llanelli! Chicks number 1 and 2, both hatched on the morning of 25 July (to different parents), have grown a
15 August 2012
First flamingo chicks hatch!
Caribbean flamingo chick - Simon Ellison-Burns Two Caribbean flamingo chicks hatched in the early hours of Wednesday 25th July. This is fifteen days later than the first hatching in 2011, due to the confusing w
26 July 2012
Summer holiday fun!
Summer holiday activities run from Saturday 21 July until Monday 3 September! Join us for minibeast hunting, pond dipping, craft activities, flamingo watching and of course our fabulous canoe and bike trails! For more information see http://www.wwt.org.u
19 July 2012
Bad weather continues to affect birds
Curlew (Image credit: James Lees) We can all agree that 2012 has been a year of unpredictable weather, and many birds have already been affected. We have heard chiffchaffs singing autumn calls in May, the flamingos ha
9 July 2012
Bad weather blows rare gull-billed tern off course to WWT Llanelli!
Gull-billed tern (Image credit: Mark Hipkin) Birders are flocking to WWT Llanelli this week to see an extremely rare gull-billed tern who has taken up residence. It is thought the recent squally weather has blown the
28 June 2012
First flamingo egg laid!
Our Caribbean flamingos at their nest site (Simon Ellison-Burns) The first Caribbean flamingo egg for 2012 at WWT Llanelli has been laid! This is about two weeks later than expected, as like many of our other birds th
24 June 2012
Help save British ladybirds this Fathers' Day
Ladybirds are important in our gardens, feeding on the aphids that attack garden plants. Unfortunately, numbers of British ladybirds are falling due to the invasion of a foreign species, the harlequin ladybird, which has now spread to South Wales. The
28 May 2012
Autumn already?
Reed warbler (James Lees) Our annual dawn chorus event took place this morning at 6am, and despite the cold weather there were plenty of male birds singing to stake a claim to their territories. The morning began with
5 May 2012
Double 21st birthday celebration at WWT Llanelli
Lucy and her nene toyboy enjoy a romantic meal! Can you think of a good name for him? (Image credit: Sammy-jo Pengelly) A favourite with visitors, our female cape barren goose Lucy has two special reasons to celebrat
19 April 2012