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WWT London Wetland Centre: A year in two minutes

WWT London Wetland Centre: A year in two minutes

[yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms6xdSLqJkg']Warden Mike Caiden took photographs of WWT London Wetland Centre from different angles as he worked outside throughout 2011, managing the Centre’s wide range of habitats. Mike edited the images to

8 February 2012

Reptiles Undercover!

Reptiles Undercover!

Crocodile Encounters show - Przemek Piotroski Saturday 11 – Sunday 12 February Slither over to WWT London Wetland Centre this half term and enter the fascinating world of reptiles. All weekend there will be snakes,

1 February 2012

Winning snap! A hunting lizard wins a prize for a wildlife photographer

Winning snap! A hunting lizard wins a prize for a wildlife photographer

Common lizard eating a spider - Saut Hutabarat Saut Hutabarat has won a WWT Photography competition People’s Choice prize with this striking photo of a hungry lizard. Visitors to the WWT photography competition webs

25 January 2012

Start your New Year bird watching with an expert

Start your New Year bird watching with an expert

Sunday 1 January, 2012        9.45am Bearded Tit - Oscar Dewhurst Join a warden at WWT London Wetland Centre for a one hour walk as he helps you identify as many bird species as possible.  For keen bird watch

9 December 2011

PORTRAITS fashion to feathers

PORTRAITS fashion to feathers

Justin de Villeneuve photographic exhibition at London Wetland Centre An elegant new exhibition - PORTRAITS fashion to feathers - at WWT London Wetland Centre pairs images of models and rock stars with exotic birds and highlights some striking similarit

25 November 2011

Miracle mallards: ducklings hatch in November

Miracle mallards: ducklings hatch in November

Mallard ducklings - November 2011 A mallard at London Wetland Centre has hatched a clutch of 11 ducklings, about six months later (or perhaps earlier?) than usual. The ducklings, which should have made an appearance s

18 November 2011

Paddling peregrines and baffled daffodils at WWT London Wetland Centre

Paddling peregrines and baffled daffodils at WWT London Wetland Centre

Peregrine on Main Lake - Mike Caiden The warm winter weather has caused a flurry of unseasonal activity at WWT London Wetland Centre. Temperatures of 16C and clear blue skies proved too much for a couple of peregrines

15 November 2011

Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust celebrates 65 years

Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust celebrates 65 years

Nene (Hawaiian goose) - Kathleen Misajon One of the world’s largest wetland conservation organisations celebrates its 65th anniversary today (10 November). The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) has saved species,

10 November 2011

Last chance to enter - autumn heat in photography competition draws to a close

Last chance to enter - autumn heat in photography competition draws to a close

Coreopsis - Ian Andrews Mandarin - Richard Harris Sparrowhawk - Les Mccallum Hooded Merganser - Anne Harwood

2 November 2011

Local cricketers stump up donations

Local cricketers stump up donations

David Sale - Kew Cricket Club Ducks at Kew Cricket Club have been put to good use, helping out their feathered friends at nearby WWT London Wetland Centre in Barnes.  Scoring a duck – being bowled out without scori

26 October 2011

Rare plant blooms again, and frogs croak their confusion

Rare plant blooms again, and frogs croak their confusion

It is rare enough to see a Deptford Pink in bloom as these nationally scarce plants are hard to find, but to discover one blossoming into October is unheard of. These delicate pink flowers usually come out in June until August but at WWT London Wetlan

21 October 2011

Local wildlife warden helps save world’s rarest duck

Local wildlife warden helps save world’s rarest duck

Film about the project opens at London Wetland Centre Idris Bhatti A local wildlife warden from WWT London Wetland Centre has been instrumental in leading a vital conservation mission to Madagascar. Londoner Idris Bha

18 October 2011

Bats and spiders weekend at London Wetland Centre

Bats and spiders weekend at London Wetland Centre

Wasp Spider If you’ve never seen a curly haired tarantula or the closest you’ve been to a bat is as it swoops by overhead, then head down to WWT London Wetland Centre on 22 and 23 October. A display of spiders and

11 October 2011

Rare plant blooms again

Rare plant blooms again

And frogs croak their confusion Deptford Pink It is rare enough to see a Deptford Pink in bloom as these nationally scarce plants are hard to find, but to discover one blossoming into October is unheard of. These deli

4 October 2011

London Wetland Centre announces launch of the WWT Photography Competition 2011-2012

London Wetland Centre announces launch of the WWT Photography Competition 2011-2012

Win a trip to Antarctica Shoveler - Tom Hines WWT London Wetland Centre is encouraging all local photographers to enter the WWT Photography Competition 2011-2012 which launched yesterday. The competition is being hel

6 September 2011