News
A plan for nature and for you
"More protection for dinosaurs please!" Whatever matters to you, let us know. It’s a new year, new beginnings and time to maybe think about improving your well-being and the world around you. That could include thi
4 January 2016
Happy new year, and happy birthday!
A very happy new year to you from all of us at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust. In 2016 we’ll celebrate 70 years since Sir Peter Scott founded WWT. Scott wrote in his autobiography: “I have an itch to create, and my life is too short for all the thi
1 January 2016
Espie the Elf's Mischievous Migration
A Christmas elf named locally as Espie has been causing havoc at Castle Espie Wetland Centre near Comber. Just like the increasingly popular Elf on the Shelf tradition played out in households across the globe, Espie the Elf has arrived from the North Po
8 December 2015
Call for Artists: Nature through Art 2016
Greenshank by Adele Pound Nature through Art Exhibition 2016 - Artists' Call The Castle Espie Gallery at WWT Castle Espie Wetland Centre is a well respected exhibition space for a variety of high quality artist
15 November 2015
Castle Espie Receives Top Toilet Award
WWT Castle Espie Wetland Centre is flushed with pride after picking up a top award for providing improved changing facilities for disabled children. Castle Espie was awarded the orange level for its facilities by the Firefly Garden, a not-for-profit onli
12 October 2015
Big Brent Event Welcomes Arctic Arrivals
Castle Espie Wetland Centre will celebrate the return of the light-bellied brent geese to Strangford Lough by hosting the first Big Brent Event promising family fun, wildlife experts and free workshops from Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th October. Every year in
15 September 2015
Nature Explorers: Mon 24th - Mon 31st August
Your passport is waiting, your expedition is set and your summer adventure starts at Castle Espie! Every day there are four self guided activities to complete to earn stickers for the Nature Explorers passport – nature explorers trail, scavenger hunt,
18 August 2015
Nature Explorers: Mon 17th - Sun 23rd August
Nature Explorers Craft - self guided. Your passport is waiting, your expedition is set and your summer adventure starts at Castle Espie! Every day there are four self guided activities to complete to earn stickers for
18 August 2015
Castle Espie and Attenborough Get All Aflutter
Sir David Attenborough launches the Big Butterfly Count. Castle Espie Wetland Centre and Sir David Attenborough are inviting you to get outside this summer to count butterflies. The Big Butterfly Count runs till Sunda
22 July 2015
Nature Explorers: Mon 3rd - Sun 9th August
Feed the ducks, geese and swans in Close Encounters Your passport is waiting, your expedition is set and your summer adventure starts at Castle Espie! Every day there are four self guided activities to complete to ear
22 July 2015
Nature Explorers: Mon 27th July - Sun 2nd August
Pond Dipping. Pic Nigel Snell / WWT Your passport is waiting, your expedition is set and your summer adventure starts at Castle Espie! Every day there are four self guided activities to complete to earn stickers for t
17 July 2015
Nature Explorers: Mon 20th - Sun 26th July
Pond Dipping: Andrew Bustard / WWT Your passport is waiting, your expedition is set and your summer adventure starts at Castle Espie! Every day there are four self guided activities to complete to earn stickers for th
17 July 2015
Nature Explorers: Mon 13th - Sun 19th July
Den Building at Castle Espie Your passport is waiting, your expedition is set and your summer adventure starts at Castle Espie! Every day there are four self guided activities to complete to earn stickers for the Natu
17 July 2015
First Light-bellied Brent Goslings Hatch
(c) Chris Henry WWT WWT Castle Espie Wetland Centre has announced the safe arrival of two light-bellied brent geese goslings. It’s the first time that the aviculture team at Castle Espie have successfully bred lig
17 July 2015
Nature Explorers: Mon 6th - Sun 12th July
Be a Nature Explorer this summer at Castle Espie Your passport is waiting, your expedition is set and your summer adventure starts at Castle Espie! Every day there are four self guided activities to complete to earn s
6 July 2015