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Fungal Foray - Part One

Fungal Foray - Part One

Guest blog by WWT London Wetland Centre Chief Ecologist Richard Bullock Blackening Waxcap - Richard Bullock If you go down to the woods today, you could be in for a big surprise. As our summer (.....‘What summer?’

28 September 2012

Sheep set sail for pastures new

Sheep set sail for pastures new

  [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu01i4jO1g8&feature=g-upl'] It’s not something you would normally expect to see just 10 minutes from Hammersmith; seven Hebridean sheep on a boat heading to an island in the middle of a lake... Hebr

28 September 2012

Photographers get closer to nature to win prizes

Photographers get closer to nature to win prizes

Keen photographers have each won a prize in five categories of the prestigious WWT Photography Competition. Their photographs of a common lizard, a soldier beetle, a little grebe eating a fish, a spider and a pair of hungry swallows have respectively won

27 September 2012

Corporate volunteering in World Wetlands

Corporate volunteering in World Wetlands

Guest blog post by Esther Harvey of Betfair The Betfair team hard at work On a beautiful late August morning we descended on WWT London Wetland Centre for a day’s volunteering. The weather was perfect and the abunda

26 September 2012

September podcast: harvest time for wetland wildlife

September podcast: harvest time for wetland wildlife

September's a time of change at WWT London Wetland Centre. In this mini podcast Jamie and Victor look at seeds, and explain why you shouldn't rush to deadhead the plants in your garden. Missed any of our podcasts? August: Bats and other summer wildlife J

6 September 2012

Elephants and Tigers – It’s a Jungle Out There

Elephants and Tigers – It’s a Jungle Out There

Guest blog by WWT London Wetland Centre Chief Ecologist Richard Bullock The thought of visiting the London Wetland Centre to view ‘big game’ seems rather far-fetched, particularly as our largest fauna on site extend to animals such as the Mute Swan or

4 September 2012

Junior Wetland Warden Log 3

Junior Wetland Warden Log 3

Guest blog by WWT London Wetland Centre Learning Officer Paul Lawston Children digging holes for pitfall traps Rain may be unwelcome to many but for our Wetland Wardens it proved quite handy this week! After making ou

3 September 2012

Youngsters catch the volunteering bug

Youngsters catch the volunteering bug

Taking part in "Be a Wetland Warden" Bayley, aged 8, and Finley, 6, are having fun finding out what it’s like to be wardens at WWT London Wetland Centre in Barnes. They gave up an hour of their time this w

31 August 2012

Junior Wetland Warden Log 2

Junior Wetland Warden Log 2

Guest blog by WWT London Wetland Centre Learning Manager Shayna Barby Making minibeast refugia The second week of junior warden activity has seen us continue our habitat restoration work on the South Route of the Lond

27 August 2012

WWT London Wetland Centre is Britain's favourite nature reserve!

WWT London Wetland Centre is Britain's favourite nature reserve!

Wildside Pond at WWT London Wetland Centre WWT London Wetland Centre has been chosen as the UK’s ‘Favourite Nature Reserve’ by members of the public. The astonishing array of wildlife that calls the Centre home,

22 August 2012

A Gardener’s Friend – It’s Much Less Bother with a Hover

A Gardener’s Friend – It’s Much Less Bother with a Hover

Guest blog by London Wetland Centre’s Chief Ecologist Richard Bullock Hoverfly Volucella inanis - Richard Bullock Many hoverflies mimic wasp colouration to avoid being attacked by predators such as birds. This is an

21 August 2012

Junior Wetland Warden Log

Junior Wetland Warden Log

Guest blog by Loretta Hoy from WWT London Wetland Centre's Learning Team Investigating the log garden Log gardens are great habitats for a variety of species including invertebrates, reptiles and amphibians. The crevi

20 August 2012

Broad-leaved Helleborine - our fifth orchid

Broad-leaved Helleborine - our fifth orchid

Broad-leaved Helleborine Epipactis helleborine – A new orchid for WWT London Wetland Centre Guest blog by London Wetland Centre’s Chief Ecologist Richard Bullock Broad-leaved Helleborine - David Widdowson This is

17 August 2012

Golden frog blog

Golden frog blog

Common Frog – Going for Gold? Guest blog by WWT London Wetland Centre's Chief Ecologist Richard Bullock Golden Common Frog - Nick Oliver The Common Frog (Rana temporaria) occurs in a wide range of damp and wetland

15 August 2012

The Bat Walk Night rises

The Bat Walk Night rises

Pipistrelle - R J Brookes / BCT 2012 is the United Nations’ Year of the Bat, and with the new Batman film hitting the big screen this week, now is a perfect time to explore the fascinating world of these nocturnal f

17 July 2012