Camouflage mode: activated 🥸 These golden plover chicks have adapted to blend in amidst the moss of their breeding grounds in the Arctic tundra!
📷
@Camilo_Carneiro
BIG NEWS! History has been made as the world's rarest bird, the Madagascar pochard, has been released into the wild! Our partnership with
@DurrellWildlife
has seen the species brought back from the brink after it was long thought to have been extinct >
And the Boscar (Bird Oscar) for best costume design goes to... golden plover chicks!
They've adapted to blend in amidst the moss of their breeding grounds in the Arctic tundra 🥸
📷
@Camilo_Carneiro
#Oscars
✨ Go little rockstar ✨
Lapwing chicks are remarkably independent. They're able to walk soon after birth, and can be seen foraging for insects on mudflats and grassland.
#Springwatch
@BBCSpringwatch
A rare citrine wagtail has been spotted at
@WWTLondon
!
There's been a bit of a rare bird bananza at WWT sites this spring 👉
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Join us in wishing a happy birthday to WWT vice-president, presenter and conservationist
@ChrisGPackham
🎂
Thank you, Chris, for being such a passionate advocate for nature! 💚🌿
Happy birthday to a true legend of conservation! The one and only Sir David Attenborough turns 98 today.
Thank you for continuing to inspire us, Sir David 💚
There are fewer than 800 spoon-billed sandpipers worldwide.
We've been supporting partners overseas to protect the future of 'spoonies' - by head-starting chicks, studying migration patterns and restoring wetland habitats.
#WorldWildlifeConservationDay
Wetlands don’t care which direction the rain comes from ⚠️
They act as natural sponges and absorb excess rainwater, releasing it slowly rater than flooding.
We need more of these habitats to protect our communities from flood damage.
Yesterday we marched alongside 60,000 people in London.
For the birds and butterflies, the plants and the ponds.
The message was clear: we need nature as much as nature needs us. And we need action from our politicians to restore it!
#RestoreNatureNow
"Legislative vandalism"
"A deregulatory free-for-all"
"An attack on nature"
These are just some of the responses to the news that the government plans to scrap laws protecting wildlife ▶️
Remember during yesterday's
#Springwatch
when we told you that shelducks often create mega-nurseries for their young?
Take a look at this little lot... 🤯
@BBCSpringwatch
Kingfisher fact: there is not a single scrap of blue pigment in their feathers 🪶
Specially modified layers of cells scatter light - making a kingfisher's colouring appear more vibrant than it is.
@BBCSpringwatch
#Autumnwatch
⚠️ Do not adjust your phones ⚠️
This isn't a baby dinosaur, it's a black-tailed godwit!
There are just 50 pairs of British-breeding birds left in the wild. Chicks have now been hatched by WWT experts in a world-first breeding project to secure their future 🙌
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It's 60 years since Sir Peter Scott began one of the longest single-species studies in the world.
Since then, 10,000 individual swans - and family dynasties - have been recorded at Slimbridge.
A thread on the iconic Bewick's swan bill pattern study 🧵
Shhh, don't wake him!
Since discovering an active population of dormice in the hedgerows of
@WWTArundel
, we've provided wooden boxes around the site for them to nest in.
@BBCSpringwatch
#Autumnwatch
We're *delighted* to announce our newest WWT Ambassador is Lucy Hodson, aka ‘Lucy Lapwing'!
A self-confessed 'nature nerd', wildlife presenter and birding expert, Lucy is a true inspiration 👉
Welcome to the WWT flock
@Lucy_Lapwing
!
Stoat-ally excited by a frozen-over pond? ❄️💙 This ‘dancing’ behaviour is known as the ‘weasel war dance’. It’s thought that stoats and weasels use this tactic to confuse their prey. In domestic animals, it often occurs during play.
#MondayMotivation
#BackToWork
We asked you to show up for nature, and you did.
In your THOUSANDS.
What an amazing turn-out at the
#RestoreNatureNow
march. Politicians, are you listening?
Sometimes murmurations form shapes that resemble other creatures 🦖 We'll never forget this T-Rex shaped flock spotted at
@WWTMartinMere
a few years back! Have you ever seen any shapes like this?
#Winterwatch
@BBCSpringwatch
She is beauty, she is grace, she is...
a large semi-aquatic rodent with the ability to restructure entire habitats with their unique physiology.
@BBCSpringwatch
#Winterwatch
We stand with
@WildlifeTrusts
and other nature allies in defending the laws that protect our most important wetland sites.
We need to protect and restore our wetlands for people and wildlife, not damage them further. We are working with
@WCL_News
to oppose these changes.
We face an urgent nature and climate crisis. But instead of a plan for nature's recovery on land and at sea, the UK Government is pursuing a dangerous agenda of deregulation that puts the very laws protecting wildlife at risk. But what does this mean exactly? (1/12)
HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE! 🎉 🎉 🎉
Lead shot will finally be banned in ALL EU wetlands! This historic ban paves the way for a healthier, toxic-free future for our environment, wildlife and people – at a time when the stakes for our planet couldn’t be higher 🌍 🦢 💙
#BanLead
It's not easy being a shelduckling, but the parents do their best – often combining all their ducklings into super-creches for safety in numbers. WWT reserve staff sometimes describe these groups of stripy ducklings as ‘humbugs’, and you can see why!
#Autumnwatch
Peatlands.
Bogs.
Saltmarsh.
Mudflats.
Lagoons.
Ponds.
Floodplains.
Swamps.
Marshes.
Mangroves.
Fens.
Estuaries.
Wetlands come in many forms, but they *all* do incredible things for the planet, for nature and for well-being.
#WorldWetlandsDay
#WWD2024
95 today! 🎂 Happy birthday to Sir David Attenborough! Thank you for inspiring us every day 🙌
“To restore stability to our planet ... we must restore its biodiversity, the very thing we have removed. It is the only way out of this crisis that we ourselves have created”
🗣 Exciting announcement alert!
We’re *delighted* that Academy Award winning actor, playwright, theatre director and environmentalist Sir Mark Rylance has joined WWT as an Ambassador! [1/2]
Herons are some of the first birds to breed each year, and start laying eggs in February.
They tend to build their huge nests together amongst the treetops in long-established heronries. A single tree can hold as many as 10 nests!
There's lots to love about grebes, but perhaps one of our favourite things is how they carry their tiny chicks around on their backs. The Slavonian grebe is no exception - adorable! 😍
#Springwatch
“Imagine a child in a world without frogs, worms or ponds. Nature is their playground!”
Our CEO
@SarahFowlerWWT
speaks out for wetlands 🗣️
#RestoreNatureNow
Bitterns are booming MARVELLOUS!
These rare and elusive birds lurk in reedbeds, and are more often heard than seen. The boom of a bittern can carry up to three miles!
📽️
@WWTSlimbridge
@BBCSpringwatch
#Winterwatch