Wildlife in the Wetlands
Welcome to the Wildlife in the Wetlands webpages.
Wildilife in the Wetlands is a new initiative showcasing wetland habitats across Nottinghamshire. We're running some great events, providing information and suggesting how you can help protect wetland widlife. We've listed some great events coming up for you to enjoy and have provided details of our fantastic wetland reserves for you to visit.
We'll be adding to this through the coming year with all kinds of activity sheets, events, volunteering dates, news and more. If you have any questions about wetlands or would like to share any pictures or stories then we'd love to hear from you. Contact us by email at support@nottswt.co.uk or call us on 0115 958 8242.
WHATS NEW?
- Frogspawn Survey 2012: click here to tell us about any frogspawn or toadspawn you have seen
- The deadline for entries to our ART COMPETITION has passed - judging commences!
- What on earth are wetlands - a great new free facthseet, available in the download section
- New events listing in the download section
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is a new initiative from Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust and (1).jpg)
which aims to raise awareness of the benefits of fresh, clean water for wildlife. Wetlands such as rivers and ponds attract a breathtaking range of wildlife, but work must be done to keep these wetland areas clean and in good condition.
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will showcase the wonderful range of wetland habitats across Nottinghamshire, encouraging people to get out and experience wetland wildlife first-hand, and promote the vital need for clean water for wildlife.
Experience
Wetlands are inspiring places to be! Explore our interactive map for details of the top wetlands sites to visit, find somewhere near you where you can immerse yourself in wildlife, enjoy a walk, relax by the water or perhaps even try something more athletic! For those who want to get more involved then take a look at the volunteering and events dates in the factsheets section. We provide year round opporutnitites to get involved and a whole host of education and environmental events for you to enjoy.
Enjoy
Our best pictures and videos of local wetlands? Why not see our photo and video section. We love sharing so send in any copies you'd like others to see and we'll try to post them online for you.
Help Us!
We're putting together some great ideas for how we can all do our bit at home or at work to protect wetlands. Give them a go and feel good about your contribution.
We hope you enjoy what we come up with, and we always like to hear from you. Contact us on email at: support@nottswt.co.uk or call us on 0115 958 8242
Wildlife in the Wetlands Map
Nottinghamshire contains many fantastic wetland nature reserves and wetland sites. The interactive map details some of our favourite wetlands nature reserves and wetland places to visit. For more information, maps and directions on any Nottinghamshrie wildife Trust sites, take a look at the wetland section of our reserves pages.
Do you know of any wetland sites we should be promoting? If you know of any other great wetland sites, let us know and we'll add them to our map!
Latest Wildlife in the Wetlands News
Free Kids Art Competition!
Friday 16th March 2012
Calling all young artists – do you love drawing wildlife? Then why not enter our ‘Wildlife in the Wetlands’ competition to win some exciting prizes.
Bird’s eye view over Besthorpe Nature Reserve!
Tuesday 24th April 2012
On a beautiful sunny day, two of our Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust members took to the skies (yes literally!) to grab a bird’s eye view over Besthorpe Nature Reserve, near Collingham
Attenborough Captured on a Frosty Morning
Thursday 12th April 2012
Check out an amazing video of Attenborough Nature Reserve on a cold December morning taken two years ago!
What on earth are Wetlands?
Friday 13th April 2012
What on earth are Wetlands? - find out with our new free download, thanks to our Wildlife in the Wetlands project sponsored by Speedo.
Amphibians Alert
Thursday 5th April 2012
Our Wildlife in the Wetlands and Wildlife in the City projects have joined forces to help us find out more about frogs and toads in our county.
World Wetlands Day today
Tuesday 31st January 2012
Celebrate World Wetlands Day and explore a fantastic Wildlife Trust wetland reserve near you!...plus Free Froggy Flipbook for kids!
Gushing water begins Besthorpe wetland success
Friday 27th January 2012
Gushing water signalled the final stage of our half a million pound project to restore a major Trent-side nature reserve last week, as millions of litres were transferred from a specially-created lagoon, to a new area of reedbed and ponds - at Besthorpe Nature Reserve near Collingham, Newark.
Rare Heron at Attenborough
Tuesday 1st November 2011
Rare squacco heron visits Attenborough Nature Reserve.
Rescue swan gets new home at Idle Valley Nature Reserve
Monday 24th October 2011
A majestic mute swan was released at the Idle Valley Nature Reserve after holding up traffic during rush hour near Bothamsall, north Nottinghamshire. Early morning drivers cared enough to slow down, stop and call the police when the swan just couldn’t quite get enough lift to ‘take off’.
Attenborough’s Record Roost
Thursday 28th July 2011
Record numbers of Little Egret have been spotted at our Attenborough Nature Reserve.
Go Wild in our Wetlands!
Thursday 29th September 2011
Our new Wildlife in the Wetlands project has just been launched - showcasing the county’s diverse and impressive wetlands.
Upcoming Events
Wildlife in the Wetlands photos from Flickr
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Factsheets & Downloads
Wildlife in the Wetlands Activity Sheet
Download our activity sheet which includes a wordsearch, puzzle and colouring sheet!
Events listing
Browse our great family events listing. Find a great opportunity to get out and about – a chance to try a wide variety of fun days out on wetland nature reserves. Why not come along and help us make a difference to Nottinghamshire’s wetland wildlife?
Wetland crafts - Kingfisher Mask
A rainy day at home? Why not try making this fun Kingfisher mask, ideal for young children. Its easy to make and fun to play with, simply print it out, colour it in then carefully cut it out then finally tie a headband using either a piece of string or elastic.
Wetland crafts - Frog Mask
Our second mask, perfect for leaping about in! Print it then colour it any way you like, cut it out and tie a headband.
Duck Detective
We get a great variety of ducks on wetlands across the county, why not take this picture sheet out with you next time and try to spot any of these great looking species.
World Wetlands Day Flipbook
2nd February is World Wetlands Day. We hope that you feel inspired to get out and find a nearby wetland to visit (our campaign map might help), we also hope you love this fun frog flipbook. Print it onto card, cut the pages out and staple them in number order, flick the pages and watch the frog jump. It's great fun (for young and old) and almost as good as actually being at a wetland.
Water for Life
Some rare and the more commonplace wetland wildlife found across Nottinghamshire.
Dragons and Damsels
On bright sunny days seeing these creatures skimming around ponds and streams can be awe inspiring. These are some of the varieties living across Nottinghamshire.
