Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
Statue of Sir Peter Scott at WWT London Wetlands Centre
The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust is a wildfowl and wetland conservation charity in the United Kingdom and the largest
international wetland conservation charity. Its patron is Queen Elizabeth
II.
It was founded in 1946 by the ornithologist and artist Sir Peter Scott, initially as the Severn Wildfowl Trust. It has over 100,000 members and nine reserves with visitor
centres, together covering over 20 km² which support over 150,000 birds and receive over one million visitors per year. The sites
include seven SSSIs (site of
Special Scientific Interest), five SPAs (Special Protection Area) and five Ramsar
sites.
- WWT Arundel, West
Sussex
- WWT Caerlaverock, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland (the only centre with
accommodation)
- WWT Castle Espie, County Down, Northern Ireland
- WWT London Wetlands Centre
- WWT National Wetlands Centre, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- WWT Martin Mere, Lancashire
- WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
- WWT Washington, Tyne and Wear
- WWT Welney, Cambridgeshire
See also
External link
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (http://www.wwt.org.uk)
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