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Casting stones (at Ruddy Ducks)

By Charlie December 4, 2009 10 comments

Yesterday I sent a message to my local Yahoo group about the Wetlands and Wildfowl Trust (WWT) membership give-away competition we’re running at the moment. Most (if not all) the members of the group live within an hour’s drive of Slimbridge, the WWT’s HQ, and I figured that the news would be well-received and hopefully [...]

Win membership to the Wetlands and Wildfowl Trust!

By Charlie December 2, 2009 2 comments

We here at 10,000 Birds launched a new conservation initiative recently, the 10,000 Birds Conservation Club, a new way of raising funds for conservation projects that rewards its members while doing it.

That’s right: we’ll be raising funds for conservation projects (keeping nothing of the money raised ourselves by the way - the idea here is [...]

Like to win membership…

By Charlie November 29, 2009 1 comment

…of the Wetlands and Wildfowl Trust? Free access to nine UK based wetland visitor centres for a year, quarterly magazines, warm glow etc etc? Of course you would. Pop along to and we’ll tell you how (and many thanks to WWT for supporting 10,000 Birds Conservation Club).

Baz Hughes, Slimbridge, and the Great Crane Project

By Charlie November 20, 2009 7 comments

I spent the afternoon of Wednesday 25th at Slimbridge, the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust’s (WWT) HQ, in the company of Dr Baz Hughes, WWT’s energetic and enthusiastic Head of Species Conservation. I’ve known Baz on and off for a number of years, though I hasten to add he moves in far more rarefied circles than [...]