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Bewick's swanAdopt a Bewick's swan
Bewick's swan

Bewick’s are the rarest swan species found in the British Isles during the winter. Sadly, the number of Bewick’s wintering in the UK is falling.

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mallardAdopt a mallard
mallard

Due to a dramatic decline, the mallard is now on the amber list in the recent ‘birds of conservation concern’ report.

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Eurasian craneAdopt a Eurasian crane
Eurasian crane

Over 400 years ago these magnificent giants were hunted to extinction in the UK.

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Adopt a nene
nene

The nene is the rarest goose in the world. In 1951, the population fell to only 30 birds.

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lesser flamingoAdopt a lesser flamingo
lesser flamingo

Despite being the world’s most numerous flamingo, these birds are classified as ‘near threatened’.

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Teachers

Welcome to the teacher's area. A wide variety of lesson plans for Key Stage (KS) 1/2 and KS 2/3 are available including our new Active Learning Progammes.

Active Learning Programmes

Crafted learning programmes that includes work at school and a visit to one of the nine UK WWT wetland centres.

Lesson Plans

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Each lesson is designed to be undertaken at a WWT centre or at a wetland near your school. The plans have clear learning outcomes, step-by-step instructions, background information, downloadable pupil activities, ideas for follow-up, and links to the National Curriculum.

From this page, you can also link to a wealth of factfiles and datasets with information and data to support the lesson plans. Elsewhere on the site are games for pupils in the Kid’s Zone.

Our centres

The nine UK WWT wetland centres have extensive areas of spectacular, protected wetlands. Most centres also have captive collections of threatened wildfowl in naturalistic surroundings.

All WWT centres have professional education staff offering a full range of curriculum-linked learning programmes across all Key Stages and beyond to A level and the tertiary sector.

Click here for further information on our wetland centres and the facilities they offer. You will find contact and booking details listed under the individual centres.