In a special episode of Wildlife Weekly, a famous TV personality drops in to say hello - and can't resist giving our wardens a crash course in wildlife presenting!

The popular weekly series which has celebrity fans including Stephen Fry, features news, sightings and predictions from Slimbridge Wetland Centre, but many of which are relevant to areas across the country.

To view or share wildlife weekly:

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Slimbridge Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire is HQ of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust and the birthplace of modern conservation. The national conservation charity was founded by Sir Peter Scott, son of Scott of the Antarctic. Sir Peter was a pioneer at the time, as he realised that for conservation to work, you need to let people get up-close to nature, a philosophy still close to the heart of WWT.

Today WWT's wetland conservation work is complemented by nine UK wetland centres where people can have close encounters with awe-inspiring nature - wildlife clusters near water so there is always something to see. As well as hundreds of species of birds, you can also see other wetland creatures like butterflies,
dragonflies, otters and water voles in their natural environment.

WWT plans to roll-out Wildlife Weekly to other WWT Wetland Centres in the future.

Please get in touch if you need any more information or any additional format of footage.

Lara Wilson
PR Manager, National Visitor Marketing
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust 
01453 891176
07920 810491        
lara.wilson@wwt.org.uk