page_title: WWT Martin Mere
hierarchical_section_title: WWT Martin Mere
caption_attribution_description: English: Flamingoes at Martin Mere WWT Reserve, Lancashire
context_page_description: WWT Martin Mere is a wetland nature reserve and wildfowl collection managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Tarlscough, Burscough, Lancashire, England, on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain, 6 miles from Ormskirk and 10 miles from Southport. It is one of ten reserves managed by the charity, and it is designated an SSSI, an SPA and a Ramsar Site.
  The name of the centre comes from the mere on the west side of the reserve which is ringed by more than ten observation hides. On the east side of the reserve there are a number of pens providing habitats for birds from Africa, Australasia, North America, South America, Siberia, and Asia.
  Martin Mere has its own "Domesday Book", listing nationally important species of wildlife found ate the reserve, other than birds include the whorled caraway, at its only site in England away from the southwest, and the regionally scarce water dropwort. Another sign of the sites importance for biodiversity is the recording of the first records of the micromoth, the marsh dowd, for northern England.
context_section_description: WWT Martin Mere is a wetland nature reserve and wildfowl collection managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Tarlscough, Burscough, Lancashire, England, on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain, 6 miles (10 km) from Ormskirk and 10 miles (16 km) from Southport (Merseyside). It is one of ten reserves managed by the charity, and it is designated an SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest), an SPA (Special Protection Area) and a Ramsar Site.
  The name of the centre comes from the mere  on the west side of the reserve which is ringed by more than ten observation hides. On the east side of the reserve there are a number of pens providing habitats for birds from Africa, Australasia, North America, South America, Siberia, and Asia.
  Martin Mere has its own "Domesday Book", listing (for 2002) nationally important species of wildlife found ate the reserve, other than birds include the whorled caraway (Carum verticillatum ), at its only site in England away from the southwest, and the regionally scarce water dropwort (Oenanthe fistulosa). Another sign of the sites importance for biodiversity is the recording of the first records of the micromoth, the marsh dowd (Blastobasis rebeli), for northern England.
  This reserve is at its best in winter, attracting huge flocks of pink-footed geese and wigeon, many whooper swans and occasional rarer birds such as the snow goose. It is also excellent for wintering birds of prey such as hen harrier, peregrine and merlin.
  The BBC television programme Autumnwatch was broadcast live from Martin Mere in 2006 and 2007.
caption: Flamingoes at Martin Mere
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