This year we are holding a World Wetlands Day celebration at Melbourne Village Hall on Saturday 1st February 10.30am-3.30pm – come along to what will we be an amazing family fun day and find out just how special the Lower Derwent Valley and its wildlife is, with opportunities to meet the team, try out some practical volunteering taster sessions, enjoy some children’s art exhibitions, guided walks and bird ringing demonstrations. There is also the chance to meet our special guest 😁 Shaun the Sheep is back and explaining how we can all enjoy our very special nature reserve responsibly using the Countryside Code.
World Wetlands Day is celebrated annually on the 2nd February, with the aim of raising global awareness about the vital role of wetlands for people and the planet. The day also marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on the 2nd February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea, and is the reason the #LDV is now a Ramsar site. The day celebrates all the benefits wetlands bring – from biodiversity, flood storage and reduction, food and jobs, clean water and access to health environments for recreation – definitely plenty to celebrate here, with this year’s theme ‘protecting wetlands for our common future’.
