WITH Twelfth Night approaching, people are being urged to remember the environment. Throughout January people can take Christmas cards to the Washington Wetland Centre for recycling.

By Linda McKee Fiachra is one of the whooper swans being tracked by satellite on their arduous 800km winter migration from Iceland to their overwintering grounds in Britain and Ireland.

VOLUNTEERS are needed to help a wildlife reserve bring nature and people closer together. Washington Wetland Centre is recruiting volunteers to join its learning team and act as a vital point of contact for visitors out in the grounds.

By Linda McKee The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded the pound(s)2.96 million grant towards the restoration scheme at Castle Espie Wetland Centre.

THE natural environment is the subject of a new primary school leaning resource titled 'Exploring the Seasons'. Its focus is nature, birds, plants and wildlife in Fermanagh, including the life- cycle of Lough Erne's Mayfly.