We were delighted to work with Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) in Slimbridge to bring to life the story of WWT founder Sir Peter Scott’s role in modern conservation. The exhibit celebrates how Sir Peter Scott brought the nene – the world’s rarest goose, back from the brink of extinction. The project also highlights the current essential conservation work carried out by WWT and how they raise and release endangered species such as the Madagascar Pochard.

 With only 30 native nenes left in the 1950s, WWT founder Sir Peter Scott sent three of the birds to Slimbridge, where he started the world’s first captive breeding programme for the Hawaiian goose. The programme was a huge success, with Scott returning to Hawaii in 1979 to release 200 birds on the island of Maui. With the natural grasslands gone, he discovered that the only surviving wild nene’s lived on golf courses. For this project, called Mission Possible, Nautilus were tasked with recreating a tropical, lava rock themed lake and golf course, complete with a club house. The club house has both indoor and outdoor duckeries for visitors to handfeed and view the residents.