Take a walk on WWT Washington's wild side

Discover more about the fascinating natural flora and fauna of WWT Washington by joining us for a special ‘Walk with a Warden’ - new for 2011!

On the third Saturday of every month, one of our expert staff will be leading members of the public on a free guided tour around our stunning wetlands, woodlands and wildlife reserve. There’s no need to book, just meet in the picture window at reception at 2pm to take part.

The themes of the tour will change throughout the seasons, along with our fantastic range of wild birds, insects, amphibians and plant life. January’s walk looked at the colourful woodland birds of Hawthorn Wood Feeding Station and the beautiful wintering wildfowl and waders down at Wader Lake.

The remainder of the timetable is as follows, but is subject to change depending upon the spectacular wildlife highlights at the time. For further information, please call 0191 416 5454 or email info.washington@wwt.org.uk

February 19: Wader Lake (grey heron nest-building).

March 19: East Down (mammals including brown hare, fox and vole) and amphibian ponds (tadpoles).

April 16: amphibian ponds (tadpoles, common frog and toad) and Wader Lake (waders and grey heron).

May 21: Wader Lake (common tern, waders, avocet, lapwing, grey heron) and Spring Gill (bluebells and woodland flora).

June 18: reedbeds (reed warbler, sedge warbler, reed bunting) and Top Meadow/Old Oak Meadow (bee orchid and other wildflowers).

July 16: Top Meadow/Old Oak Meadow (bee orchid and other wildflowers) and dragonfly/amphibian ponds (dragonfly and damselfly).

August 20: dragonfly/amphibian ponds (dragonfly and damselfly) and the Insect Garden (butterflies and bees).

September 17: the Insect Garden (butterflies and bees) and Migration Watch (the start of Autumn passing migrants).

October 14: Migration Watch (looking out for Autumn passing migrants) and Hawthorn Wood Feeding Station (woodland birds).

November 19: the River Wear/Window on the Wear (goosander, goldeneye, little grebe, grey heron) and Wader Lake (Winter wildfowl and waders).

December 16: Wader Lake (Winter wildfowl and waders) and Hawthorn Wood Feeding Station (woodland birds).

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