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⚠️ Site closed: Sunday 25 October ⚠️

Due to the weather warning currently in place and the forecast of strong winds, WWT Washington Wetland Centre will be closed on Sunday 25 October.

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Today's sightings

Wader Lake (AM low tide):

Lapwing - 3

Grey heron - 10

Shelduck - 9

Stock dove - 1

Eurasian teal - 9

Tufted duck - 3

 

Saline Lagoon (AM low tide):

Curlew - 1

Shelduck - 2

 

Hawthorn Wood:

Robin - 3

Long-tailed tit - 5

Blackbird - 4

Coal tit - 5

Blue tit - 9

Great tit - 6

Bullfinch - 12

Chaffinch - 8

 

Plus:

A male kestrel and a grey heron on Forgotten Meadow

A cormorant at Window on the Wear

Great-spotted woodpecker (x2) drumming across site

A jay calling (across site)

Two goldcrest in North Wood/Hollowood

Daffodils and snowdrops flowering