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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     Time/AM     Tide/Low

Whimbrel (pair) - 2

Avocet - 16

Oystercatcher - 2

Black-headed Gull - 3

Common Tern - 50+

Redshank - 5

Tufted Duck - 16

Shoveler - 1

Lapwing & chicks - 20

Little Ringed Plover - 2

Shelduck - 10

 

Saline Lagoon

Shelduck - 4

Gadwall - 2

Grey Heron - 1

Tufted Duck - 8

 

Hawthorn Wood

Robin - 4

Jay - 1

Coal Tit - 1

Great Tit - 2

Chaffinch - 3

 

Other Birds

Jay (Spring Gill) - 2

Whitethroat (scrubby areas on reserve) - 15+

Gadwall (reservoir) - 2

Shoveler (filter reedbed) - 1

Reed Warbler (filter reedbed) - 1

Blackcap (Lagoon Woods) - 1

Reed Bunting (Wader Lake shoreline)

Swallow, Sand Martin (across reserve) 30+

 

Other Wildlife Species

Amphibians:

Tadpoles

Smooth Newt

 

Invertebrates:

St Mark's Fly

Large Red Damselfly

Orange Tip