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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

Grey Heron - 30+

Avocet - 16 + 5 chicks

Shelduck - 30 + 7 Chicks

Oystercatcher - 1

Common Tern - 50+

Little Ringed Plover - 2

Ringed Plover - 1

Lapwing - 16

Swallow - 3

Lon-tailed Tit - 5

Shoveler - 2

 

Saline Lagoon     Time/AM     Tide/Low

Avocet - 1

Grey Heron - 1

Shelduck - 2

Oystercatcher - 1

 

Hawthorn Wood

Willow Tit - 2

Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Bullfinch - 1

Great Tit - 2

Blue Tit - 1

Very quiet at the moment due to it being the breeding season.

 

Other Birds

Reed Warbler (filter reedbed) - 4

Kestrel (top meadow) - 1

Sparrowhawk (top meadow) - 1

Whitethroat (wader lake footpath) - 4

Mute Swan (whitehead pen) - 1

 

Other Wildlife Species

Invertebrates:

Speckled Wood

Orange Tip

Red-tailed Bumbleebee

 

Flora:

Northern Marsh Orchids popping up

Ransons

Ragged Robin

Cowslip

Cow Parsley