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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

Avocet - 38

Lapwing - 45

Little Ringed Plover - 2 + 3 chicks

Redshank - 4

Oystercatcher - 4

Common Tern - 160 + 40 chicks

Gadwall - 8 + 22 duckling

Shoveler - 6 + 9 duckling

Teal - 6

Grey Heron - 26

Shelduck - 21

 

Saline Lagoon     Time/AM     Tide/Low

Grey Heron - 1

Shelduck - 4

 

Hawthorn Wood

Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 + 1 juvenile

Jay - 1

Bullfinch - 10 + 1 juvenile

Greenfinch - 4 + 2 juvenile

Goldfinch - 8

Chaffinch - 11 + 4 juvenile

Willow Tit - 2 + 4 juvenile

Blue Tit - 12 + 10 juvenile

Great Tit - 9 + 14 juvenile

Coal Tit - 2

Dunnock - 2 + 1 juvenile

Robin - 1 + 1 juvenile

 

Other Birds

Mute Swan (white head pond) - 2 + 3 cygnets

Grey Wagtail -(river) - 1

Cormorant (river) - 2

Grey Heron (river) - 5

 

Other Wildlife Species

Amphibians:

Tadpoles (amphibian ponds)

 

Invertebrates:

Speckled Wood

Ichneumon Wasp

 

Flora:

Foxglove

Self-heal

Bee Orchid

Common Spotted Orchid