Skip to content header Skip to main content Skip to content footer

⚠️ 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.

Close alert

WWT Washington has moved to seasonal opening days

Close alert

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/Low

Avocet - 24

Shelduck - 23

Northern Shoveler - 8

Black-tailed Godwit - 28

Northern Lapwing - 24

Grey Heron - 31 + 11 chicks

Common Snipe - 6

Mallard - 7 + 11 chicks

Canada Geese - 9

Greylag - 5

Black-headed Gull - 16

 

Saline Lagoon

Avocet - 2

Northern Lapwing - 2

Oystercatcher - 2

Eurasian Teal - 6

Shelduck - 8

 

Other birds

Mute Swan (River) - 2

Eurasian Curlew (River) - 1

Northern Lapwing (River) - 1

Redshank (River) - 5

Wren (Hawthorn Wood) - 1

Chiffchaff (Across site) - 10

Waxwing (Northumbrian Water hide) - 2

Woodpecker (Call, Spring Gill Wood) - 1

 

Hawthorn Wood

Jay - 1

Goldfinch - 6

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 3

Chaffinch - 1

Greenfinch - 1

Dunnock - 1

Robin - 2

Bullfinch - 2

Blackbird - 1

Magpie - 2

 

OTHER WILDLIFE SPECIES

Amphibians

Frog tadpoles across site

Invertebrates

Peacock Butterfly

Small Tortoiseshell

Red-tailed Bumble bee

Bee fly

Flora

Bluebell

Cowslip

Marsh Marigold

Primrose

Butter Bur

Cuckoo Flower