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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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WWT Washington has moved to seasonal opening days

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Today's sightings - 24/05/16

a.m. Tide level: Mid

Wader Lake

Common Tern 132

Oystercatcher + single chick 2

Grey heron 29+

Ringed plover 1

Little ringed plover 1

Avocet 15 + 2 chicks

Lapwing 12

Shoveler 2

Saline Lagoon

Kestrel 1

Shoveler 1

Lapwing 1

Tufted duck 8

Hawthorn Wood

Great spotted woodpecker 1

Willow tit 2

Other birds

Reed warbler - 2 - Filter reedbed

Swift (heard overhead) - reservoir

Other wildlife/Flora

Tadpoles

Speckled wood butterfly

Red-tailed bumblebee

Ragged robin

Northern marsh orchid

Cowslip

Cow parsley