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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 - 26/05/16

a.m. Tide level: High

Wader Lake

Avocet 16 + 7 chicks (4 broods)

Oystercatcher 3 + 2 chicks

Redshank 1

Common tern 200 (28 pairs)

Little ringed plover 2

Gadwall 3

Shoveler 3

Shelduck 20 + 6 ducklings

Grey heron 70

Black-headed gull 2

Saline Lagoon

Shelduck 14

Hawthorn Wood

Great-spotted woodpecker 1

Greenfinch 2

Bullfinch 4

Chaffinch 2

Robin 3

Dunnock 1

Other birds

Blackcap - 1 - Reservoir

Mistle thrush - Lagoon scrub

Swallow - 18 - Low over Wader Lake feeding

Sand Martin - 3 - Low over Wader Lake feeding

House Martin - 3 - Low over Wader Lake feeding

Swift - 5 - above filter reedbed

Flora

Ragged Robin

Cowslip

Northern marsh orchid