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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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Wildlife sightings - 01/08/17

a.m. Tide Level: High

Wader Lake

Black-tailed godwit 2

Swallow 4

Greylag geese 44

Common sandpiper 1

Dunlin 1

Ringed plover (juvenile) 1

Redshank 28

Grey heron 7

Lapwing 52

Black-headed gull 127

Avocet 2

Saline Lagoon

Avocet 3

Black-headed gull 19

Green sandpiper *heard calling

Hawthorn Wood

Great spotted woodpecker 3

Jay 1

Bullfinch 13

Chaffinch 15

Willow tit 2

Goldfinch 5

Greenfinch 3

Great tit 5

Blue tit 9

Other birds

Grey heron - 1 - River Wear

Jay - 3 - North Wood

Swallow (fledglings) - 4 - Window on the Wear

Common sandpiper - 1 - Window on the Wear

Great tit - 6 - Centre feeders

Other wildlife

Stoat x 2 (near the reservoir)

Common carder bee

Flora

St John's wort

Lords-&-ladies (in berry)

Blackberries on bramble

Fungi

Rosy brittlegill

Sulphur twist

Ganderma applanatum

Tan ear