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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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Wildlife sightings - 02/04/18

Wader Lake (AM, mid-tide):

Avocet 20

Lapwing 16

Oystercatcher 2

Common snipe 12

Grey heron 34

Teal 16

Gadwall 4

Shoveler 5

Wigeon 1

Shelduck 29

 

Saline Lagoon (AM, mid-tide):

Curlew 1

Shelduck 14

Lapwing 2

Common snipe 2

 

Hawthorn Wood feeding station:

Jay 3

Great-spotted woodpecker 2

Brambling (female) 1

Bullfinch 10

Greenfinch 4

Chaffinch 7

Willow tit 1

Coal tit 5

Sparrowhawk (male) 1

 

Plus:

A female kestrel in Spring Gill

Jackdaw on Wader Meadow 6

Starling on Wader Meadow 4

Tree sparrow on the centre feeders 6

Long-tailed tit on the centre feeders 4

Grey wagtail pair at the gully

 

A stoat on Wader Lake footpath

Frog spawn in the amphibian pond

Butterbur in the gully

Pussy willow on Wader Lake footpath

Stinking hellebore below the centre feeders