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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 02/08/2016

a.m. Tide level: Low

Wader Lake

Avocet 8 + 2 young

Common tern 50+

(Both avocet and common tern numbers are decreasing as the breeding season comes to a close)

Lapwing 74

Common sandpiper 1

Black-tailed godwit 1

Eurasian teal 6

Pied wagtail 1

Grey heron 7

Saline Lagoon

Lapwing 42

Grey heron 2

Cormorant (juveniles) 2

Hawthorn Wood

Jay 1

Willow tit 2

Greenfinch 4

Robin 3

Chaffinch 9

Bullfinch 4

Other birds

Little Egret - Window on the Wear: 1

Curlew heard at River Wear: 1

Jay - North Wood: 1

Green spotted woodpecker - Spring Gill: 1

Goldfinch - Lagoon footpath in thistle: 13

Other wildlife species

Mammals:

Rabbit - Wader Lake footpath

Invertebrates:

Common darter

Speckled wood

Pond skater

Flora:

Blackberry

Pignut

Common knapweed