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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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Wildlife sightings - 05/04/17

AM, high tide

Wader Lake:

Grey heron 26

Redshank 28

Northern shoveler 9

Northern lapwing 25

Avocet 19

Black-tailed godwit 28

Gadwall 2

Common snipe 7

Mute swan 2

Oystercatcher 4

Shelduck 14

 

AM, high tide

Saline lagoon:

Shelduck 16

Eurasian curlew 1

Oystercatcher 2

 

Hawthorn Wood:

Bullfinch 7

Goldfinch 4

Long-tailed tit 6

Chaffinch 8

Coal tit 3

Blue tit 5

Great tit 4

Reed bunting 1

 

Plus:

Northern shoveler in the filter reedbed 1

Cormorant on the River Wear 2

Grey wagtail at the river viewpoint 2

Chiff chaff across the reserve 15+

 

Other highlights:

Amphibians - smooth newt

Invertebrates - tree bumblebee, daphnia, backswimmer

Flora - cowslip, primrose, butterbur, ramsons, marsh marigold, cuckoo flower, bluebell and wood sorrel