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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 06/05/18

a.m. high tide

Wader Lake

Mute swan

Tufted duck 38

Shoveler 5

Shelduck 29

Avocet 34

Lapwing 14

Common tern 19

Black tailed godwit 2

Little ringed plover 2

Oystercatcher 2

Redshank 2

Saline lagoon

Oystercatcher 2

Avocet

Shoveler 2

Lapwing

Tufted duck

Hawthorn Wood

Great tit 3

Nuthatch 2

Robin 2

Bullfinch 3

Jay 2

Blue tit 4

Great spotted woodpecker

Chaffinch

Other birds

Bullfinch 2 - Wader Lake path

Shelduck - river Wear

Tufted duck - river Wear

Grey heron - river reedbed

Reed warbler 2 - river reedbed

Amphibians

frog tadpoles/spawn across site

Butterflies

Speckled wood

Cabbage white

Small tortoiseshell

Flora

Colts foot

Soft rush

Spring sedge

Germander speedwell

Cowslip