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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 - 10/06/16

a.m. Tide Level: High

Wader Lake

Avocet 16 + 10 chicks + 1 juvenile

Redshank 4 + 3 chicks

Lapwing 16 + 8 chicks

L.R.P 2

Ringed plover 1

Oystercatcher 4 + 2 juvenile

Common tern 140 + 3 chicks (82 nests)

Grey heron 24

Black headed gull 14

Shelduck 22

Shoveler 4

Saline Lagoon

Lapwing 16

Black headed gull 18

Lesser black-backed gull 2

Hawthorn Wood

Willow tit 2

Bullfinch 6

Chaffinch 8

Robin 3 + 1 juvenile

Blue tit 5 + 6 juvenile

Other birds

Kingfisher - 1 - Amphibian ponds

Mute swan - 1 + 3 cygnets - White-head pond

Great spotted woodpecker - 1 - gully

Reed bunting - 1 - River reed bed

Starling - 1 - River Wear

Furruginous duck - 1 - Reservoir

Linnet - 4 - East down

Other wildlife and flora

Otter tracks - Window on the Wear

Tadpoles developing well

Azure damselfly

Blue-tailed damselfly

Four spotted chaser

Orange tip

Speckled wood

Tree bumblebee - nesting in the bird box in Hollowood

Oxeye daisy

Red campion

White campion