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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 16/1/17

A.M Tide Level HIGH

Wader Lake

Pochard (female) - 1 (first for several years)

Black-Tailed Godwit - 1

Eurasian Teal - 42

Eurasian Shelduck -  12

Lapwing - 26

Shoveler - 5

Black-Headed Gull - 7

Wigeon - 2

Grey Heron- 2

 

Saline Lagoon

 

Eurasian Curlew - 52

Eurasian Shelduck - 2

Redshank - 3

 

Hawthorn Wood

Great Spotted Woodpecker -  2

Treecreeper - 1

Reed Bunting (female) - 1

Bullfinch - 12

Chaffinch - 15

 

Other Birds

Kestrel (female) - 1 (Filter Reedbed)

Sparrowhawk (female) - 1 (Gully - flew across river)

 

Other

Funghi:

Jelly Ear

King Alfred's Cakes

Candle Snuff