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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 17/04/17

a.m. mid tide

Wader lake

Little egret

Avocet 19

shoveler 2

ringed plover 3

tufted duck 15

Black tailed godwit 23

Oystercatcher 2

Kestrel

redshank 22

common snipe 4

gadwall 2

Saline lagoon

grey heron

avocet 4

gadwall 2

Hawthorn wood

siskin 2

Great spotted woodpecker 2 males

reed bunting male

willow tit 2

chaffinch 6

goldfinch 4

bullfinch 5

dunnock 2

Other birds

Mistle thrush - Spring Gill Wood

Song thrush 2 - North wood

Blackcap 6= across reserve

Black cap (pair) - Hollowood

Chiff chaff 15+ - across reserve

Willow warbler 6 - across reserve

Jay 5 - across reserve

Feral mandarin - Close Encounters

Other wildlife

Smooth newt

Flora

Lesser celandine

Wood sorrel

ramsons

bluebells

cuckoo flower

primrose

hart's tongue fern

bleeding broadleaf crust