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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 - 18/08/16

a.m. Tide Level: low

Wader Lake

Avocet 4

Curlew 8

Black-tailed godwit 3

Common sandpiper 2

Common snipe 6

Lapwing 162

Redshank 48

Common tern 36

Teal 16

Gadwall 14

Mallard 135

Saline Lagoon

Grey heron

Hawthorn Wood

Jay 2

Great spotted woodpecker 2

Long-tailed tit 2

Willow tit

Coal tit 5

Greenfinch 6

Goldfinch 6

Bullfinch 16

Robin 3

Dunnock 3

Other birds

Cormorant - 8 - River Wear

Grey heron - 6 - River Wear

Black-headed gull - 90 - River Wear

Lesser black-backed gull - 20 ad, 2 juvenile - River Wear

Kestrel - 1 - Lagoon meadow

Other wildlife

Weasel - Northumbrian Water hide

Rabbit - Wader Lake footpath

Toad - Forgotten meadow

Frog - Forgotten meadow

Stickleback - Amphib pond

Salmon leaping from river - seen from Lagoon View hide

Common darter

Southern hawker