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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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Wildlife sightings - 19/03/2018

a.m. Tide level: mid

Wader Lake

Avocet 8 (one pair noted mating)

Lapwing 19

Mute swan 1 (juvenile)

Shelduck 62

Shoveler  4 (2 pairs)

Stock dove 1

Kestrel 1 (male)

Grey heron 10

Gadwall 1 (male)

Black-headed gull 35

Saline Lagoon

Avocet 2

Shelduck 2

Hawthorn Wood

Jay 2

Great spotted woodpecker 3

Long tailed tit 6

Bullfinch 20

Goldfinch 4

Great tit 18

Goldcrest 1

Chaffinch 14

Other birds

Willow tit - Lagoon scrub: 2

Gadwall - Reservoir: 1 male

Tree sparrows - centre feeders: 8

Other wildlife species

Flora:

Marsh marigold (emerging)

Snowdrpos

Daffodils

Ramsons

Fungi:

Sunburst lichen

Oak moss

King Alfred's cake