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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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Wildlife Sightings - 19/05/18

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/High

Avocet - 36 + 3 chicks (9 nests + 2 broods of chicks)

Lapwing - 14 + 4 chicks

Oystercatcher - 2

Redshank - 4

Black-tailed Godwit - 6

Little Ringed Plover - 2

Grey Heron - 27 adults + 16 chicks

Common Tern - 160

Black-headed Gull - 23

Teal - 2

 

Saline Lagoon

Oystercatcher - 1

Redshank - 1

Mute Swan - 2

 

Hawthorn Wood

Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 female

Jay - 1

Nuthatch - 1

Bullfinch - 6

Goldfinch - 3

 

Other Birds

Grey Wagtail (flamingo house (nesting)) - 2 adults + 2 chicks

Song Thrush (Wader Lake footpath) - 2

Common Whitethroat (Wader Lake footpath) - 3

Long-tailed Tit (Wader Lake footpath) - 2

Shelduck (site count) - 53

 

Other Wildlife Species

Amphibians:

Smooth Newt (Forgotten Meadow pond)

Toad Tadpole (Forgotten Meadow pond)

 

Invertebrates:

Orange Tip

Speckled Wood

 

Flora:

Ragged Robin (Forgotten Meadow)

Cuckoo Flower (Forgotten Meadow)

Cowslip (Forgotten Meadow)

Northern Marsh Orchid (Forgotten Meadow)

Pignut (Old Oak Meadow)