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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 - 22/08/16

a.m. Tide Level: High

Wader Lake

Curlew 4

Ruff 1

Black-tailed godwit 11

Bar-tailed godwit 1

Ringed plover 1

Redshank 71

Lapwing 62

Avocet 3

Black-headed gull 6

Common tern 30

Common snipe 1

Saline Lagoon

Eurasian teal 6

Grey heron 1

Gadwall 2

Hawthorn Wood

Great spotted woodpecker 1

Goldfinch 4

Greenfinch 3

Chaffinch 12

Robin 4

Blackbird 2

Coal tit 6

Other birds

Sparrowhawk - 1 - Forgotten Meadow

Jay - 1 - Forgotten Meadow

Little egret - 1 - River reedbed flyover

Cormorant - 1 - River Wear

Swallows - 12 - Wader Lake footpath

Other wildlife/flora (wet morning, not much in flight)

Pond skater

Sea aster

Purple loosestripe