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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 - 23/08/16

a.m. Tide Level: High

Wader Lake

Green sandpiper 2

Ruff 1

Curlew 14

Black-tailed godwit 10

Bar-tailed godwit 1

Redshank 79

Avocet 3

Lapwing 137

Ringed plover 1

Common snipe 5

Eurasian teal 9

Saline Lagoon

Grey heron 3

Cormorant 10

Hawthorn Wood

Jay 2

Goldfinch 3

Robin 5

Coal tit 3

Blue tit 9

Chaffinch 15

Great tit 6

Dunnock 2

Blackbird 3

Other birds

Mute swan - 3 - River Wear

Goldfinch - 91 - Lagoon path

*Little grebe juvenile - first since January on site - Reservoir

Ferruginous duck - 1 - White head pen

Other wildlife/flora

Grey squirrel

Pond skater

Purple loosestrife

Common knapweed