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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 - 26/12/2017

Wader Lake (AM, high tide):

Shoveler (male) 1

Eurasian teal 50

Shelduck 25

Canada geese 50

Greylag 1

Canada/greylag hybrid 1

Black-headed gull 25

Lesser black-backed gull 10

Herring gull 8

Greater black-backed gull 1

Grey heron 1

 

Saline lagoon:

Curlew 8

Eurasian teal 45

Redshank 1

 

Hawthorn Wood feeding station:

Nuthatch 1

Willow tit 1

Great tit 14

Blue tit 10

Chaffinch 8

Bullfinch 16

Coal tit 4

Robin 1

Dunnock 2

 

Plus:

A peregrine falcon on the pylons

Goldeneye on the River Wear 3

Goosander on the River Wear 3

Common seal on the River Wear 1