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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 - 26/02/17

a.m. Tide Level: High

Wader Lake

Avocet 3

Kestrel 2 (pair)

Grey heron 42

Shoveler 15

Eurasian shelduck 27

Oystercatcher 4

Lapwing 53

Redshank 16

Goosander 1

Lesser black-backed gull 1

Common snipe 3

Saline Lagoon

Eurasian teal 22

Eurasian curlew 1

Hawthorn Wood

Reed bunting 1

Great spotted woodpecker 1

Siskin 5

Goldfinch 2

Greenfinch 3

Bullfinch 19

Chaffinch 17

Great tit 9

Long-tailed tit 5

Nuthatch 1

Other birds

Song thrush - 1 - Orchard

Goosander - 2 - River Wear

Grey heron - 1 - River Wear

Mammals

Otter - seen breaching from river viewpoint

Flora

Dog's mercury

Ramsons

Snow drops