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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 - 26/10/17

Wader Lake (AM, high tide):

Black-tailed godwit 6

Redshank 80

Lapwing 60

Curlew 8

Common snipe 3

Teal 73

Stock dove 3

 

Saline lagoon:

Curlew, black-headed gull and greater black-backed gull.

 

Hawthorn Wood feeding station:

Willow tit 2

Coal tit 10

Great tit 14

Blue tit 16

Bullfinch 10

Greenfinch 4

Goldfinch 6

Chaffinch 6

Great-spotted woodpecker 1

Nuthatch 1

 

Plus:

Flock of whooper swan flying SE over site 35

A kingfisher in the gully

Redwing on Wader Lake footpath 14

Goldcrest in Hollowood 2

A grey wagtail in Playscape

Grey heron on the River Wear 3

Cormorant on the River Wear 7

Tufted duck on the reservoir 42

Tree sparrow on the centre bird feeders 4

 

Ivy, gorse, red campion and marsh marigold

A weasel in Playscape