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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 - 27/07/16

a.m. Tide Level: High

Wader Lake

Avocet 10 + 2 chicks

Common sandpiper 2

Lapwing 6

Oystercatcher 5

Redshank 23

Teal 4

Shoveler 1 + 3 ducklings

Grey heron 15

Saline Lagoon

Common sandpiper 2

Lapwing 26

Black-headed gull 110

Hawthorn Wood

Huthatch 1

Bullfinch 11

Chaffinch 20

Goldfinch 6

Greenfinch 6

Great spotted woodpecker 1 juvenile

Robin 2 + 1 juvenile

Duccock 1 + 1 juvenile

Willow tit 2

Coal tit 2

Other birds

Jay - 1 + 1 juvenile - Car park

Cormorant - 1 - River Wear

Chiffchaff - Wader Lake footpath

Whitethroat - Wader Lake footpath

Other wildlife/flora

Speckled wood

Meadow brown

Yarrow

Purple

Purple Loosestrife