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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 - 27/9/16

Wader Lake

Tide Level Low A.M

Grey Heron: 2

Common Snipe: 8

Black-Tailed Godwit: 9

Eurasian Teal: 19

Lapwing: 1

(No sign of Jack Snipe up until 9am)

 

Saline Lagoon

Tide Level Low A.M

Redshank: 3

Grey Heron: 1 (hunting on meadow)

 

Hawthorn Wood

Willow Tit: 1

Chaffinch: 13

Great Tit: 9

Coal Tit: 4

Blue Tit: 5

Robin: 3

Dunnock: 1

 

Other Birds

Cormorant (juveniles): 3 (Window On The Wear)

Redshank: 4 (as above)

Black-Headed Gull: 15 (as above)

Long-Tailed Tits: 4 (South Wood)

 

Other Wildlife/Flora

Herb Robert

Purple Loosestrife

Water Forget-Me-Not

Fungi: Artists Bracket; Dead Man's Fingers; Velvet Shank, and Sulphur Tuft.