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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 - 31/05/2017

AM mid tide

Wader Lake:

Avocet 27 adults + 12 chicks

Oystercatcher 2 adults + 1 chick

Lapwing 10 adults + 9 chicks

Ringed plover 2

Little-ringed plover 2

Redshank 2

Common tern 175

Black-headed gull 83

Grey heron 11 adults + 22 juveniles

Shoveler 3

 

Saline Lagoon:

Avocet 2

Oystercatcher 2 adults + 1 chick

Gadwall 2

Mute swan 2

 

Hawthorn Wood feeding station:

Great-spotted woodpecker 2

Nuthatch 1

Willow tit 2

Coal tit 3

Bullfinch 8

Greenfinch 4

Goldfinch 4

Jay 2

Blackcap 1

 

Plus:

Chiffchaff 1 adult + 4 juveniles on Wader Lake footpath

Swallow 6 on Wader Lake

Tree sparrow 2 at the Pond Zone

Shelduck 33 adults + 21 ducklings (site count)

Swift 3 over site

 

Other wildlife species:

Smooth newt in Forgotten Meadow Pond

Painted lady, orange tip, peacock and speckled wood butterflies

Tree bumblebee

Flora - yellow flag iris, ragged robin, yellow rattle, ox-eye daisy, northern marsh orchid