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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 - 5/10/17

(AM low tide)

 

Wader Lake:

Black-tailed godwit 6

Common snipe 4

Lapwing 14

Redshank 10

Teal 12

 

Saline lagoon:

Curlew 15

Wigeon 3

Black-headed gull 16

Redshank 5

 

Hawthorn Wood:

Bullfinch 10

Goldfinch 4

Greenfinch 6

Willow tit 2

Coal tit 12

Long-tailed tit 6

 

Plus three cormorant, 200 jackdaw, 100 black-headed gulls and two grey heron on the River Wear

Two jay at spring gill

A grey wagtail at the amphibian ponds

Eight red admiral and two speckled wood butterflies on the ivy at spring gill

A female otter and mature cub catching then devouring fish on the riverbank opposite Window on the Wear 2