Bring your little ones to meet ours this spring
Downy duckling days are back at WWT Washington Wetland Centre!
There’s no cuter sight than a tiny fluffy chick taking its first wobbly steps, so why not gather your brood together this spring half-term and come and meet our latest feathered arrivals?
Our award-winning duckery talks bring visitors nose-to-beak with our newest hatchlings every day during May half-term from 1-2pm (Saturday 23-Sunday 31 May, cost included in admission). Children – and big kids! – can gently tickle the heads of the young babies and feel their little webbed feet, as they are held safely in the expert hands of our wardens.
Hear how the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) is helping to save some of the rarest waterbirds on the planet with its specialist conservation breeding programmes and don’t forget to visit the Close Encounters hand-feeding area, where our black swan cygnets and nene goslings are growing up fast.
May is one of the best months to see new life beginning out on our wildlife reserve too.
Right now on Wader Lake regionally rare avocets are nesting, in what is their tenth breeding season here. Red-listed lapwing chicks are visible on Wader Meadow (left), gangly grey herons are starting to fledge from their treetop nests and our noisy common tern colony is settling down on Tern Island for a busy summer of breeding.
Elsewhere around site, spring migrants such as little ringed plover and sand martin are returning, chiffchaff are in fine voice, tadpoles are hatching, brown hare are boxing on Old Oak Meadow and wild otter tracks can be spotted at the saline lagoon.
And don’t just take our word for how wonderful our site is in spring – check out our latest Trip Advisor reviews here
Whatever the season, come rain or shine, WWT Washington Wetland Centre is the perfect place for you to connect with nature.
Open 364 days a year, our award-winning, family-friendly site offers an easy, safe space to enjoy the wonders of wetland wildlife, with a host of unforgettable wildlife encounters, regular activities and beautiful scenery all year round. Plus accessible pathways, a waterside cafe with views of wetland wildlife, gift shop and Playscape adventure play area.
WWT is a charity that saves wetlands, which are essential for life itself. Every day we’re at the heart of issues like well-being, nature, climate change and education.
