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Wildlife Sightings - 28/12/2023
Weather : Light windsRiver Wear Tide Level: HighWader Lake SpeciesLapwing - 29Teal - 15Canada Goose - 2Shelduck - 2Mallard - 25Black headed Gull - 3Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding StationNuthatch - 1Greenfinch - 2Goldfinch - 2Blue Tit - 8Great Tit - 3Coal Tit
28 December 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 27/12/2023
Weather: Stormy / Rainy / windRiver Wear Tide Level: LowWader Lake SpeciesLapwing - 46Herring Gull - 5Black headed Gull - 13Shelduck - 12Greylag Goose - 2Canada Goose - 2Mallard - 40Teal - 19Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station (Very busy with birds)Great S
27 December 2023
Wildlife Sightings 26/12/2023
Weather: ColdRiver Wear Tide Level: LowWader Lake SpeciesLapwing - 42Black - headed Gull - 36Herring Gull - 2Shelduck - 6Teal - 8Tufted Duck - 3Common Buzzard - 1Goshawk - 1Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding StationGreat Spotted Woodpecker - 1 (M) 1 (F)Stock Dov
26 December 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 23/12/2023
AMWeather: Clear/WindyRiver Wear Tide Level: LowWader Lake SpeciesGreylag Goose - 8Shelduck - 13Black-headed Gull - 16Lapwing - 38Moorhen - 1Teal - 8 Males + 6 FemalesMallard - 57Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding AreaBullfinch - 2 Males + 1 FemaleChaffinch - 4
23 December 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 22/12/2023
Weather: Overcast / light windRiver Wear Tide Level: midWader Lake SpeciesHerring Gull - 8Shelduck - 11Black-headed Gull - 24Lapwing - 44Teal - 35Canada Goose - 2Greylag - 2Mallard - 25Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding StationGreat Spotted Woodpecker - 1Bullfin
22 December 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 21/12/2023
*SITE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WINDS*Weather: WindyRiver Wear Tide Level: HighWader Lake SpeciesLapwing - 42Buzzard - 1Redshank - 24Shelduck - 12Teal - 40Mallard - 62Canada Goose - 1Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding StationNuthatch - 1Goldfinch - 14Robin - 2Redwing -
21 December 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 20/12/2023
Weather: Overcast/breezyRiver Wear Tide Level: HighWader Lake SpeciesLapwing - 40Mallard - 40Shelduck - 12Redshank - 22Canada Goose - 2Black-headed Gull - 2Teal - 35Greylag Goose - 2Grey Heron - 1Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding StationBlue Tit - 10Great Tit -
21 December 2023
Elf Academy brings festive cheer to Northeast children
More than 150 children across the Northeast will receive an extra special festive gift this year, thanks to WWT Washington’s Elf Academy graduates. The donated gifts form part of the wetland centre’s Christmas event, which sees children enrolling on
20 December 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 19/12/2023
19 December 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 18/12/2023
Weather: cloudy / windyRiver wear tide level: highA.MWader lake:Lapwing - 36Redshank - 6Teal - 87Mallard - 28Shelduck - 7Grey Heron - 1Canada Goose - 1Hawthorn wood:Great tit - 8Chaffinch - 7Greenfinch - 2Blackbird - 2Blue tit - 14Coal tit - 2Bullfinch -
18 December 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 17/12/2023
Weather: Bright, BreezyWader Lake SpeciesCurlew - 37Teal - 63Shelduck - 9Mallard - 71Grey Heron - 2Lapwing - 3Hawthorn Wood Bird feeding HideBlue Tit - 10Chaffinch - 4Coal Tit - 3Goldfinch - 3Great Tit - 7Bullfinch - 5Dunnock - 1Robin - 1Bird Species Note
17 December 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 16/12/2023
Weather: ClearRiver wear tide level: HighA.MWader lake species:(Deporting Site After Evening Roost) 8:15Curlew - 230Lapwing - 2Redshank - 10Common snipe - 1Teal - 63Shelduck - 108:30Lapwing - 25Shelduck - 5Teal - 15 +19Black-headed Gull - 6Goosander - 2 +
16 December 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 15/12/2023
Weather: ClearRiver wear tide level: midA.M Wader lake species:Lapwing - 12Shelduck - 9Teal - 24Coot - 1Moorhen - 6Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station:Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1Sparrow Hawk - 1Chaffinch - 4Coal tit - 2Blue tit - 5Great tit - 4Robin - 1Nu
15 December 2023
Wildlife Sightings - 14/12/2023
Weather: OvercastRiver wear tide level: MidWader lake species - AMHerring gull - 51Black Headed gull - 17Mallard - 53Shelduck - 4Teal - 64Canada Goose - 3Lapwing - 3Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station Greenfinch - 1Coal tit - 6Great tit - 10Goldfinch - 2R
14 December 2023
Wildlife Sighting - 13/12/2003
Weather: Overcast/Slight RainRiver wear Tide Level: MidWader Lake Species Grey Heron - 2Lapwing - 2Lesser Black -backed Gul - 2Black - headed Gull - 4Teal - 72Mallard - 52Moorhen - 4Carrion Crow ( Meadow ) - 2Canada Goose ( Meadow ) - 1Pheasant ( Meadow )
13 December 2023