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Wildlife Sightings - 08/10/2024
Weather - wet / damp / rain River Wear Tide Level - MidWader Lake SpeciesAvocet - 2Redshank - 40Lapwing - 50Dunlin - 1Oystercatcher - 1Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding StationNuthatch - 2Goldfinch - 2Coal Tit - 2Chaffinch - 8Dunnock - 1Bullfinch - 2Magpie - 1Ph
8 October 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 07/10/2024
Weather - overcast / mixedRiver Wear Tide Level - MidWader Lake SpeciesRedshank - 15Ruff - 1Dunnock - 1Avocet - 2Oystercatcher - 1Buzzard - 2Lapwing - 175Heron - 1Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding StationDunnock - 2Robin - 1Nuthatch - 1Coal Tit - 1Goldfinch - 1G
8 October 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 04/10/2024
Weather - Fine/DryRiver Wear Tide Level - MidWader Lake SpeciesTeal - 43Wigeon - 2Shoveler - 7Lapwing - 2Redshank - 5Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding StationPheasant - 2(M) 1(F)Great Tit - 4Chaffinch - 2Blue Tit - 2Dunnock - 1Coal Tit - 3Robin - 1Long Tailed Ti
4 October 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 03/10/2024
Weather - DryRiver Wear Tide Level - LowWader Lake SpeciesSnipe - 1Oystercatcher - 1Lapwing - 27Teal - 13Moorhen - 6Canada Goose - 39Shoveler - 4Black Headed Gull - 6Grey Heron - 1Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding AreaBlue Tit - 4Great Tit - 3Coal Tit - 2Bullfin
3 October 2024
Musa the otter - this is your life!
Musa, our adorable otter is celebrating his 15th birthday, and is now the oldest Asian short-clawed otter in all of WWT! To mark this momentous occasion, we thought we'd take a look back at Musa's life so far... Musa was born on 3rd October 2009 at W
3 October 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 2/10/2024
Weather: Drizzle Wader Lake SpeciesTeal - 17Lapwing - 8Grey Heron - 1Coal Tit - 1Blue Tit - 4Dunnock - 1Goldfinch - 1Robin - 1Greenfinch - 2Bird Species Noted Around SiteLong tailed Tit - Around Site - 1
2 October 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 1/01/2024
Weather - RainRiver Wear Tide Level - midWader Lake SpeciesMoorhen - 12Teal - 21Lapwing - 32Black headed Gull - 9Grey Heron - 1Wader Lake Meadow:Common Buzzard - 2Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding StationBlue Tit - 3Moorhen - 1Chaffinch - 2Robin - 1Great Tit - 3
1 October 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 30/09/2024
Weather - showers / overcastRiver Wear Tide Level - midWader Lake SpeciesLapwing - 58Buzzard - 1Teal - 18Moorhen - 12Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding StationSparrowhawk - 1Nuthatch - 1Long Tailed Tit - 5Goldfinch - 2Bullfinch - 3Chaffinch - 8GREENFINCH - 4dunno
30 September 2024
Because you know we're all about the bats...
When you wander around Washington WWT you’ll see a lot of bird boxes up in the trees, but there are other boxes that look a little different with the entrance at the bottom. These have been designed to provide roosts for bats rather than birds. Becau
30 September 2024
Wildlife Sightings --28/09/024
Weather = Breezy/ SunnyRiver Wear Tide Level = lowWader Lake SpeciesShoveler - 5Lapwing - 48Moorhen - 11Teal - 3Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding StationBlue Tit - 5Nuthatch - 1Pheasant - 2Bullfinch - 2Dunnock - 4Bullfinch - 1Coal Tit - 2Magpie - 1Chaffinch - 2G
28 September 2024
Wildlife Sightings 27/09/2024
Weather = Bright/ SunnyRiver Wear Tide Level = HighWader Lake Species Red shank - 5Spotted Redshank - 1Lapwing - 33Teal - 37Shoveler - 3Oystercatcher - 7Moorhen - 7Grey Heron - 7Stonechat - 1 (F)Little Egret - 4Great White Egret - 1Wigeon - 1Hawthorn Wo
27 September 2024
Who’s who - a guide to our Chilean flamingos
Our flock of Chilean flamingos is as flamboyant as they come, but each has an individual story. But how do we tell them apart? With great difficulty visually speaking, however, our flamingos all have special leg rings featuring numbers or letters that
27 September 2024
Wildlife sightings - 26/09/2024
AMWeather: RainRiver Wear Tide Level: MidWater Level: LowWader Lake SpeciesSpotted Redshank - 1Greenshank - 1Redshank - 56Lapwing - 32Oystercatcher - 2Mute Swan - 1Gadwall - 14Teal - 62Shoveler - 6Grey Heron - 1Stonechat - 1Common Buzzard (meadow) - 2H
26 September 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 25/09/2024
Weather: SunnyRiver wear tide level: MidWader lake species:Spotted redshank - 1Red shank - 62Green shank - 3Lapwing - 70Curlew - 2Common snipe - 1Ruff - 1Black - tailed godwit - 3Teal - 43Shoveler - 3Mute swan - 1 Hawthorn wood bird feeding area:Nuthatch
25 September 2024
Flamingos fabulous at 40!
Eleven Chilean flamingos at Wearside nature reserve WWT Washington Wetland Centre are celebrating their 40th birthdays this week, and are inviting visitors to come and mark the occasion with them! This Saturday (28 September) has been named ‘flam
25 September 2024