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Wildlife Sightings - 08/03/25
Weather: SunnyRiver Wear Tide Level: High (Up)Wader Lake SpeciesGrey Heron - 47Oystercatcher - 2Tufted Duck - 6Shelduck - 32Black - headed Gull - 78Herring Gull - 21Canada Goose - 16Greylag - 16Lapwing - 12Black -tailed Godwit - 1Shoveler - 10 (M) 4 (F)Ga
8 March 2025
Wildlife Sightings - 07/03/2025
Weather: Overcast River Wear Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake SpeciesGrey Heron - 5Oystercatcher - 4Tufted Duck - 10 (M) 13 (F)Shelduck - 34Black - headed Gull - 64Herring Gull - 55Canada Goose - 17Greylag - 3Lapwing - 18Mallard - 12Shoveler - 6 (M) 2 (F)Avocet
7 March 2025
Wildlife Sightings - 6/03/2025
Weather - Clear and SunnyWader Lake SpeciesOystercatcher - 4Shelduck - 40Herring Gull -, 45Greylag - 18Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding AreaLong - tailed Tit - 1Nuthatch - 1Chaffinch - 7Coal Tit - 2Bird Species Noted Around SiteLong - tailed Tit - Gully - 2Blac
6 March 2025
Wildlife Sightings 5/03/25
Weather: OvercastRiver Wear Level: HighWader Lake Species AmShelduck - 28Tufted Duck - 3(f)Mallard - 6Teal - 8Shoveler - 3(m) 1(f)Herring Gull - 63Black Headed Gull- 81Lapwing - 16Canada Goose - 6Grey Heron - 7Greylag - 1Canada Goose - 8Mute Swan - 1Moorh
5 March 2025
Meet The Team: Matthew Gilbert - Reserve Placement Student
At WWT Washington, our dedicated team works tirelessly to protect and enhance the reserve for wildlife and visitors alike. Behind the scenes, our Reserve Placement Students play a crucial role in conservation efforts, gaining valuable hands-on experience in the field. Meet Matthew Gilbert, one of our current Reserve Placement Students. Originally from London, Matt studied Ecology and Wildlife Conservation and has gained hands-on experience across various conservation organisations in the UK. Now, he’s bringing his skills to WWT Washington, where no two days are the same!
5 March 2025
Wildlife Sightings 4/3/25
Weather : OvercastRiver Wear Tide Level : High (down)Wader Lake SpeciesShelduck -18Tufted Duck -3(m) 4(f)Mallard -11(m) 2(f)Teal - 6(m) 4(f)Shoveler - 3(m)Gadwell - 2(m) 2(f)Oystercatcher - 4Lapwing - 9Herring Gull -96Black Headed Gull -72Greylag - 4Canad
4 March 2025
A celebration of Mimi the otter
What can we say about Mimi? After a short illness, we lost our Asian short-clawed otter matriarch Mimi last week. She was an incredibly important otter for conservation, as well as being much loved by our team and our supporters. To commemorate the loss
4 March 2025
Wildlife Sightings 3/3/25
Wader Lake Species Grey Heron- 34Teal - 13Tufted Duck -3Shelduck- 18Lapwing- 22Oystercatcher -4Herring Gull- 30Black Headed Gull-110Canada Goose -6Greylag - 2Hawthorn Wood Feeding AreaCoal Tit -2Long-Tailed Tit -2Bullfinch - 9Nuthatch- 1House Sparrow - 1R
3 March 2025
Wildlife Sightings - 03/03/2025
Weather : overcast River Wear Level: LowWader Lake Species AmGrey Heron ( developing) - 25 + 16 nests (nest building - new nest being take up, left sub-colony)Teal - 54Tufted Duck - 12Lapwing 19 (displaying and scraping behavior on the meadow)Shelduck - 4
2 March 2025
Wildlife Sightings 26/02/25
Weather : RainRiver Wear Level: LowWader Lake Species AmShelduck - 21Mallard -20Shoveler - 1(m)Oystercatcher-2Lapwing -21Black Headed Gull-32Herring Gull- 26Canada Goose - 2Greylag-2Grey Heron-3Moorhen- 3Coot-2Hawthorn Wood Feeding StationBlue Tit-6Chaffi
26 February 2025
Early signs of spring around our wetlands
It might still be chilly out there, but some early spring signs are already starting to appear around our wetlands. There’s something rather exhilarating about the arrival of this most hopeful of seasons; the natural world on the cusp of new life and n
26 February 2025
Wildlife sightings 25/05/2025
Wader Lake am, mid tideGrey Heron *prospecting 3 new nest sites, displaying breeding behaviour* 46 ( 1 juv)Shelduck 39Tufted duck 4Goldeneye 1 femaleBlack-headed gull 142Oystercatcher 4 (2 pairs)Iceland Gull 1 adultHerring gull 69Lapwing 10Shov
25 February 2025
Wildlife Sightings - 23/02/2025
Weather - OvercastRiver Wear Tide Level - midWader Lake SpeciesGrey Heron - 20Tufted Duck - 5Shelduck - 36Oystercatcher - 2Lapwing - 15Black Headed Gull - 40Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding AreaLong-Tailed Tit - 5Coal Tit - 2Robin - 1Goldfinch - 5Bullfinch - 4N
23 February 2025
Wildlife Sightings - 22/02/2025
Weather - Sunny / windyRiver Wear Tide Level - highWader Lake SpeciesShelduck - 26Tufted Duck - 4Shoveler - 5M 2FGoldeneye - 2Mallard - 11Oystercatcher - 1Lapwing - 4Herring Gull - 57Black Headed Gull - 62Canada Goose - 13Grey Heron - 12Coot - 2Hawthorn W
22 February 2025
Wildlife Sightings 21/02/2025
Weather = Overcast/ WindyRiver Wear Tide Level = HighWader Lake Species Avocet - 1Greylag - 1Shoveler - 2 (M) 1 (F)Tufted Duck - 18Shelduck - 38Lapwing - 18Mallard - 15Black Headed Gull - 34Grey Heron - 10Herring Gull - 9Teal - 8Coot - 3Hawthorn Wood Bird
21 February 2025