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Wildlife Sightings - 24/03/2024
Weather: SunnyRiver Wear Tide Level: LowWader Lake SpeciesGreylag Goose - 5Canada Goose - 26Mute Swan - 2Shelduck - 19 (1 female colour-ringed yellow/red)Shoveler - 6Oystercatcher - 2Lapwing - 2Black-headed Gull - 114Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1Avocet - 1
24 March 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 23/03/2024
Weather = Sunny/windyRiver Tide = LowWater Level = MidWader Lake SpeciesOystercatcher - 5Avocet -22Lapwing - 6Shelduck - 23Gadwall - 2Tufted Duck - 10Shoveler - 4Teal - 2Graylag Goose - 8Canada x Graylag Goose - 13 + 1 (Canalag)Black Headed Gull - 56Herri
23 March 2024
New black swan cygnets hatch at WWT Washington
Three is the magic number at Washington Wetland Centre as they welcome the arrival of three charming black swan cygnets. The black swan pair – who were first introduced in May 2021 - have done a fantastic job laying and protecting their clutch of egg
22 March 2024
Wildlife Sightings 22/03/2024
Weather = Sunny/BreezyRiver Tide = LowWater Level = MidWader Lake SpeciesBlack Headed Gull x Heditterranean Gull - 1Black Headed Gull - 139Herring Gull - 21Avocet - 6Oystercatcher - 4Lapwing - 1Starling (meadow) - 1Tufted Duck - 6Shoveler - 4Teal - 1Shel
22 March 2024
Visitor donation supports opening of new wildlife hide
We’re delighted to announce that a new wildlife viewing hide is now open to visitors. The Vic Robins hide - which is on the east side of Wader Lake - was kindly funded by WWT Washington visitor Viv Coy. Viv and her husband Vic visited the Princes Trust
21 March 2024
WILDLIFE SIGHTING 21/03/24
Weather: Overcast River Wear Tide Level: Low
21 March 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 19/03/2024
A.MWeather: mildRiver tide level: midWader Lake:Wigeon - 4Canada Goose - 28Graylag Goose - 5Mute Swan - 2Shelduck - 67Teal - 2Coot - 3Lapwing - 15Redshank - 17Black-headed Gull - 160Herring Gull - 14Grey Heron - 30Avocet - 16Hawthorn wood:Pheasant -1Woodp
19 March 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 18/03/2024
A.MWeather: sunny / warmRiver tide level: HightWader Lake:Oystercatcher - 2Shelduck - 63Canada Goose - 22Grey Heron - 35 + 5 juvenileTufted duck - 22Black-headed Gull - 65Redshank - 37Gadwall - 1Little Grebe - 1Mute Swan - 2Graylag Goose - 6Shoveler - 1Av
18 March 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 17/03/2024
A.MWeather: Overcast / warmRiver tide level: midWader Lake:Shelduck - 34Tufted duck - 4Black-headed Gull - 76Mute Swan - 5Graylag Goose - 17Grey Heron - 32Canada Goose - 27Avocet - 18Widgeon - 4 Oystercatcher - 4Herring Gull - 5Lapwing - 19 ( ALL ON MEADO
17 March 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 16/03/2024
A.MWeather: sunny River tide level: highWader Lake:Tufted duck - 13Shelduck - 21Mallard - 8Redshank - 16Teal - 9Avocet - 5Black-headed Gull - 130Herring Gull - 75Lapwing - 5Oystercatcher - 2Coot - 5Moorhen - 3Hawthorn wood:Nuthatch - 1Siskin - 1Chaffinch
16 March 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 15/03/2024
A.M Weather: sunny / mildRiver tide level: highWader Lake:Grey Heron - 26 (21 in the hedge)Black-headed + Med Gull Hybrid - 1Black-headed Gull - 112Herring Gull - 21Lesser black-headed Gull - 3Avocet - 2Mute Swan - 3Canada Goose - 24Graylag Goose - 7Sheld
15 March 2024
Wildlife sightings - 14/03/2024
AMRiver Wear Tide Level: MidGrey Heron - 32Canada Goose - 20Shelduck - 36Teal - 6Coot - 2Lapwing- 11Reed Bunting - 1 maleChaffinch - 1 femaleBlue Tit - 5Stock Dove - 1Bird Species Noted Around SiteCormorant - River Wear - 1Tawny Owl - Hawthorn Wood (Roos
14 March 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 13/03/2024
Weather: MildRiver Wear Tide Level: MidWader Lake Species Time: AM Water Level: HighGrey Heron - 27 (23 in heronry)Greylag Goose - 6Canada Goose - 13Canada x Greylag Goose - 1Shelduck - 33Lapwing - 31Avocet - 2Oystercatcher - 2Herring Gull - 230Le
13 March 2024
Pssst... we've launched a new interactive app!
Your wetland journey begins now as WWT Washington Wetland Centre introduces an interactive app for visitors – a digital pocket guide to the wetland and woodland wildlife of the Wearside nature reserve. The WWT Washington app - which launched in Febru
13 March 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 12/03/2024
AMRiver Wear Tide Level: LowWader Lake SpeciesMute Swan - 2Greylag Goose - 4Mallard - 8Grey Heron (Heronry) - 25 +Lapwing - 5Herring Gull - 64Stockdove - 2Bullfinch - 4 (2 male + 2 female)Dunnock - 1Robin -1Great Tit - 4Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1Bir
12 March 2024