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Wildlife Sightings - 22/09/2024
Weather: OvercastRiver Wear Tide Level: HighWader Lake SpeciesAvocet - 1Black - tailed Godwit - 1Redshank - 85Lapwing - 15Heron - 2Teal - 10Black - headed Gull - 40Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding AreaGreenfinch - 3Chaffinch - 7Pheasant - 4Dunnock - 1Bullfinch
22 September 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 21/09/2024
Weather: Overcast / DrizzleRiver Wear Tide Level: HighWader Lake SpeciesAvocet: 1Ruff - 2Black-Tailed Godwit - 1Curlew - 2Redshank - 16Greenshank - 1Lapwing - 8Shelduck - 56Teal - 2Black Headed Gull - 30Herring Gull - 2 + 4Little Egret - 2Hawthorn Wood Bi
21 September 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 20/09/2024
Weather: OvercastRiver Wear Tide Level: HighWader Lake SpeciesAvocet: 1Lapwing: 48Herring Gull: 2 JuvenileBlack Headed Gull: 56Teal: 7Canada Goose: 2Moorhen: 12Mallard: 1 + 1 + 8Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding AreaBlue Tit: 6Great Tit:4Coal Tit: 2Willow tit:1B
20 September 2024
Gift donation as part of Elf Academy
Help us support local children's charities this Christmas As part of our Elf Academy Christmas event, we ask young recruits to bring along a book with them (this can be a pre-loved book in a good condition or a brand new book - whichever you prefer!) tha
20 September 2024
Wildlife Sightings 19/09/24
Weather: OvercastRiver Wear Tide Level: LowWader Lake SpeciesAvocet: 1 juvRuff: 1Grey Heron: 1Lapwing: 63Curlew: 1Teal: 46Shoveler:4Black Headed Gull: 16Moorhen: 13Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding AreaBlue Tit: 8Great Tit:7Coal Tit: 2Robin:1Nuthatch:2Chaffinch:
19 September 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 18/09/24
Weather - Overcast River Wear Tide Level - LowWader Lake SpeciesAvocet - 1Lapwing - 4Mallard - 15Teal - 5Moorhen - 12Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area Nuthatch - 1Magpie - 3Dunnock - 2Coal Tit - 1Chaffinch - 5Long Tailed Tit - 1Greenfinch - 1Goldfinch - 1Ro
18 September 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 17/09/24
Weather: Cold/ClearRiver Wear Tide Level: LowWader Lake Species: Avocet - 1Redshank - 2Ruff - 1Lapwing - 150Teal - 37Shoveler - 5Gadwall - 5Moorhen - 9Black Headed Gull - 1Hawthorn Wood Hide Blue Tit - 6Great Tit - 4Coal Tit - 1Goldfinch - 2 + 4 juvenileC
17 September 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 16/09/2024
Weather: SunnyRiver Wear Tide Level: LowWader Lake SpeciesTeal - 46Avocet - 1Common Snipe - 1Lapwings - 154Starling - 2Moorhen - 7Black - headed Gull - 2Ruff - 2Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding AreaBlue Tit - 8Long tailed Tits - 6Great Tit - 7Bullfinch (F) - 1R
16 September 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 15/09/2024
Weather overcastRiver Tide Level floodtideWader Lake SpeciesRed Shank - 1Avocet - 1Ruff - 3Lapwing - 18Graylag Goose - 26Canada Goose - 6Shelduck - 1Black-Tailed Godwit - 1Greenshank - 1Hawthorn Hide Feeding StationLong-Tailed Tit - 4Pheasant - 2Greenfinc
15 September 2024
Fantastic fungi and where to find them
Fungi can be found all throughout the year, but as temperatures cool and dampness creeps in, fungi becomes more prominent. Here at Washington, we get a fantastic array of different shapes, sizes and colours of fungi. Here are our most common fungi with t
15 September 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 14/09/2024
Weather overcastRiver Tide Level lowWader Lake SpeciesAvocet - 1Lapwing - 10Ruff - 3Greenshank - 1Red Shank - 4Teal - 31Mallard - 2Black-Headed Gull - 1Moorhen - 8Coot - 1Stock Dove - 1Hawthorn Hide Feeding StationBlue Tit - 5Great Tit - 6Coal Tit - 2Will
14 September 2024
Wildlife Sightings 13/09/2024
Weather = SunnyRiver Tide Level = High Wader Lake Species Moorhen - 24Red Shank - 19Avocet - 2Lapwing - 85Ruff - 2Black-Headed Gull - 61Teal - 10Shoveler - 8Mute Swan - 2Mallard - 2Herring Gull - 2Hawthorn Hide Feeding Station Chaffinch - 3Great Tit -
13 September 2024
Wildlife Sightings 12/09/2024
Weather = SunnyRiver Tide Level = HighWader Lake Species Red Shank - 34Avocet - 3Teal - 35Black Tail Godwit - 1Green Shank - 3Curlew - 14Black-Headed Gull - 145Lapwing - 17Mallard - 2Starling - 1Hawthorn Wood Feeding Station Blue Tit - 4Great Tit - 3
13 September 2024
Meet the team: Kate Ferguson - Reserve Warden
Join us as we sit down with Kate Ferguson, our Reserve Warden here at WWT Washington to get to know her better and learn more about what her day-to-day role entails.
12 September 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 11/09/2024
Weather: sunny / windyRiver Wear Tide Level: highWader Lake SpeciesHerring Gull - 1Graylag Goose - 12 Canada Goose + Graylag Goose - 2Pied Wagtail - 1Greenshank - 4Shoveler - 20Curlew - 1Spotted Redshank - 1Redshank - 26Lapwing - 41Black - headed Gull - 1
11 September 2024