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Wildlife Sightings - 08/04/2024
Weather: overcastRiver Wear Tide Level: highWader Lake SpeciesAvocet - 22Shelduck - 31Shoveler - 12Tufted Duck - 6Gadwall - 1Teal - 4Black-Headed Gull - 61Herring Gull - 24Lapwing - 2Mute Swan - 3Canada Goose - 1Graylag - 1Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding AreaB
8 April 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 07/04/2024
Weather: sunny / light rain / windy River Wear Tide Level: highWader Lake SpeciesAvocet - 34Redshank - 4Oystercatcher - 2Lapwing - 4Shelduck - 21Shoveler - 5Teal - 8Tufted Duck - 6Black-Headed Gull - 62Herring Gull - 21Graylag - 6Canada Goose - 4Hawthorn
7 April 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 06/04/2024
Weather: OvercastRiver Wear Tide Level: lowWader Lake SpeciesSand Martin - 9Grey Heron - 18 + 8 ChicksLapwing - 11 + 5 nest Redshank - 14Oystercatcher - 2Avocet - 10Shoveler - 8Gadwall - 4Teal - 4Shelduck - 21Mute Swan - 2Reed bunting - 2Hawthorn Wood Bir
6 April 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 05/04/2024
Weather: CloudyRiver Wear Tide Level: lowWader Lake SpeciesMute Swan - 4Sand Martin - 3Teal - 13Canada Goose - 22Graylag - 8Avocet - 8Shoveler - 8Lapwing - 15Shelduck - 28Oystercatcher - 2Redshank - 2Tufted Duck - 5Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding AreaGreat Tit
6 April 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 04/04/2024
Weather: OvercastRiver Wear Tide Level: LowWader Lake SpeciesWood Sandpiper - 1Redshank - 45Lapwing - 12Avocet - 10Oystercatcher - 4Grey Heron - 21 +8 chicksShoveler - 22Gadwall - 7Tufted Duck - 11Teal - 9Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding AreaSiskin - 16Goldfinc
4 April 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 02/04/2024
Weather: HazyRiver Wear Tide Level: midWader Lake SpeciesGraylag Goose - 15Canada Goose - 32Shelduck - 26Teal - 8Oystercatcher - 2Lapwing - 5Redshank - 14Avocet - 16Little Egret - 1Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding AreaStock Dove - 6Siskin - 8Dunnock - 1Long-tai
2 April 2024
Sand martins check in for summer
The first sand martins of the season have arrived back at WWT Washington Wetland Centre and have shown early interest in a new nesting bank. The artificial bank, which has space for one hundred nesting pairs, was built in October last year in anticipa
2 April 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 01/04/2024
Weather: Wet River Wear Tide Level: midWader Lake SpeciesAvocet - 35Sand Martin - 1 (Singing) (4 yesterday)Graylag Goose - 14Canada Goose - 20Shelduck - 15Gadwall - 4Teal - 18Tufted Duck - 34Shoveler - 14Coot - 4Lapwing - 10Redshank - 11Hawthorn Wood Bird
1 April 2024
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
1 April 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 31/03/2024
Weather: sunny / brightRiver Wear Tide Level: highWader Lake SpeciesAvocet - 27Shoveler - 12Teal - 25Redshank - 13Graylag Goose -31Canada Goose - 26Black-headed Gull - 25Shelduck - 41Tufted Duck - 11Grey Heron - 16 + 2 chicksHerring Gull - 5Lesser black-b
31 March 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 30/03/2024
Weather: sunnyRiver Wear Tide Level: MidWader Lake SpeciesMute Swan - 4Shelduck - 30Graylag Goose - 8Gadwall - 6Shoveler - 4Teal Duck - 10Tufted Duck - 8Oystercatcher - 4Avocet - 33Redshank - 6Lapwing - 21Grey Heron - 31Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding AreaSisk
30 March 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 29/032024
Weather: sunnyRiver Wear Tide Level: MidWader Lake SpeciesMute Swan - 4Canada Goose - 35Graylag Goose - 9Tufted Duck - 25Avocet - 10Shoveler Duck - 9Shelduck - 33Black-headed Gull - 20Oystercatcher - 4Redshank - 13Teal Duck - 17Lapwing - 20Hawthorn Wood B
29 March 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 28/03/2024
Weather: Overcast, sunny spells, showersRiver Wear Tide Level: MidWader Lake SpeciesGreylag Goose - 6Canada Goose - 29Mute Swan - 2Shelduck - 28Shoveler - 4 (2 female, 2 male)Tufted Duck - 16Stock Dove - 2Oystercatcher - 2Lapwing - 14Lesser Black-backed G
28 March 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 27/03/2024
Weather: Rainy, overcastRiver Wear Tide Level: LowWader Lake SpeciesTeal - 2Gadwall - 1 maleBlack-headed Gull - 23Greylag Goose- 21Shelduck - 27Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1Shoveler - 6 (2 female, 4 male)Herring Gull - 33Oystercatcher - 4Canada Goose - 32
27 March 2024
Wildlife Sightings - 25/03/2024
Weather: RainyRiver Wear Tide Level: LowWader Lake SpeciesHerring Gull - 35Mute Swan - 4Pied Wagtail - 1Shelduck - 26Shoveler - 4 (3 male, 1 female)Grey Heron - 20 (1 juvenile)Canada Goose - 20Black-headed Gull - 10Greylag x Canada Goose - 1Oystercatcher
27 March 2024