Volunteers dug deep to help create vital new woodland habitat at WWT Washington Wetland Centre. The volunteers begin their task... Staff from Pentland Distribution Services (PDS) got their hands - and everything else!
22 June 2012
Read the latest wildlife reserve update from our reserve manager John Gowland... Wildlife sightings Despite the wet cool weather recently, a cuckoo was heard calling from the Wet Woodland area on Fr
17 June 2012
Our new saline lagoon, designed to open up our reserve to the River Wear corridor and the wildlife that inhabits it, has been visited by a roe deer. And it's not even finished! Wardens out in the grounds spotted the tracks and took the below snaps, the s
13 June 2012
'Flower Power' by Helen Louise Saunders Here comes the sun (well, err, till tomorrow at least!). Why not visit WWT Washington during the next couple of days and snap some photo comp shots like this while it'
13 June 2012
Don’t miss our latest wildlife photography exhibition, on show all month in the main corridor. Common whitethroat Lawrence ‘Lol’ Patterson – born and bred in Washington – took up photography as a hobby follo
2 June 2012
Downy duckling days are here again at WWT Washington Wetland Centre! There’s no cuter sight than a tiny fluffy chick taking its first wobbly steps, so why not gather your brood together this spring half-term and come and meet our latest feathered arriva
31 May 2012
With warm weather finally making an appearance and everything from birds to insects to flowers bursting into life, May is a great month to visit our wildlife reserve. Here’s the latest update from reserve manager John Gowland... “Following the predati
25 May 2012
The secret underwater world of pond creatures is being brought vividly to life, thanks to a new interactive pond dipping exhibit at WWT Washington Wetland Centre. The 50K Pondzone - which was generously funded by County Durham Environmental Trust (CDENT),
15 May 2012
A bird which made local wildlife history when it hatched chicks on Wearside for the very first time looks set to break yet another record at WWT Washington Wetland Centre. Three of the avocet chicks with a parent (quite ha
29 April 2012
WWT Washington Wetland Centre’s grey heron colony has been named one of the best in the UK by Countryfile magazine (http://www.countryfile.com/countryside/wildlife-watch-out-march). The heronry – one of the largest in the country – has been steadily
1 April 2012
WWT Washington is springing into action this April, with fun and activities for all the family during Easter and beyond. Discover new life and nature blooming all around, including beautiful spring flowers, butterflies and amphibians, and baby chicks that
27 March 2012
Meet our gregarious, noisy, nibbly bronze-winged ducks – which we wouldn’t have any other way. Quite difficult to film while stumbling backwards over your own feet; much better to see and be chased by them in person! They’re also known as ‘specta
22 March 2012
The empty lagoon 'before'. Our new saline lagoon was breached for the first time on 7/3/2012, with the River Wear flooding in at high tide. Please see below for pics and footage of this amazing event - to s
13 March 2012
NEWSFLASH - a seventh and eight avocet arrived 10/3/2012! Read on for the latest news from Wader Lake, in the words of our reserve manager, John Gowland. “At the moment, Wader Lake is definitely the star of the reserve. Hopefully all the hard work put i
9 March 2012
Rod and Musa (pic by Charlie Syme) Ahhhh, fame at last! Check out our cheeky Asian short-clawed otters Rod and Musa on the Sky Tyne and Wear website... http://tyneandwear.sky.com/news/article/14262 To see more great videos, visit the Sky Tyne and Wear
8 March 2012