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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
54.76374, -1.54480
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦42+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 377m away
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦42+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 377m away
Best for
9 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +39 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Mammals — Rabbit, Grey Squirrel, Brown Hare +11 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Hazel, Butterbur, Lords-and-Ladies +23 more · last seen 2026; Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Named hiking route nearby: Way of Love; Named hiking route nearby: Way of Love
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km26 signed routes nearby · 19 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Weardale WayWalking route124 km▾
Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route
Small Pilgrim PlacesWalking route14.5 km▾
Named routeLength 14.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Cassop-cum-Quarrington circular walkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Jubilee WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Cassop Vale circular walkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Hall Lanepublic footpath · 417 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 417 mPath type: service
68 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Great North CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 725National Cycle Network
Great North CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 725National Cycle Network
Langley Park to Sniperly LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route▾
The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
8 public paths nearby
Public paths
Bent House Lanebridleway · 269 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 269 mSurface unpavedPath type: service
Bent House Lanebridleway · 175 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 175 mPath type: track
Bent House Lanebridleway · 64 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 64 mSurface compactedPath type: track
Bent House Lanebridleway · 241 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 241 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Bent House Lanebridleway · 38 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 38 mSurface unpavedPath type: service
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
Old Railway Cutting, Shincliffe Park
Photos
Old Railway Cutting, Shincliffe Park
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
18,686 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,686 records · NBN AtlasWoodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Robin
+37 more speciesHide species list
All 42 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Red Fox · Roe Deer
+9 more speciesHide species list
All 14 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026Common Frog · Common Toad
🐝Insects2 species
winterautumn
2026Harlequin Ladybird · Carabus nemoralis
🌿Plants26 species
winterspring
2026Hazel · Butterbur · Lords-and-Ladies · Ramsons · Snowdrop
+21 more speciesHide species list
All 26 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- HazelCorylus avellana
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- IvyHedera helix
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,686 records · NBN AtlasWoodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Robin
+37 more speciesHide species list
All 42 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Red Fox · Roe Deer
+9 more speciesHide species list
All 14 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026Common Frog · Common Toad
🐝Insects2 species
winterautumn
2026Harlequin Ladybird · Carabus nemoralis
🌿Plants26 species
winterspring
2026Hazel · Butterbur · Lords-and-Ladies · Ramsons · Snowdrop
+21 more speciesHide species list
All 26 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- HazelCorylus avellana
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- IvyHedera helix
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Brown Rat
Brown Rat
Rattus norvegicus
Rattus norvegicus
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