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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome
Getting here
55.02509, -2.13582
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Siskin and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Siskin and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Siskin, Blackbird, Goldfinch +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Siskin, Blackbird, Goldfinch +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Orange Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Field Forget-me-not, Wall-rue, Lady's Bedstraw +2 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Way of LightWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km▾
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route▾
The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway Hexham LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route452 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 452 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route71 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 71 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route246 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 246 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Roman column at Chesters bridge abutment
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Wildlife to spot
11,895 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,895 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Dunnock · Coal Tit · Robin · Great Tit +37
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects28 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Syrphus +23
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
- BumblebeeBombus2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Larch Ladybird
Field Forget-me-not
- Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,895 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Dunnock · Coal Tit · Robin · Great Tit +37
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects28 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Syrphus +23
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
- BumblebeeBombus2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Larch Ladybird
Field Forget-me-not
- Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Aphidecta obliterata2025
Aphidecta obliterata2025
Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Helina evectaHelina evecta2025Helina evectaHelina evecta2025Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2025Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum20242-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20242-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2024Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2024Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2024Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2024Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2024Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2024Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae202414-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202414-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024