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🦅Birds🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome24 ha
Getting here
54.91067, -1.52743
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +58 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +58 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Lily Beetle, Painted Lady, Harlequin Ladybird +35 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Feather-moss, Rough-stalked Feather-moss, White Dead-nettle +32 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Weardale WayWalking route124 km▾
Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route
Way of LearningWalking route61 km▾
Named routeLength 61 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Tyne and Wear Heritage Way Section 7Walking route15.2 km▾
Named routeLength 15.2 kmRegional walking route
The Angel's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Bede's WayWalking route19 km▾
Route linking linking the twin Anglo-Saxon monasteries of St Peter’s in Wearmouth and St Paul’s in Jarrow
Named routeLength 19 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
65 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Bowes Railway PathCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Angel CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
East Gateshead CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Link RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Pelaw Metro routeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,671 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,671 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Goldfinch · Starling · Great Tit · Coal Tit +40
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Common TernSterna hirundo2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- EiderSomateria mollissima2024
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2023▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Indet. Deer
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021
- Indet. DeerCervidae2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2022▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects7 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Eristalis pertinax · Tree Bumblebee · Orange Ladybird +2
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2021
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2023
- Orange Ladybird
White Dead-nettle · Garlic Mustard · Lesser Celandine · Cuckooflower · Hogweed +22
- White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,671 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Goldfinch · Starling · Great Tit · Coal Tit +40
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Common TernSterna hirundo2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- EiderSomateria mollissima2024
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2023▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Indet. Deer
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021
- Indet. DeerCervidae2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2022▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects7 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Eristalis pertinax · Tree Bumblebee · Orange Ladybird +2
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2021
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2023
- Orange Ladybird
White Dead-nettle · Garlic Mustard · Lesser Celandine · Cuckooflower · Hogweed +22
- White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Halyzia sedecimguttata2023
Halyzia sedecimguttata2023
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2021Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2021Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2021Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius20212023
2023
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacumGarden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacumTufted VetchVicia cracca2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2024Silver BirchBetula pendula2024Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2024Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2024Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023Tulip-treeLiriodendron tulipifera2023Tulip-treeLiriodendron tulipifera2023Pastinaca sativa subsp. sylvestrisPastinaca sativa subsp. sylvestris2023Pastinaca sativa subsp. sylvestrisPastinaca sativa subsp. sylvestris2023SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023CrosswortCruciata laevipes2023CrosswortCruciata laevipes2023GorseUlex europaeus2023GorseUlex europaeus2023Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2023Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2023AshFraxinus excelsior2022AshFraxinus excelsior2022DaisyBellis perennis2022DaisyBellis perennis2022Norway MapleAcer platanoides2022Norway MapleAcer platanoides2022Common NettleUrtica dioica2022Common NettleUrtica dioica2022Events & activities nearby
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