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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Starling
♿Good accessibility year-round — paths here remain suitable through summer
☕Costa — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Starling
♿Good accessibility year-round — paths here remain suitable through summer
☕Costa — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking· FreePlaygroundToilets

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Starling, Magpie +50 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Starling, Magpie +50 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Garlic Mustard, Prickly Lettuce, Meadowsweet +18 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Garlic Mustard, Prickly Lettuce, Meadowsweet +18 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus +8 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus +8 more · last seen 2026

Free

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Garlic Mustard, Meadowsweet, White Dead-nettle +3 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Weardale WayWalking route124 km

Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route

Cuddy's CorseWalking route12 km

Named routeLength 12 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route

Way of LearningWalking route61 km

Named routeLength 61 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Great Lumley Village LoopWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Heritage 100 - Walridge FellWalking route

Named routeRef 5Round tripLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

53 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Bowes Railway PathCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Angel CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Beamish LoopCycling route11 km

Named routeRef CDN6Length 11 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Great North CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 725National Cycle Network

Link RouteCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Station to Riverside GroundCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

17,732 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

17,732 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds29 species

autumn

2026

Blue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Starling +24

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

summerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects4 species

springsummer

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · 7-spot Ladybird · Pea-leaf Weevil

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
SyrphusSyrphus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus

🌿

Plants2 species

springsummer

2026

Garden Grape-hyacinth · Guelder-rose

Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

17,732 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds29 species

autumn

2026

Blue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Starling +24

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

summerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects4 species

springsummer

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · 7-spot Ladybird · Pea-leaf Weevil

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
SyrphusSyrphus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus

🌿

Plants2 species

springsummer

2026

Garden Grape-hyacinth · Guelder-rose

Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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