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Birdhope Camps

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📷 Russel Wills · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Swallow, Willow Warbler, Tawny Owl +64 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swallow, Willow Warbler, Tawny Owl +64 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Heath Bedstraw, Wood-sorrel, Alder +199 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Heath Bedstraw, Wood-sorrel, Alder +199 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Wood-sorrel, Sheep's Sorrel, Pedunculate Oak +14 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meliscaeva cinctella, Meliscaeva auricollis, Eristalis pertinax +29 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meliscaeva cinctella, Meliscaeva auricollis, Eristalis pertinax +29 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Route 686Cycling route

Named routeRef 686National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

865 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

865 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds5 species

summer

2025

Barn Owl · Lapwing · Swallow · Tree Pipit · Redstart

Barn OwlTyto alba
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024

🐝

Insects18 species

summer

2025

Meliscaeva cinctella · Meliscaeva auricollis · Eristalis pertinax · Sericomyia silentis · Platycheirus +13

Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
MelangynaMelangyna
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Scaeva seleniticaScaeva selenitica
Platycheirus granditarsusPlatycheirus granditarsus
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola
Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2024

🌿

Plants129 species

summer

2025

Common Cottongrass · Purple Moor-grass · Sheep's Sorrel · Common Sedge · Pedunculate Oak +124

Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2024
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2024
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2024
Common SedgeCarex nigra2024
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024
BugleAjuga reptans2024
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2024
Silver BirchBetula pendula2024
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2024
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor2024
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2024
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
Trichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicum2024
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa2024
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2024
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2024
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2024
Red FescueFestuca rubra2024
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2024
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2024
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2024
Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2024
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2024
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2024
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2024
Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024
AlderAlnus glutinosa2024
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2024
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2024
Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera2024
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2024
Wood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticum2024
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2024
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2024
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2024
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2024
Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2024
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024
PignutConopodium majus2024
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024
Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata2024
AshFraxinus excelsior2024
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2024
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2024
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2024
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2024
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2024
Hairy Lady's-mantleAlchemilla filicaulis2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2024
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2024
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2024
Water AvensGeum rivale2024
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2024
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2024
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2024
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2024
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2024
Eared WillowSalix aurita2024
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2024
ElderSambucus nigra2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2024
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2024
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024
TormentilPotentilla erecta2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024
Oval SedgeCarex leporina2024
HazelCorylus avellana2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2024
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2024
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2024
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2024
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024
RowanSorbus aucuparia2024
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2024
Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella2024
Meadow OatHelictochloa pratensis2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Red CampionSilene dioica2024
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2024
LousewortPedicularis sylvatica2024
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Tawny SedgeCarex hostiana2024
Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana2024
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024
Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum2024
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis2024
Mat-grassNardus stricta2024
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

865 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds5 species

summer

2025

Barn Owl · Lapwing · Swallow · Tree Pipit · Redstart

Barn OwlTyto alba
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024

🐝

Insects18 species

summer

2025

Meliscaeva cinctella · Meliscaeva auricollis · Eristalis pertinax · Sericomyia silentis · Platycheirus +13

Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
MelangynaMelangyna
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Scaeva seleniticaScaeva selenitica
Platycheirus granditarsusPlatycheirus granditarsus
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola
Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2024

🌿

Plants129 species

summer

2025

Common Cottongrass · Purple Moor-grass · Sheep's Sorrel · Common Sedge · Pedunculate Oak +124

Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2024
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2024
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2024
Common SedgeCarex nigra2024
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024
BugleAjuga reptans2024
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2024
Silver BirchBetula pendula2024
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2024
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor2024
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2024
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
Trichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicum2024
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa2024
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2024
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2024
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2024
Red FescueFestuca rubra2024
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2024
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2024
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2024
Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2024
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2024
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2024
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2024
Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024
AlderAlnus glutinosa2024
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2024
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2024
Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera2024
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2024
Wood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticum2024
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2024
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2024
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2024
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2024
Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2024
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024
PignutConopodium majus2024
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024
Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata2024
AshFraxinus excelsior2024
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2024
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2024
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2024
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2024
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2024
Hairy Lady's-mantleAlchemilla filicaulis2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2024
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2024
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2024
Water AvensGeum rivale2024
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2024
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2024
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2024
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2024
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2024
Eared WillowSalix aurita2024
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2024
ElderSambucus nigra2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2024
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2024
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024
TormentilPotentilla erecta2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024
Oval SedgeCarex leporina2024
HazelCorylus avellana2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2024
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2024
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2024
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2024
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024
RowanSorbus aucuparia2024
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2024
Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella2024
Meadow OatHelictochloa pratensis2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Red CampionSilene dioica2024
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2024
LousewortPedicularis sylvatica2024
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Tawny SedgeCarex hostiana2024
Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana2024
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024
Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum2024
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis2024
Mat-grassNardus stricta2024
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Russel Wills · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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