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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍄 Fungi
Free entry Dogs welcome 85 ha
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55.08984, -2.32546
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🍄 Mushroom 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 🍄 Mushroom 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 £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Tawny Owl, Chaffinch, Wren +47 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Tawny Owl, Chaffinch, Wren +47 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Stinking Parachute, Dark Crottle, Puccinia caricina +157 more · last seen 2019; Fungi — Stinking Parachute, Dark Crottle, Puccinia caricina +157 more · last seen 2019
Varies
Fungi — False Chanterelle, Beechmast Candlesnuff, Terracotta Hedgehog +16 more foraging species; Lowland meadows — wild flowers, berries and seasonal plants
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Larch Ladybird, Eyed Ladybird, Orange-tip +10 more · last seen 2022
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Glittering Wood-moss, Little Shaggy-moss, Waved Silk-moss +140 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Glittering Wood-moss, Little Shaggy-moss, Waved Silk-moss +140 more · last seen 2023
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm) Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map 5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 68 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland) Cycling route ▾
The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 3.4 km ▾
Named route Ref 68 Length 3.4 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.2 km ▾
Named route Ref 68 Length 1.2 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 13.6 km ▾
Named route Ref 68 Length 13.6 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stonehaugh Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Round trip
Show on map Great North Trail (North Pennines and Kielder Forest) Mountain bike route 123.9 km ▾
Named route Length 123.9 km National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
1,416 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,416 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 34 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Tawny Owl · Coal Tit · Goldcrest · Chaffinch · Willow Warbler +29
Tawny Owl Strix aluco2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater Goldcrest Regulus regulus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2023 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2023 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Great Tit Parus major2023 Siskin Spinus spinus2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2023 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2023 Carrion Crow Corvus corone Swallow Hirundo rustica Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2022 Jay Garrulus glandarius Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2023 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2023 Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Larch Ladybird · Eyed Ladybird · Striped Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Pine Weevil +2
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata Striped Ladybird Myzia oblongoguttata 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Pine Weevil Hylobius abietis Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum 18-spot Ladybird Sneezewort · Wood Horsetail · Meadowsweet · Tall Fescue · Burnet-saxifrage +4
Sneezewort Achillea ptarmica Wood Horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria Tall Fescue Schedonorus arundinaceus Burnet-saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga Marsh Valerian Valeriana dioica Creeping Willow Salix repens Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,416 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 34 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Tawny Owl · Coal Tit · Goldcrest · Chaffinch · Willow Warbler +29
Tawny Owl Strix aluco2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater Goldcrest Regulus regulus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2023 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2023 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Great Tit Parus major2023 Siskin Spinus spinus2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2023 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2023 Carrion Crow Corvus corone Swallow Hirundo rustica Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2022 Jay Garrulus glandarius Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2023 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2023 Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Larch Ladybird · Eyed Ladybird · Striped Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Pine Weevil +2
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata Striped Ladybird Myzia oblongoguttata 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Pine Weevil Hylobius abietis Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum 18-spot Ladybird Sneezewort · Wood Horsetail · Meadowsweet · Tall Fescue · Burnet-saxifrage +4
Sneezewort Achillea ptarmica Wood Horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria Tall Fescue Schedonorus arundinaceus Burnet-saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga Marsh Valerian Valeriana dioica Creeping Willow Salix repens Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Myrrha octodecimguttata
Myrrha octodecimguttata
Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus
Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna2022
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna2022 