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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
54.51056, -1.53604
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦33+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Mallard
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦33+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Mallard
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Blackbird +30 more · last seen 2026; Nature reserve
Free
Nature reserve; Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Blackbird +30 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Migrant Hawker, Willow Emerald Damselfly +16 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — nature reserve
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Nature reserve — seasonal wildlife and habitats; Plants — Giant Hogweed, Hogweed, Daisy +13 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough)Walking route▾
UK long distance footpath from Dufton to Warrenby.
Named routeRegional walking route
Alternatives in Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
35 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Mowden Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef MowdenLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 165Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 165National Cycle Network
Darlington LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef LoopLocal cycle route
Morton Park Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef MortonLocal cycle route
Baydale Beck Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef BaydaleLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
West Park BMX TrackMountain bike route▾
Faverdale BMX TrackMountain bike route▾
Photos
Backs of houses on Brankin Road, Darlington, from the railway
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
8,072 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,072 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Mallard · Blackbird · Rock Dove · Moorhen +28
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Rose-coloured StarlingPastor roseus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Brown Hawker +14
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
- Scathophaga stercoraria
🌿Plants16 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Giant Hogweed · Hogweed · Daisy · Yew · Red Campion +11
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- DaisyBellis perennis
- YewTaxus baccata
- Red CampionSilene dioica2025
- White Dead-nettle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,072 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Mallard · Blackbird · Rock Dove · Moorhen +28
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Rose-coloured StarlingPastor roseus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Brown Hawker +14
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
- Scathophaga stercoraria
🌿Plants16 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Giant Hogweed · Hogweed · Daisy · Yew · Red Campion +11
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- DaisyBellis perennis
- YewTaxus baccata
- Red CampionSilene dioica2025
- White Dead-nettle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria
ScathophagaScathophagaScathophagaScathophagaEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxBrown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halys2025Brown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halys2025AgonumAgonum2025AgonumAgonum2025Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae2025Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Black DarterSympetrum danae2025Black DarterSympetrum danae2025Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025Lamium album2025
Lamium album2025
Colorado SprucePicea pungens2025Colorado SprucePicea pungens2025Scots PinePinus sylvestris2025Scots PinePinus sylvestris2025Boston-ivyParthenocissus tricuspidata2025Boston-ivyParthenocissus tricuspidata2025GorseUlex europaeus2025GorseUlex europaeus2025AspenPopulus tremula2025AspenPopulus tremula2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025Events & activities nearby
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