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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.85569, -2.90107
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 253m away
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 253m away
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Robin, Blue Tit +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Robin, Blue Tit +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers, Common Carder Bee, Bumblebee +153 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Perfoliate Pondweed, Marsh Woundwort +6 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cumbria WayWalking route118 km▾
Named routeLength 118 kmRegional walking route
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km▾
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
57 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Reivers' RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route218 m▾
Named routeRef 10Length 218 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route557 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 557 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
4,293 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,293 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springautumn
2026▾
Chaffinch · Robin · Goldfinch · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Greenfinch +45
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Streptopelia roseogrisea f. risoriaStreptopelia roseogrisea f. risoria2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Otter · Red Fox
- OtterLutra lutra
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Banded Demoiselle · Common Carder Bee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Marsh Snipefly · Bumblebee +9
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2023
- Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius2024
- BumblebeeBombus2024
- Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris
🌿Plants2 species
wintersummer
2024▾
Perfoliate Pondweed · Snowdrop
- Perfoliate PondweedPotamogeton perfoliatus
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,293 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springautumn
2026▾
Chaffinch · Robin · Goldfinch · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Greenfinch +45
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Streptopelia roseogrisea f. risoriaStreptopelia roseogrisea f. risoria2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Otter · Red Fox
- OtterLutra lutra
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Banded Demoiselle · Common Carder Bee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Marsh Snipefly · Bumblebee +9
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2023
- Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius2024
- BumblebeeBombus2024
- Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris
🌿Plants2 species
wintersummer
2024▾
Perfoliate Pondweed · Snowdrop
- Perfoliate PondweedPotamogeton perfoliatus
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
