Baydale Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🌿Foraging🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
54.52508, -1.58199
Open directionsv
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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 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
Barmpton & Little KettonWalking route▾
Named routeRef 2Round tripLocal walking route
32 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▾
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Wildlife to spot
26,598 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,598 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull +30
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Daubenton's Bat · Noctule · Brandt's Bat
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Brandt's BatMyotis brandtii
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Batman Hoverfly · Hornet Hoverfly · Common Water-Boatman · Scathophaga · Eudasyphora cyanella +29
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2025
- ScathophagaScathophaga
- Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Yew · Himalayan Balsam · Creeping Thistle · Great Willowherb · White Oak +62
- YewTaxus baccata
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
- White OakQuercus alba2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,598 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull +30
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Daubenton's Bat · Noctule · Brandt's Bat
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Brandt's BatMyotis brandtii
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Batman Hoverfly · Hornet Hoverfly · Common Water-Boatman · Scathophaga · Eudasyphora cyanella +29
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2025
- ScathophagaScathophaga
- Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Yew · Himalayan Balsam · Creeping Thistle · Great Willowherb · White Oak +62
- YewTaxus baccata
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
- White OakQuercus alba2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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