Rookery Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland4 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
54.54802, -1.37916
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
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
Thornaby Trail LoopWalking route▾
Named routeRef Thornaby TrailRound tripLocal walking route
Thornaby Trail ConnectionsWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
78 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
8 Bridges Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 8 BridgesLocal cycle route
Portrack & Haverton Hill Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef PortrackLocal cycle route
Yarm - Preston ParkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Stockton - Preston ParkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
5,774 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,774 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2026▾
Great Tit · Blue Tit · Wren · Chiffchaff · Coal Tit +41
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
🐝Insects25 species
springsummer
2025▾
Azure Damselfly · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Large Red Damselfly · Emerald Damselfly +20
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2024
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
🌿Plants4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hedge Bedstraw · Musk-mallow · Burnet-saxifrage · Narrow-leaved Ash
- Hedge BedstrawGalium album
- Musk-mallowMalva moschata
- Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga
- Narrow-leaved AshFraxinus angustifolia2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,774 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2026▾
Great Tit · Blue Tit · Wren · Chiffchaff · Coal Tit +41
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
🐝Insects25 species
springsummer
2025▾
Azure Damselfly · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Large Red Damselfly · Emerald Damselfly +20
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2024
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
🌿Plants4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hedge Bedstraw · Musk-mallow · Burnet-saxifrage · Narrow-leaved Ash
- Hedge BedstrawGalium album
- Musk-mallowMalva moschata
- Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga
- Narrow-leaved AshFraxinus angustifolia2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
