Whinny Moor Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
6 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
54.64744, -1.30753
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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Three Villages Native Tree WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef 3 Villages TreeLocal walking route
45 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Saltholm Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef SaltholmLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Hartlepool Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
to Summerhill Country ParkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN 1 Tees to TyneCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Summerhill BMX TrackMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef BMX
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Wildlife to spot
1,334 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,334 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPheasant · Willow Tit · Tree Sparrow · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon +26
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2021
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common GullLarus canus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2021
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2021
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2021
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2021
- GadwallMareca strepera2021
- CurlewNumenius arquata2021
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2021
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2021
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2021
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- TealAnas crecca2021
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2021
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
- SwiftApus apus2020
🦌Mammals8 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Noctule · Roe Deer · Common Pipistrelle · Badger +3
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2023
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐝Insects3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Creeping Thistle · Spear Thistle · Common Nettle · White Clover · Mugwort +99
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,334 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPheasant · Willow Tit · Tree Sparrow · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon +26
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2021
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common GullLarus canus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2021
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2021
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2021
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2021
- GadwallMareca strepera2021
- CurlewNumenius arquata2021
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2021
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2021
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2021
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- TealAnas crecca2021
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2021
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
- SwiftApus apus2020
🦌Mammals8 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Noctule · Roe Deer · Common Pipistrelle · Badger +3
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2023
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐝Insects3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Creeping Thistle · Spear Thistle · Common Nettle · White Clover · Mugwort +99
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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