Silksworth Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
54.86546, -1.43316
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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
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free
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 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Weardale WayWalking route124 km▾
Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: North Gare to South BentsWalking route▾
Named routeRef England Coast PathNational walking route
Red Clover Leaf WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Dragonfly routeWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Shrew routeWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
98 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
NCN 1 Seaham alternativeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
NCN 1 Tees to TyneCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route217 m▾
Named routeRef 7Length 217 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
2,989 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,989 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
winterspring
2026▾
Moorhen · Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Blue Tit · Great Tit +47
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2023
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
- TealAnas crecca2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- GannetMorus bassanus2022
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Greater White-toothed Shrew
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Greater White-toothed ShrewCrocidura russula2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Toad
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Emperor Dragonfly · Syrphus · Antherophagus pallens +12
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Antherophagus pallensAntherophagus pallens2025
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
🌿Plants23 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slender Speedwell · Lady's Bedstraw · Germander Speedwell · Lesser Celandine · White Dead-nettle +18
- Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2024
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2023
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2023
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2023
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,989 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
winterspring
2026▾
Moorhen · Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Blue Tit · Great Tit +47
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2023
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
- TealAnas crecca2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- GannetMorus bassanus2022
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Greater White-toothed Shrew
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Greater White-toothed ShrewCrocidura russula2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Toad
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Emperor Dragonfly · Syrphus · Antherophagus pallens +12
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Antherophagus pallensAntherophagus pallens2025
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
🌿Plants23 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slender Speedwell · Lady's Bedstraw · Germander Speedwell · Lesser Celandine · White Dead-nettle +18
- Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2024
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2023
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2023
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2023
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2025Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2024Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2024PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2022PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2022Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2022Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2022Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2022Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2022EupeodesEupeodes2022EupeodesEupeodes2022Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2022Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2022Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021Harebell
Harebell
Campanula rotundifolia
Campanula rotundifolia
RaspberryRubus idaeusRaspberryRubus idaeusCornflowerCentaurea cyanusCornflowerCentaurea cyanusIvyHedera helix2024IvyHedera helix2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2024Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2024Spiny RestharrowOnonis spinosa2024Spiny RestharrowOnonis spinosa2024Hoary PlantainPlantago media2024Hoary PlantainPlantago media2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella2024Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella2024Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2024Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2024Pheasant's-eye DaffodilNarcissus poeticus2024Pheasant's-eye DaffodilNarcissus poeticus2024Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2022Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2022Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2022Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2022Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon2022Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon2022Events & activities nearby
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