Ayton's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
54.89590, -1.48357
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
🚲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
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Weardale WayWalking route124 km▾
Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route
Cuddy's CorseWalking route12 km▾
Named routeLength 12 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Way of LearningWalking route61 km▾
Named routeLength 61 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Tyne and Wear Heritage Way Section 7Walking route15.2 km▾
Named routeLength 15.2 kmRegional walking route
57 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network
Bowes Railway PathCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Angel CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN 1 Tees to TyneCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
97,996 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
97,996 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLong-tailed Tit · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Mallard · Chaffinch +31
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- TealAnas crecca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- CootFulica atra
Orange Ladybird
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Snowdrop · Daisy · Gorse · Coltsfoot · Lesser Celandine +9
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- DaisyBellis perennis
- GorseUlex europaeus
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
97,996 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLong-tailed Tit · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Mallard · Chaffinch +31
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- TealAnas crecca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- CootFulica atra
Orange Ladybird
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Snowdrop · Daisy · Gorse · Coltsfoot · Lesser Celandine +9
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- DaisyBellis perennis
- GorseUlex europaeus
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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