Baron's Quay Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
54.90582, -1.45673
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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Mudflats — internationally important for wading birds and wildfowl
Free
Mudflats priority habitat
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 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
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
Bede's WayWalking route19 km▾
Route linking linking the twin Anglo-Saxon monasteries of St Peter’s in Wearmouth and St Paul’s in Jarrow
Named routeLength 19 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
90 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
East Gateshead 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
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Harton Branch RouteMountain bike route▾
Photos
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Wildlife to spot
80,152 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
80,152 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTeal · Grey Heron · Mallard · Oystercatcher · Canada Goose +33
- TealAnas crecca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CootFulica atra
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Snowdrop · Coltsfoot · Primrose · Daisy · Red Dead-nettle +7
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
80,152 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTeal · Grey Heron · Mallard · Oystercatcher · Canada Goose +33
- TealAnas crecca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CootFulica atra
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Snowdrop · Coltsfoot · Primrose · Daisy · Red Dead-nettle +7
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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