Path Head Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
54.97610, -1.73628
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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
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 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Red Kite TrailWalking route18 km▾
Named routeLength 18 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Tyne and Wear Heritage Way Section 6Walking route▾
Thornley Woodland Centre to Beamish
Named routeRegional walking route
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km▾
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
80 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Cycle Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Cycle Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
National Cycle Network Link RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef (14) / (141) / (72)National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Link RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef (141) / (72)National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
24,990 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,990 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull +35
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
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- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
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- Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2025
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025
- DewberryRubus caesius2025
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
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Wildlife to spot
24,990 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
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- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
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- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects12 species
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2026▾
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- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
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- Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2025
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025
- DewberryRubus caesius2025
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
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