Broadleaved woodland near Cowgate
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
54.98876, -1.65439
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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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 61m away — 20 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 61m away — 20 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
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Photos
Shops on Ponteland Road, Cowgate
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Wildlife to spot
26,437 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,437 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Herring Gull · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Goldfinch +29
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · Early Bumblebee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · 7-spot Ladybird +15
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Broad-leaved Dock · Common Chickweed
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,437 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Herring Gull · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Goldfinch +29
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · Early Bumblebee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · 7-spot Ladybird +15
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Broad-leaved Dock · Common Chickweed
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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