Engine Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
54.99432, -1.76778
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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 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km▾
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
81 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Reivers' RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
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
National Cycle Network Link RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef (72)National Cycle Network
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Reivers Off Road Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
16,624 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,624 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie · Black-headed Gull +41
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects7 species
winterspring
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird +2
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Snowdrop · Cherry Plum · Galanthus nivalis f. pleniflorus · Rush Aster · Common Toadflax +64
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- Galanthus nivalis f. pleniflorusGalanthus nivalis f. pleniflorus
- Rush AsterSymphyotrichum novi-belgii2025
- Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2025
- Sea AsterTripolium pannonicum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,624 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie · Black-headed Gull +41
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects7 species
winterspring
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird +2
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Snowdrop · Cherry Plum · Galanthus nivalis f. pleniflorus · Rush Aster · Common Toadflax +64
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- Galanthus nivalis f. pleniflorusGalanthus nivalis f. pleniflorus
- Rush AsterSymphyotrichum novi-belgii2025
- Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2025
- Sea AsterTripolium pannonicum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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