Broadleaved woodland near West Monkseaton
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
55.04874, -1.47976
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
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
Stride out walkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: South Bents to AmbleWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
The Angel's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
56 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Coast Road cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Reivers' RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
Percy Main Metro routeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 Tyne to Alnmouth
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
NCN 1 Tees to TyneCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Reivers Off Road Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Waggonways Cycle Route B - Burradon and KillingworthMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Waggonways Cycle Route LinkMountain bike route▾
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Waggonways Cycle Route C - BackworthMountain bike route▾
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Waggonways Cycle Route D - Rising SunMountain bike route▾
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Waggonways Cycle Route E - Silverlink Albert Edward DockMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
59,712 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
59,712 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Snow Bunting · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird +44
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PuffinFratercula arctica
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- EiderSomateria mollissima2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
🐝Insects12 species
springautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Early Bumblebee · 22-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Coltsfoot · Daisy · Snowdrop
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- DaisyBellis perennis
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
59,712 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Snow Bunting · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird +44
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PuffinFratercula arctica
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- EiderSomateria mollissima2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
🐝Insects12 species
springautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Early Bumblebee · 22-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Coltsfoot · Daisy · Snowdrop
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- DaisyBellis perennis
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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