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Brown Rigg Plantation

67 ha

📷 T Eyre · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome67 ha

Getting here

55.07775, -2.34317

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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
🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
🐕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
🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Tawny Owl, Chaffinch, Willow Warbler +53 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Tawny Owl, Chaffinch, Willow Warbler +53 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Glittering Wood-moss, Common Feather-moss, Broom Fork-moss +121 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Glittering Wood-moss, Common Feather-moss, Broom Fork-moss +121 more · last seen 2022

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates; Insects — Green-veined White, Orange-tip, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary +21 more · last seen 2022

Free

Forest walks

Strong match

2 marked walking trail(s)

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Usnea wasmuthii, Lecidella elaeochroma f. soralifera · last seen 2016; Fungi — Usnea wasmuthii, Lecidella elaeochroma f. soralifera · last seen 2016

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pennine CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network

National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route

The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route3.4 km

Named routeRef 68Length 3.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route1.2 km

Named routeRef 68Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route13.6 km

Named routeRef 68Length 13.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Stonehaugh TrailMountain bike route

Named routeRound trip

Great North Trail (North Pennines and Kielder Forest)Mountain bike route123.9 km

Named routeLength 123.9 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

2,051 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,051 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds36 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Tawny Owl · Chaffinch · Coal Tit · Goldcrest · Willow Warbler +31

Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Great TitParus major2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SwallowHirundo rustica
CuckooCuculus canorus
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
JayGarrulus glandarius
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023

🐝

Insects6 species

spring

2022

Larch Ladybird · Eyed Ladybird · Striped Ladybird · Pine Weevil · Early Bumblebee +1

Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Striped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttata
Pine WeevilHylobius abietis
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2022

Lesser Celandine

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,051 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds36 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Tawny Owl · Chaffinch · Coal Tit · Goldcrest · Willow Warbler +31

Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Great TitParus major2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SwallowHirundo rustica
CuckooCuculus canorus
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
JayGarrulus glandarius
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023

🐝

Insects6 species

spring

2022

Larch Ladybird · Eyed Ladybird · Striped Ladybird · Pine Weevil · Early Bumblebee +1

Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Striped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttata
Pine WeevilHylobius abietis
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2022

Lesser Celandine

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 T Eyre · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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