Butterby Wood
✦ Ancient woodland29 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome29 ha
Getting here
54.74207, -1.56758
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +71 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Butterbur, Lesser Trefoil, Lords-and-Ladies +48 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Blackthorn, Ground-elder, Hazel +10 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Syrphus, Common Darter, Migrant Hawker +10 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Syrphus, Common Darter, Migrant Hawker +10 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km22 signed routes nearby · 39 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Weardale WayWalking route124 km▾
Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route
Small Pilgrim PlacesWalking route14.5 km▾
Named routeLength 14.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Cassop-cum-Quarrington circular walkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Jubilee WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Houghall Discovery TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
66 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Great North CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 725National Cycle Network
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route▾
The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Great North CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 725National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route421 m▾
Named routeRef 14Length 421 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
21 public paths nearby
Public paths
Bridle Roadbridleway · 589 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 589 mPath type: service
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Wildlife to spot
24,447 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,447 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Wren · Jackdaw +47
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springwinter
2026▾
Roe Deer · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Southern Hawker
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
🌿Plants12 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Butterbur · Lords-and-Ladies · Lesser Celandine · Hazel · Gorse +7
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- HazelCorylus avellana
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,447 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Wren · Jackdaw +47
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springwinter
2026▾
Roe Deer · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Southern Hawker
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
🌿Plants12 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Butterbur · Lords-and-Ladies · Lesser Celandine · Hazel · Gorse +7
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- HazelCorylus avellana
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2025Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2025Stag's-horn SumachRhus typhina2025Stag's-horn SumachRhus typhina2025Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025Events & activities nearby
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