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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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Yellowhammer +76 more · last seen 2023; Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Yellowhammer +76 more · last seen 2023

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Hydropsyche pellucidula, Rhyacophila dorsalis, Brachycentrus subnubilus +22 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Hydropsyche pellucidula, Rhyacophila dorsalis, Brachycentrus subnubilus +22 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Japanese Knotweed, Canadian Waterweed +5 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Japanese Knotweed, Canadian Waterweed +5 more · last seen 2022

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Saint Cuthbert's Way (Kirk Yetholm to Lindisfarne)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Northumberland Coast PathWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pennine CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route2.7 km

Named routeRef 68Length 2.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route210 m

Named routeRef 68Length 210 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.4 km

Named routeRef 68Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route633 m

Named routeRef 68Length 633 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route4.6 km

Named routeRef 68Length 4.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

2,775 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,775 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2023

Carrion Crow · Dunnock · Chiffchaff · Pheasant · Wren +52

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2020
DunnockPrunella modularis2021
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
Common GullLarus canus2020
BlackbirdTurdus merula2020
RobinErithacus rubecula2021
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2020
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
Herring GullLarus argentatus2020
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2021
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2020
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2020
RookCorvus frugilegus2020
JackdawColoeus monedula2019
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
SiskinSpinus spinus2021
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2020
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2020
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2019
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2021
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2021
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2021
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2021
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2020
JayGarrulus glandarius2020
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2020
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2020
MagpiePica pica2020
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2020
Mute SwanCygnus olor2020
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2020
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2019
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2019
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2019
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2019
Greylag GooseAnser anser2019
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2019
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2019

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2020

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐝

Insects5 species

summer

2025

Eristalis arbustorum · Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Cercopis vulnerata · Birch Shieldbug

Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2024

🌿

Plants10 species

springsummerautumn

2022

Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Pirri-pirri-bur · Canadian Waterweed · Corn Spurrey +5

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2020
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2021
Pirri-pirri-burAcaena novae-zelandiae
Canadian WaterweedElodea canadensis2020
Corn SpurreySpergula arvensis2020
Tuberous ComfreySymphytum tuberosum2020
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2020
Field MapleAcer campestre2020
Bush VetchVicia sepium2020
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,775 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2023

Carrion Crow · Dunnock · Chiffchaff · Pheasant · Wren +52

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2020
DunnockPrunella modularis2021
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
Common GullLarus canus2020
BlackbirdTurdus merula2020
RobinErithacus rubecula2021
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2020
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
Herring GullLarus argentatus2020
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2021
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2020
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2020
RookCorvus frugilegus2020
JackdawColoeus monedula2019
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
SiskinSpinus spinus2021
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2020
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2020
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2019
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2021
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2021
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2021
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2021
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2020
JayGarrulus glandarius2020
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2020
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2020
MagpiePica pica2020
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2020
Mute SwanCygnus olor2020
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2020
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2019
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2019
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2019
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2019
Greylag GooseAnser anser2019
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2019
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2019

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2020

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐝

Insects5 species

summer

2025

Eristalis arbustorum · Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Cercopis vulnerata · Birch Shieldbug

Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2024

🌿

Plants10 species

springsummerautumn

2022

Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Pirri-pirri-bur · Canadian Waterweed · Corn Spurrey +5

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2020
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2021
Pirri-pirri-burAcaena novae-zelandiae
Canadian WaterweedElodea canadensis2020
Corn SpurreySpergula arvensis2020
Tuberous ComfreySymphytum tuberosum2020
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2020
Field MapleAcer campestre2020
Bush VetchVicia sepium2020
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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