Plan your visit
🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🍄 Fungi
Dogs welcome 1 ha
Getting here
55.29112, -1.88056
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin 🍄 Mushroom 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
🐦 70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin 🍄 Mushroom 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 🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
Mammals — Grey Squirrel, Roe Deer, Red Fox +12 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Limonomyces roseipellis, Red-Belted Bracket, Weeping Widow +40 more · last seen 2023
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Black Darter, Southern Hawker +16 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Primrose, Wood-sorrel, Wood Sage +9 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Nelly's Moss Lakes Walk, Cragside Estate Walking route 2.4 km ▾
Discover 2 of Cragside's historic lakes, originally engineered by Lord Armstrong as part of a pioneering Victorian hydro-electricity system, on this easy, level circular. Keep an eye out for frogs crossing the path & herons dipping their feet in the water
Named route Length 2.4 km Duration 01:00 Round trip Local walking route
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Wildlife to spot
5,688 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 5,688 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 32 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Robin · Blackbird · Jay · Wren · Dunnock +27
Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Jay Garrulus glandarius Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Dunnock Prunella modularis Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Coal Tit Periparus ater Tawny Owl Strix aluco Carrion Crow Corvus corone Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Siskin Spinus spinus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica Rook Corvus frugilegus Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Common Gull Larus canus Great Tit Parus major Redwing Turdus iliacus Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Raven Corvus corax Barn Owl Tyto alba Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Red Deer · Badger +6
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Red Deer Cervus elaphus Badger Meles meles Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Fallow Deer Dama dama 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Darter · Melanostoma · Meliscaeva cinctella · Migrant Hawker
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Melanostoma Melanostoma Meliscaeva cinctella Meliscaeva cinctella Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Primrose
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 5,688 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 32 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Robin · Blackbird · Jay · Wren · Dunnock +27
Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Jay Garrulus glandarius Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Dunnock Prunella modularis Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Coal Tit Periparus ater Tawny Owl Strix aluco Carrion Crow Corvus corone Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Siskin Spinus spinus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica Rook Corvus frugilegus Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Common Gull Larus canus Great Tit Parus major Redwing Turdus iliacus Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Raven Corvus corax Barn Owl Tyto alba Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Red Deer · Badger +6
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Red Deer Cervus elaphus Badger Meles meles Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Fallow Deer Dama dama 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Darter · Melanostoma · Meliscaeva cinctella · Migrant Hawker
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Melanostoma Melanostoma Meliscaeva cinctella Meliscaeva cinctella Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Primrose
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hedgehog
Hedgehog
Erinaceus europaeus
Erinaceus europaeus
Stoat Mustela erminea
Stoat Mustela erminea
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus
Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus
Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus 