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54.89086, -1.41774

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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
🌿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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Shoveler, Black-tailed Godwit, Wigeon +41 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Black-tailed Godwit, Wigeon +41 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Orange Ladybird +17 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Orange Ladybird +17 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — White Dead-nettle, Snowberry, Lady's Bedstraw +1 more · last seen 2025; Plants — White Dead-nettle, Snowberry, Lady's Bedstraw +1 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Weardale WayWalking route124 km

Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route

Durham Coastal PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: North Gare to South BentsWalking route

Named routeRef England Coast PathNational walking route

Way of LearningWalking route61 km

Named routeLength 61 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Bede's WayWalking route19 km

Route linking linking the twin Anglo-Saxon monasteries of St Peter’s in Wearmouth and St Paul’s in Jarrow

Named routeLength 19 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

122 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

NCN 1 Seaham alternativeCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

NCN 1 Tees to TyneCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route217 m

Named routeRef 7Length 217 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

6,089 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,089 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds33 species

winter

2026

Shoveler · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Wigeon · Magpie +28

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WigeonMareca penelope
MagpiePica pica
PochardAythya ferina
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CootFulica atra
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Bottle-nosed Dolphin

Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus

🐝

Insects9 species

springwinter

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Eyed Ladybird +4

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
SyrphusSyrphus
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,089 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds33 species

winter

2026

Shoveler · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Wigeon · Magpie +28

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WigeonMareca penelope
MagpiePica pica
PochardAythya ferina
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CootFulica atra
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Bottle-nosed Dolphin

Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus

🐝

Insects9 species

springwinter

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Eyed Ladybird +4

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
SyrphusSyrphus
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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