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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome23 ha
Getting here
55.06071, -1.70370
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🥾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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🥾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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Lowland raised bog — bog butterflies and rare invertebrates
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Reivers' RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route143 m▾
Named routeRef 10Length 143 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route412 m▾
Named routeRef 10Length 412 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route68 m▾
Named routeRef 10Length 68 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route704 m▾
Named routeRef 10Length 704 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef 10Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Reivers Off Road Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Waggonways Cycle Route A - Seaton BurnMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
13,358 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,358 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Kestrel · Blackbird · Dunnock +42
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2024
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects29 species
springautumn
2026▾
Pine Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · 2-spot Ladybird · Adonis' Ladybird +24
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
- Scymnus nigrinusScymnus nigrinus
Short-fruited Willowherb · Black Medick · Sticky Mouse-ear · Slender Speedwell · Hart's-Tongue +4
- Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina
- Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
- Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- Henbit Dead-nettle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,358 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Kestrel · Blackbird · Dunnock +42
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2024
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects29 species
springautumn
2026▾
Pine Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · 2-spot Ladybird · Adonis' Ladybird +24
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
- Scymnus nigrinusScymnus nigrinus
Short-fruited Willowherb · Black Medick · Sticky Mouse-ear · Slender Speedwell · Hart's-Tongue +4
- Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina
- Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
- Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- Henbit Dead-nettle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lamium amplexicaule
Lamium amplexicaule
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2024Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2024