Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome30 ha
Getting here
54.59103, -1.38291
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Pochard
- 🍄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
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Pochard
- 🍄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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wigeon, Pochard, Shoveler +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Wigeon, Pochard, Shoveler +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Razor Strop Fungus, Butter Cap, Clustered Toughshank +96 more · last seen 2017
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Lily Beetle, Hydropsyche siltalai, 7-spot Ladybird +19 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Horse-chestnut, Bluebell +43 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough)Walking route▾
UK long distance footpath from Dufton to Warrenby.
Named routeRegional walking route
Thornaby Trail LoopWalking route▾
Named routeRef Thornaby TrailRound tripLocal walking route
Thornaby Trail ConnectionsWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
70 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
8 Bridges Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 8 BridgesLocal cycle route
Portrack & Haverton Hill Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef PortrackLocal cycle route
Stockton - Preston ParkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Stockton - InglebyCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,699 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,699 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Pochard · Wigeon · Blackbird · Shoveler · Robin +19
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Bramble · Hawthorn · Common Nettle · False Oat-grass · Wood Dock +96
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,699 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Pochard · Wigeon · Blackbird · Shoveler · Robin +19
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Bramble · Hawthorn · Common Nettle · False Oat-grass · Wood Dock +96
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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