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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
54.74494, -1.48589
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Jackdaw
- ✦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
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Jackdaw
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Magpie +78 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Magpie +78 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Harebell, Hazel, Ash +19 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Weardale WayWalking route124 km▾
Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route
Cassop-cum-Quarrington circular walkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Cassop Vale circular walkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Houghall Discovery TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
West Bowburn WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route647 m▾
Named routeRef 14Length 647 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 70Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1 km▾
Named routeRef 14Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route76 m▾
Named routeRef 70Length 76 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Public footpath leading towards Old Cassop from Cassop Vale
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
27,730 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
27,730 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Jackdaw · Pheasant · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Goldfinch +40
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- CootFulica atra
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Mole · Brown Hare
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Hazel · Harebell · Ash · Hawthorn · Hogweed +4
- HazelCorylus avellana
- HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
27,730 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Jackdaw · Pheasant · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Goldfinch +40
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- CootFulica atra
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Mole · Brown Hare
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Hazel · Harebell · Ash · Hawthorn · Hogweed +4
- HazelCorylus avellana
- HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas