Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
54.66429, -1.67129
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Carrion Crow
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Fifteas Vintage Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Carrion Crow
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Fifteas Vintage Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +73 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +73 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Tree Bumblebee, Red-tailed Bumblebee +10 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Weardale WayWalking route124 km▾
Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route
Finchale Camino Inglés (Durham to Escomb)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Mineral Valleys Walk - Escomb, Witton Park & EtherleyWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Way of Life - Gainford to EscombWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Locomotion & Historic ShildonWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
46 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network
Locomotion WayCycling route3.2 km▾
Named routeLength 3.2 kmLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 715Cycling route▾
Walney to Wear (via Bishop Auckland)
Named routeRef 715National Cycle Network
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route▾
The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route55 m▾
Named routeRef 70Length 55 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route588 m▾
Named routeRef 70Length 588 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
11,008 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,008 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Magpie +46
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Great TitParus major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwiftApus apus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · Adonis' Ladybird
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
Soft Shield-fern · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Sun Spurge · Apple · Chicory +51
- Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
- AppleMalus domestica
- ChicoryCichorium intybus
- Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
- Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,008 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Magpie +46
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Great TitParus major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwiftApus apus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · Adonis' Ladybird
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
Soft Shield-fern · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Sun Spurge · Apple · Chicory +51
- Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
- AppleMalus domestica
- ChicoryCichorium intybus
- Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
- Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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