Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
55.29088, -1.61477
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦108+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Wigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦108+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Wigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Black-tailed Godwit +105 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Black-tailed Godwit +105 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Broad-bodied Chaser, Four-spotted Chaser, Common Blue Damselfly +24 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Tufted Hair-grass, Annual Meadow-grass, Common Couch +17 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Cemetery — managed green space with wildlife
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Northumberland Coast PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: South Bents to AmbleWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 Tyne to Alnmouth
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 6Cycling route▾
Tynemouth - Edinburgh
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route303 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 303 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route254 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 254 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
17,353 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,353 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +36
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
🦌Mammals5 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Domestic Dog · Roe Deer · Feral Cat · Red Fox · Feral Sheep
- Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Feral CatFelis catus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Feral SheepOvis aries
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Uromyces muscari · Arum Rust · Alexanders Rust · Boeremia hedericola · Burdock Mildew +10
- Uromyces muscariUromyces muscari
- Arum RustPuccinia sessilis
- Alexanders RustPuccinia smyrnii
- Boeremia hedericolaBoeremia hedericola
- Burdock MildewGolovinomyces depressus
- Protomyces macrosporusProtomyces macrosporus
- Diaporthe samaricola
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,353 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +36
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
🦌Mammals5 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Domestic Dog · Roe Deer · Feral Cat · Red Fox · Feral Sheep
- Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Feral CatFelis catus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Feral SheepOvis aries
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Uromyces muscari · Arum Rust · Alexanders Rust · Boeremia hedericola · Burdock Mildew +10
- Uromyces muscariUromyces muscari
- Arum RustPuccinia sessilis
- Alexanders RustPuccinia smyrnii
- Boeremia hedericolaBoeremia hedericola
- Burdock MildewGolovinomyces depressus
- Protomyces macrosporusProtomyces macrosporus
- Diaporthe samaricola
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Diaporthe samaricola
Diaporthe samaricola
Ivy SpeckleTrochila crateriumIvy SpeckleTrochila crateriumBitter Chocolate RustUromyces ficariaeBitter Chocolate RustUromyces ficariaeMallow RustPuccinia malvacearumMallow RustPuccinia malvacearumEntyloma ficariaeEntyloma ficariaeEntyloma ficariaeEntyloma ficariaeGround Elder RustPuccinia aegopodiiGround Elder RustPuccinia aegopodiiMicrothyrium ciliatumMicrothyrium ciliatumMicrothyrium ciliatumMicrothyrium ciliatumHolly SpeckleTrochila ilicinaHolly SpeckleTrochila ilicinaNeosetophoma samarorumNeosetophoma samarorumNeosetophoma samarorumNeosetophoma samarorumEvents & activities nearby
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