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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Dogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
55.36943, -2.33566
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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 Swallow and Meadow Pipit
- ✦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
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Meadow Pipit
- ✦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 — Swallow, Meadow Pipit, Skylark +56 more · last seen 2025; Moorland — golden plover, curlew and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Swallow, Meadow Pipit, Skylark +56 more · last seen 2025; Grass moorland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Common Hawker · last seen 2013
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Quaking-grass, Heath Bedstraw, Tormentil · last seen 2020
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
1 signed route nearby
Route 686Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 686National Cycle Network
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
Dere Streetrestricted byway · 941 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 941 mPath type: track
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,404 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,404 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2025▾
Meadow Pipit · Skylark · Swallow · Willow Warbler · Reed Bunting +31
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
Greater Tussock-sedge · Bog Stitchwort · Crowberry agg. · Common Valerian · Marsh Violet +10
- Greater Tussock-sedgeCarex paniculata
- Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
- Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum
- Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
- Marsh VioletViola palustris
- BugleAjuga reptans
- Alchemilla filicaulis subsp. vestita
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,404 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2025▾
Meadow Pipit · Skylark · Swallow · Willow Warbler · Reed Bunting +31
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
Greater Tussock-sedge · Bog Stitchwort · Crowberry agg. · Common Valerian · Marsh Violet +10
- Greater Tussock-sedgeCarex paniculata
- Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
- Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum
- Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
- Marsh VioletViola palustris
- BugleAjuga reptans
- Alchemilla filicaulis subsp. vestita
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Alchemilla filicaulis subsp. vestita
Alchemilla filicaulis subsp. vestita
Bottle SedgeCarex rostrataBottle SedgeCarex rostrataHairy Lady's-mantleAlchemilla filicaulisHairy Lady's-mantleAlchemilla filicaulisLady's-mantleAlchemilla vulgarisLady's-mantleAlchemilla vulgarisHare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatumHare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatumBristle Club-rushIsolepis setaceaBristle Club-rushIsolepis setaceaNew Zealand WillowherbEpilobium brunnescensNew Zealand WillowherbEpilobium brunnescensNarrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusianaNarrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusianaWild StrawberryFragaria vescaWild StrawberryFragaria vescaEvents & activities nearby
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