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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Dogs welcome484 ha
Getting here
55.52536, -1.89019
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Chaffinch
- ✦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
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Chaffinch
- ✦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 — Wren, Chaffinch, Robin +66 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHILLINGHAM CASTLE; Historic site
Free
Birds — Wren, Chaffinch, Robin +66 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red-tailed Bumblebee, Speckled Wood, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +31 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Pirri-pirri-bur, Bracken, Sweet Vernal-grass +196 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Saint Cuthbert's Way (Kirk Yetholm to Lindisfarne)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Photos
The wild cattle, Chillingham
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Wildlife to spot
2,993 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,993 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Pheasant · Robin · Siskin · Coal Tit +27
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects3 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Syrphus · Carabus nitens · Common Darter
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Carabus nitensCarabus nitens
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Sweet Vernal-grass · Downy Birch · Bluebell · Cock's-foot · Great Wood-rush +74
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Downy BirchBetula pubescens
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,993 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Pheasant · Robin · Siskin · Coal Tit +27
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects3 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Syrphus · Carabus nitens · Common Darter
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Carabus nitensCarabus nitens
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Sweet Vernal-grass · Downy Birch · Bluebell · Cock's-foot · Great Wood-rush +74
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Downy BirchBetula pubescens
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas