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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Free entry Dogs welcome 51 ha
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55.22695, -2.37032
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Wren, Crossbill +46 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Wren, Crossbill +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Green-veined White, Orange-tip, Peacock +7 more · last seen 2021; Insects — Green-veined White, Orange-tip, Peacock +7 more · last seen 2021
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Tree-moss, Spiky Bog-moss, Straw Spear-moss +4 more · last seen 2014; Plants — Tree-moss, Spiky Bog-moss, Straw Spear-moss +4 more · last seen 2014
Free
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm) Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Reivers' Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 10 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 686 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 686 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.1 km ▾
Named route Ref 10 Length 1.1 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 680 m ▾
Named route Ref 10 Length 680 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
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Wildlife to spot
509 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 509 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Chaffinch · Wren · Robin · Song Thrush · Crossbill +44
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2017 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2017 Robin Erithacus rubecula2017 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2017 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2011 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2017 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2011 Siskin Spinus spinus2011 Blackbird Turdus merula2017 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2017 Swallow Hirundo rustica2016 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2016 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2011 Coal Tit Periparus ater2011 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2016 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2016 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2011 Great Tit Parus major2011 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2011 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2016 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2013 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2011 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2011 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2011 House Martin Delichon urbicum2016 Dunnock Prunella modularis2011 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2011 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2010 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2010 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2010 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2010 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2010 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2010 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2010 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2010 Skylark Alauda arvensis2010 Raven Corvus corax Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2016 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2015 Coot Fulica atra2014 Rook Corvus frugilegus2014 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2011 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2011 Swift Apus apus2010 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2010 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2010 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2010 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2010 Curlew Numenius arquata2010 Pine Marten
🐝 Insects 10 species
spring summer
2021 ▾
Green-veined White · Orange-tip · Peacock · Small Garden Bumblebee · 7-spot Ladybird +5
Green-veined White Pieris napi2019 Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2019 Peacock Aglais io2019 Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Small Heath Tree-moss · Spiky Bog-moss · Hair-pointed Grimmia · Heath Star Moss · Straw Spear-moss +2
Tree-moss Climacium dendroides Spiky Bog-moss Sphagnum squarrosum Hair-pointed Grimmia Grimmia trichophylla Heath Star Moss Campylopus introflexus Straw Spear-moss Straminergon stramineum Narrow Mushroom-headed Liverwort Marchantia quadrata Red Bog-moss Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 509 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Chaffinch · Wren · Robin · Song Thrush · Crossbill +44
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2017 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2017 Robin Erithacus rubecula2017 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2017 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2011 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2017 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2011 Siskin Spinus spinus2011 Blackbird Turdus merula2017 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2017 Swallow Hirundo rustica2016 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2016 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2011 Coal Tit Periparus ater2011 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2016 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2016 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2011 Great Tit Parus major2011 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2011 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2016 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2013 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2011 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2011 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2011 House Martin Delichon urbicum2016 Dunnock Prunella modularis2011 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2011 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2010 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2010 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2010 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2010 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2010 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2010 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2010 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2010 Skylark Alauda arvensis2010 Raven Corvus corax Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2016 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2015 Coot Fulica atra2014 Rook Corvus frugilegus2014 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2011 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2011 Swift Apus apus2010 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2010 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2010 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2010 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2010 Curlew Numenius arquata2010 Pine Marten
🐝 Insects 10 species
spring summer
2021 ▾
Green-veined White · Orange-tip · Peacock · Small Garden Bumblebee · 7-spot Ladybird +5
Green-veined White Pieris napi2019 Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2019 Peacock Aglais io2019 Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Small Heath Tree-moss · Spiky Bog-moss · Hair-pointed Grimmia · Heath Star Moss · Straw Spear-moss +2
Tree-moss Climacium dendroides Spiky Bog-moss Sphagnum squarrosum Hair-pointed Grimmia Grimmia trichophylla Heath Star Moss Campylopus introflexus Straw Spear-moss Straminergon stramineum Narrow Mushroom-headed Liverwort Marchantia quadrata Red Bog-moss Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coenonympha pamphilus2015
Coenonympha pamphilus2015
Common Hawker Aeshna juncea2015
Common Hawker Aeshna juncea2015
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2015
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2015
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2015
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2015
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2015
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2015 Sphagnum rubellum
Sphagnum rubellum
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