Conifer woodland near Whiteside
99 ha
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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome99 ha
Getting here
55.05907, -2.51609
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Visiting this summer
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
Lowland raised bog priority habitat
Free
Raised bog — specialist bog birds and passage raptors
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Lowland raised bog — bog butterflies and rare invertebrates
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (North Pennines and Kielder Forest)Mountain bike route123.9 km▾
Named routeLength 123.9 kmNational Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
3,527 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,527 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grasshopper Warbler · Cuckoo
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- CuckooCuculus canorus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Eristalis tenax · Eristalis pertinax · Helophilus pendulus · Sericomyia silentis · Helophilus hybridus +8
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Helophilus hybridusHelophilus hybridus
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
- Platycheirus albimanus
Creeping Bent · Quaking-grass · Mat-grass · Wild Angelica · Broad-leaved Dock +122
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- Quaking-grassBriza media
- Mat-grassNardus stricta
- Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Marsh ValerianValeriana dioica
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,527 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grasshopper Warbler · Cuckoo
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- CuckooCuculus canorus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Eristalis tenax · Eristalis pertinax · Helophilus pendulus · Sericomyia silentis · Helophilus hybridus +8
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Helophilus hybridusHelophilus hybridus
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
- Platycheirus albimanus
Creeping Bent · Quaking-grass · Mat-grass · Wild Angelica · Broad-leaved Dock +122
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- Quaking-grassBriza media
- Mat-grassNardus stricta
- Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Marsh ValerianValeriana dioica
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus albimanus
Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctellaXanthandrus comtusXanthandrus comtusXanthandrus comtusXanthandrus comtusSpiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidensSpiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidensGreen DrakeEphemera danicaGreen DrakeEphemera danicaBroken-belted BumblebeeBombus soroeensis2024Broken-belted BumblebeeBombus soroeensis2024Helophilus trivittatusHelophilus trivittatus2024Helophilus trivittatusHelophilus trivittatus2024Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensisDevil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensisMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaLolium perenneLolium perenneLolium perenneLolium perenneAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusCarnation SedgeCarex paniceaCarnation SedgeCarex paniceaMarsh HorsetailEquisetum palustreMarsh HorsetailEquisetum palustreZigzag CloverTrifolium mediumZigzag CloverTrifolium mediumHeath BedstrawGalium saxatileHeath BedstrawGalium saxatileCross-leaved HeathErica tetralixCross-leaved HeathErica tetralixMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisBog StitchwortStellaria alsineBog StitchwortStellaria alsineAutumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalisAutumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalisDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumWater MintMentha aquaticaWater MintMentha aquaticaDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensMarsh CinquefoilComarum palustreMarsh CinquefoilComarum palustreGrass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustrisGrass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustrisOval SedgeCarex leporinaOval SedgeCarex leporinaCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseTawny SedgeCarex hostianaTawny SedgeCarex hostianaHeath Wood-rushLuzula multifloraHeath Wood-rushLuzula multifloraColtsfootTussilago farfaraColtsfootTussilago farfaraWild ThymeThymus druceiWild ThymeThymus druceiBog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragumBog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragumPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusSoft-rushJuncus effususSoft-rushJuncus effususMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensSmall Sweet-grassGlyceria declinataSmall Sweet-grassGlyceria declinataYellow IrisIris pseudacorusYellow IrisIris pseudacorusCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCompact RushJuncus conglomeratusCompact RushJuncus conglomeratusDowny OatAvenula pubescensDowny OatAvenula pubescensCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataHard RushJuncus inflexusHard RushJuncus inflexusGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorMelancholy ThistleCirsium heterophyllumMelancholy ThistleCirsium heterophyllumMarsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosumMarsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosumRowanSorbus aucupariaRowanSorbus aucupariaHybrid MonkeyflowerErythranthe guttata x lutea = E. x robertsiiHybrid MonkeyflowerErythranthe guttata x lutea = E. x robertsiiPhleum pratensePhleum pratensePhleum pratensePhleum pratenseGlaucous SedgeCarex flaccaGlaucous SedgeCarex flaccaCornusCornusCornusCornusPale SedgeCarex pallescensPale SedgeCarex pallescensEyebrightEuphrasiaEyebrightEuphrasiaYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumYellow-rattleRhinanthus minorYellow-rattleRhinanthus minorCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaSilver Hair-grassAira caryophylleaSilver Hair-grassAira caryophylleaSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisAutumn GentianGentianella amarellaAutumn GentianGentianella amarellaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaMale-fernDryopteris filix-masMale-fernDryopteris filix-masEuphrasia officinalisEuphrasia officinalisEuphrasia officinalisEuphrasia officinalisFairy FlaxLinum catharticumFairy FlaxLinum catharticumSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusWood-sorrelOxalis acetosellaWood-sorrelOxalis acetosellaPoa pratensisPoa pratensisPoa pratensisPoa pratensisSpreading Meadow-grassPoa humilisSpreading Meadow-grassPoa humilisTormentilPotentilla erectaTormentilPotentilla erectaIntermediate Lady's-mantleAlchemilla xanthochloraIntermediate Lady's-mantleAlchemilla xanthochloraGreen-ribbed SedgeCarex binervisGreen-ribbed SedgeCarex binervisTrichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicumHeath RushJuncus squarrosusHeath RushJuncus squarrosusTimothyPhleum pratenseTimothyPhleum pratenseCommon Yellow-sedgeCarex demissaCommon Yellow-sedgeCarex demissaMeadow FescueSchedonorus pratensisMeadow FescueSchedonorus pratensisStar SedgeCarex echinataStar SedgeCarex echinataBrown BentAgrostis vinealisBrown BentAgrostis vinealisFestuca rubraFestuca rubraFestuca rubraFestuca rubraGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysMarsh ArrowgrassTriglochin palustrisMarsh ArrowgrassTriglochin palustrisCommon ButterwortPinguicula vulgarisCommon ButterwortPinguicula vulgarisMarsh SpeedwellVeronica scutellataMarsh SpeedwellVeronica scutellataMarsh WoundwortStachys palustrisMarsh WoundwortStachys palustrisFlea SedgeCarex pulicarisFlea SedgeCarex pulicarisTufted VetchVicia craccaTufted VetchVicia craccaCreeping Soft-grassHolcus mollisCreeping Soft-grassHolcus mollisWhorled MintMentha aquatica x arvensis = M. x verticillataWhorled MintMentha aquatica x arvensis = M. x verticillataRusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifoliaRusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifoliaCommon CouchElymus repensCommon CouchElymus repensJointed RushJuncus articulatusJointed RushJuncus articulatusCommon Spike-rushEleocharis palustrisCommon Spike-rushEleocharis palustrisMouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarumMouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarumHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaCommon Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsiiCommon Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsiiHeatherCalluna vulgarisHeatherCalluna vulgarisSheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovinaSheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovinaLesser StitchwortStellaria gramineaLesser StitchwortStellaria gramineaPolygonum avicularePolygonum avicularePolygonum avicularePolygonum aviculareNorthern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurellaNorthern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurellaSneezewortAchillea ptarmicaSneezewortAchillea ptarmicaYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusChanging Forget-me-notMyosotis discolorChanging Forget-me-notMyosotis discolorMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaLesser ClubmossSelaginella selaginoidesLesser ClubmossSelaginella selaginoidesOsierSalix viminalisOsierSalix viminalisCommon MilkwortPolygala vulgarisCommon MilkwortPolygala vulgarisSharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorusSharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorusAlternate Water-milfoilMyriophyllum alterniflorumAlternate Water-milfoilMyriophyllum alterniflorumHarebellCampanula rotundifoliaHarebellCampanula rotundifoliaGreater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatusGreater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatusCommon BentAgrostis capillarisCommon BentAgrostis capillarisGreat BurnetSanguisorba officinalisGreat BurnetSanguisorba officinalisPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareGymnadenia conopseaGymnadenia conopseaGymnadenia conopseaGymnadenia conopseaCrosswortCruciata laevipesCrosswortCruciata laevipesRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataWater AvensGeum rivaleWater AvensGeum rivaleBurnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifragaBurnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifragaHeath-grassDanthonia decumbensHeath-grassDanthonia decumbensLittle Kneeling EyebrightEuphrasia confusaLittle Kneeling EyebrightEuphrasia confusaEvents & activities nearby
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