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Conifer woodland near Stannersburn

133 ha

📷 Oliver Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome133 ha

Getting here

55.15534, -2.42607

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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌳Large woodland — room to roam

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Lakeside WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

13 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Reivers Kielder alternativeCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Reivers' RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network

National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route

The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

N/ACycling route8.9 km

Named routeLength 8.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route1.9 km

Named routeRef 10Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.1 km

Named routeRef 10Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

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Mountain biking

1 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

Wildlife to spot

1,747 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,747 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds77 species

springsummer

2025

Carrion Crow · Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Meadow Pipit · Song Thrush +72

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Great TitParus major2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
SwiftApus apus2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
MagpiePica pica2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2017
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2019
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2019
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
JayGarrulus glandarius2019
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2018
Greylag GooseAnser anser
LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2022
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2018
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2014
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2022
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2021
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2019
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2019
Herring GullLarus argentatus2017
RedwingTurdus iliacus2017
LinnetLinaria cannabina2016
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2016
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2015

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummer

2023

Mole · Roe Deer · Harvest Mouse

MoleTalpa europaea2014
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Harvest MouseMicromys minutus2021

🐟

Fish2 species

summer

2014

Atlantic Salmon · Brown/Sea Trout

Atlantic SalmonSalmo salar
Brown/Sea TroutSalmo trutta

🐝

Insects4 species

springsummer

2016

Green-veined White · Hydropsyche siltalai · Rhyacophila dorsalis · Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary

Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Hydropsyche siltalaiHydropsyche siltalai
Rhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalis
Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria selene2013

🌿

Plants98 species

springwinter

2020

Springy Turf-moss · Common Pawwort · Heath Star Moss · Elegant Silk-moss · Waved Silk-moss +93

Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Common PawwortOrthocaulis floerkei
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans
Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
Trunk PawwortOrthocaulis attenuatus
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Tumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosa
Flat-topped Bog-mossSphagnum fallax
White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans
Pellucid Four-tooth MossTetraphis pellucida
Creeping FingerwortLepidozia reptans
Cape Thread-mossOrthodontium lineare
Girgensohn's Bog-mossSphagnum girgensohnii
Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi
Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus
Rusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosus
Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Red Bog-mossSphagnum rubellum
Sphagnum palustre var. palustreSphagnum palustre var. palustre
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla
Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum auriculatum
Wood-rustCephalozia curvifolia
Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Water EarwortScapania undulata
Two-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidata
Woolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosum
Notched RustwortMarsupella emarginata
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Dusky Fork-mossDicranum fuscescens
Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum
Shady EarwortScapania umbrosa2015
Russow's Bog-mossSphagnum russowii2015
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2015
Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum2015
Western EarwortScapania gracilis2015
Mueller's PouchwortCalypogeia muelleriana2015
Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus
Mamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoi
Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
Marsh BryumBryum pseudotriquetrum
Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides
Green Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimus
Claw Brook-mossHygrohypnella ochracea
Greater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioides
Greater Fork-mossDicranum majus
Crenulated FlapwortSolenostoma gracillimum
Flagellate Feather-mossHyocomium armoricum
Hair-pointed Feather-mossCirriphyllum piliferum
Dotted Thyme-mossRhizomnium punctatum
Marsh Forklet-mossDichodontium palustre
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare
Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
Atrichum undulatumAtrichum undulatum
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2019
Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana2019
Silver-mossBryum argenteum2019
Feathery Bog-mossSphagnum cuspidatum2015
Taylor's FlapwortMylia taylorii2015
Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata2015
Comb NotchwortSphenolobus minutus2015
Greater WhipwortBazzania trilobata2015
Straw Spear-mossStraminergon stramineum2015
Fountain Apple-mossPhilonotis fontana2015
GreasewortAneura pinguis2015
Matchstick FlapwortOdontoschisma denudatum2015
RedshankCeratodon purpureus2015
Large White-mossLeucobryum glaucum2015
Atlantic PawwortOrthocaulis atlanticus2015
Hercynian HaircapOligotrichum hercynicum2015
Sphagnum subnitens subsp. subnitensSphagnum subnitens subsp. subnitens2015
Ladder FlapwortNardia scalaris2015
Inflated NotchwortGymnocolea inflata subsp. inflata2015
Urn HaircapPogonatum urnigerum2015
Yellow Fringe-mossRacomitrium aciculare2015
Rock FingerwortLepidozia cupressina2015
Fontinalis antipyretica subsp. antipyreticaFontinalis antipyretica subsp. antipyretica2014
Five-ranked Bog-mossSphagnum quinquefarium2013
Heath EarwortScapania irrigua2013
Magellanic Bog-mossSphagnum magellanicum2013
Dwarf Swan-neck MossCampylopus pyriformis2013
Sphagnum capillifoliumSphagnum capillifolium2013
Fringed Bog-mossSphagnum fimbriatum2013
Forcipated PincerwortCephalozia connivens2013
Strict HaircapPolytrichum strictum2013
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2013
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2013

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,747 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds77 species

springsummer

2025

Carrion Crow · Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Meadow Pipit · Song Thrush +72

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Great TitParus major2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
SwiftApus apus2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
MagpiePica pica2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2017
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2019
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2019
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
JayGarrulus glandarius2019
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2018
Greylag GooseAnser anser
LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2022
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2018
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2014
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2022
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2021
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2019
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2019
Herring GullLarus argentatus2017
RedwingTurdus iliacus2017
LinnetLinaria cannabina2016
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2016
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2015

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummer

2023

Mole · Roe Deer · Harvest Mouse

MoleTalpa europaea2014
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Harvest MouseMicromys minutus2021

🐟

Fish2 species

summer

2014

Atlantic Salmon · Brown/Sea Trout

Atlantic SalmonSalmo salar
Brown/Sea TroutSalmo trutta

🐝

Insects4 species

springsummer

2016

Green-veined White · Hydropsyche siltalai · Rhyacophila dorsalis · Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary

Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Hydropsyche siltalaiHydropsyche siltalai
Rhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalis
Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria selene2013

🌿

Plants98 species

springwinter

2020

Springy Turf-moss · Common Pawwort · Heath Star Moss · Elegant Silk-moss · Waved Silk-moss +93

Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Common PawwortOrthocaulis floerkei
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans
Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
Trunk PawwortOrthocaulis attenuatus
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Tumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosa
Flat-topped Bog-mossSphagnum fallax
White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans
Pellucid Four-tooth MossTetraphis pellucida
Creeping FingerwortLepidozia reptans
Cape Thread-mossOrthodontium lineare
Girgensohn's Bog-mossSphagnum girgensohnii
Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi
Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus
Rusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosus
Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Red Bog-mossSphagnum rubellum
Sphagnum palustre var. palustreSphagnum palustre var. palustre
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla
Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum auriculatum
Wood-rustCephalozia curvifolia
Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Water EarwortScapania undulata
Two-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidata
Woolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosum
Notched RustwortMarsupella emarginata
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Dusky Fork-mossDicranum fuscescens
Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum
Shady EarwortScapania umbrosa2015
Russow's Bog-mossSphagnum russowii2015
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2015
Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum2015
Western EarwortScapania gracilis2015
Mueller's PouchwortCalypogeia muelleriana2015
Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus
Mamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoi
Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
Marsh BryumBryum pseudotriquetrum
Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides
Green Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimus
Claw Brook-mossHygrohypnella ochracea
Greater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioides
Greater Fork-mossDicranum majus
Crenulated FlapwortSolenostoma gracillimum
Flagellate Feather-mossHyocomium armoricum
Hair-pointed Feather-mossCirriphyllum piliferum
Dotted Thyme-mossRhizomnium punctatum
Marsh Forklet-mossDichodontium palustre
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare
Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
Atrichum undulatumAtrichum undulatum
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2019
Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana2019
Silver-mossBryum argenteum2019
Feathery Bog-mossSphagnum cuspidatum2015
Taylor's FlapwortMylia taylorii2015
Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata2015
Comb NotchwortSphenolobus minutus2015
Greater WhipwortBazzania trilobata2015
Straw Spear-mossStraminergon stramineum2015
Fountain Apple-mossPhilonotis fontana2015
GreasewortAneura pinguis2015
Matchstick FlapwortOdontoschisma denudatum2015
RedshankCeratodon purpureus2015
Large White-mossLeucobryum glaucum2015
Atlantic PawwortOrthocaulis atlanticus2015
Hercynian HaircapOligotrichum hercynicum2015
Sphagnum subnitens subsp. subnitensSphagnum subnitens subsp. subnitens2015
Ladder FlapwortNardia scalaris2015
Inflated NotchwortGymnocolea inflata subsp. inflata2015
Urn HaircapPogonatum urnigerum2015
Yellow Fringe-mossRacomitrium aciculare2015
Rock FingerwortLepidozia cupressina2015
Fontinalis antipyretica subsp. antipyreticaFontinalis antipyretica subsp. antipyretica2014
Five-ranked Bog-mossSphagnum quinquefarium2013
Heath EarwortScapania irrigua2013
Magellanic Bog-mossSphagnum magellanicum2013
Dwarf Swan-neck MossCampylopus pyriformis2013
Sphagnum capillifoliumSphagnum capillifolium2013
Fringed Bog-mossSphagnum fimbriatum2013
Forcipated PincerwortCephalozia connivens2013
Strict HaircapPolytrichum strictum2013
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2013
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2013