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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.77121, -1.71216
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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 Woodpigeon and Moorhen
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 460m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Moorhen
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 460m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Blackbird +56 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Brown Rat, Grey Squirrel, Otter +12 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Cuckoo-Spit Insect, Common Cockchafer +2 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Small Pilgrim PlacesWalking route14.5 km▾
Named routeLength 14.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Way of LightWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Heritage 100 - BearparkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Heritage 100 - Ushaw MoorWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
H100 - Esh Winning and WaterhousesWalking route▾
Named routeRef 16Round tripLocal walking route
Acton Roadpublic footpath · 183 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 183 mPath type: footway
Station Avenuepublic footpath · 11 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 11 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Satley LoopCycling route30 km▾
Named routeRef CDN1Length 30 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Langley Park to Sniperly LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route▾
The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 14Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
College View, Esh Winning
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Wildlife to spot
9,178 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,178 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds22 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Moorhen · Woodpigeon · Mandarin Duck · Carrion Crow · Mallard +17
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- CootFulica atra2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Wood Mouse · Badger +5
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Red Fox
Climbing Corydalis
- Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,178 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds22 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Moorhen · Woodpigeon · Mandarin Duck · Carrion Crow · Mallard +17
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- CootFulica atra2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Wood Mouse · Badger +5
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Red Fox
Climbing Corydalis
- Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Vulpes vulpes
Vulpes vulpes
OtterLutra lutra2025OtterLutra lutra2025StoatMustela erminea2025StoatMustela erminea2025Red DeerCervus elaphus2025Red DeerCervus elaphus2025