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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome73 ha
Getting here
54.98566, -1.67942
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦30+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 106m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦30+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 106m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull +27 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Magpie, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull +27 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Syrphus ribesii, Syrphus torvus, Marmalade Hoverfly +33 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
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139 signed routes nearby
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Route 14Cycling route▾
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Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
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Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
6,877 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,877 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Wren · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull +25
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects35 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Syrphus ribesii · Syrphus torvus · Eristalis pertinax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Epistrophe grossulariae +30
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Silverweed · Perennial Sow-thistle · Knotgrass · Buckler-Fern · Timothy +9
- SilverweedPotentilla anserina
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
- KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
- Buckler-FernDryopteris affinis subsp. affinis
- TimothyPhleum pratense
- Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
- False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,877 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Wren · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull +25
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects35 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Syrphus ribesii · Syrphus torvus · Eristalis pertinax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Epistrophe grossulariae +30
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Silverweed · Perennial Sow-thistle · Knotgrass · Buckler-Fern · Timothy +9
- SilverweedPotentilla anserina
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
- KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
- Buckler-FernDryopteris affinis subsp. affinis
- TimothyPhleum pratense
- Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
- False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
