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📷 Rose and Trev Clough · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Collared Dove, Magpie, House Martin +18 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Collared Dove, Magpie, House Martin +18 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Moschatel, Blunt Feather-moss, Bluebell +57 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Moschatel, Blunt Feather-moss, Bluebell +57 more · last seen 2023

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Dark Arches, Buff Ermine, Flame +32 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Dark Arches, Buff Ermine, Flame +32 more · last seen 2024

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Armillaria · last seen 2010; Fungi — Armillaria · last seen 2010

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km

Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Reivers' RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route14.4 km

Named routeRef 10Length 14.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route9 m

Named routeRef 10Length 9 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route5.8 km

Named routeRef 10Length 5.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

1,402 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,402 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds8 species

summer

2025

Collared Dove · Oystercatcher · Magpie · Kestrel · Starling +3

Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
MagpiePica pica
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
SwallowHirundo rustica
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Barn OwlTyto alba

🌿

Plants165 species

spring

2025

Wavy Bitter-cress · Polygonum aviculare · Germander Speedwell · Lawson Cypress · Rosa canina +160

Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Lawson CypressCupressus lawsoniana
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Toad Rush agg.Juncus bufonius
DandelionTaraxacum
HazelCorylus avellana
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus
CleaversGalium aparine
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Fringed PearlwortSagina filicaulis
Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata
Norway MapleAcer platanoides
Hedge BedstrawGalium album
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
CrosswortCruciata laevipes
AshFraxinus excelsior
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Rosa mollisRosa mollis
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Ornithogalum umbellatumOrnithogalum umbellatum
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Atriplex prostrataAtriplex prostrata
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Wild PlumPrunus domestica
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
ElmUlmus
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Lolium perenneLolium perenne
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Goat WillowSalix caprea
SpiraeaSpiraea
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
GorseUlex europaeus
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta
RaspberryRubus idaeus
HollyIlex aquifolium
NipplewortLapsana communis
Curled DockRumex crispus
daffodilsNarcissus
Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
LaburnhamLaburnum anagyroides
Bromus hordeaceusBromus hordeaceus
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Poa pratensisPoa pratensis
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre
Downy BirchBetula pubescens
Oval SedgeCarex leporina
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Common SallowSalix cinerea
White PoplarPopulus alba
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
DaisyBellis perennis
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
PignutConopodium majus
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
ElderSambucus nigra
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Bird CherryPrunus padus
Red OakQuercus rubra
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Erophila vernaErophila verna
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
OsierSalix viminalis
White CloverTrifolium repens
BeechFagus sylvatica
Norway SprucePicea abies
Apple-mintMentha spicata x suaveolens = M. x villosa
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum
Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Hyacinthoides hispanicaHyacinthoides hispanica
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
YewTaxus baccata
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
HonestyLunaria annua
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Red CampionSilene dioica
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Hedera helixHedera helix
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2024
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2024
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2024
HawkweedHieracium2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,402 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds8 species

summer

2025

Collared Dove · Oystercatcher · Magpie · Kestrel · Starling +3

Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
MagpiePica pica
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
SwallowHirundo rustica
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Barn OwlTyto alba

🌿

Plants165 species

spring

2025

Wavy Bitter-cress · Polygonum aviculare · Germander Speedwell · Lawson Cypress · Rosa canina +160

Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Lawson CypressCupressus lawsoniana
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Toad Rush agg.Juncus bufonius
DandelionTaraxacum
HazelCorylus avellana
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus
CleaversGalium aparine
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Fringed PearlwortSagina filicaulis
Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata
Norway MapleAcer platanoides
Hedge BedstrawGalium album
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
CrosswortCruciata laevipes
AshFraxinus excelsior
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Rosa mollisRosa mollis
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Ornithogalum umbellatumOrnithogalum umbellatum
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Atriplex prostrataAtriplex prostrata
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Wild PlumPrunus domestica
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
ElmUlmus
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Lolium perenneLolium perenne
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Goat WillowSalix caprea
SpiraeaSpiraea
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
GorseUlex europaeus
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta
RaspberryRubus idaeus
HollyIlex aquifolium
NipplewortLapsana communis
Curled DockRumex crispus
daffodilsNarcissus
Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
LaburnhamLaburnum anagyroides
Bromus hordeaceusBromus hordeaceus
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Poa pratensisPoa pratensis
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre
Downy BirchBetula pubescens
Oval SedgeCarex leporina
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Common SallowSalix cinerea
White PoplarPopulus alba
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
DaisyBellis perennis
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
PignutConopodium majus
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
ElderSambucus nigra
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Bird CherryPrunus padus
Red OakQuercus rubra
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Erophila vernaErophila verna
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
OsierSalix viminalis
White CloverTrifolium repens
BeechFagus sylvatica
Norway SprucePicea abies
Apple-mintMentha spicata x suaveolens = M. x villosa
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum
Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Hyacinthoides hispanicaHyacinthoides hispanica
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
YewTaxus baccata
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
HonestyLunaria annua
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Red CampionSilene dioica
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Hedera helixHedera helix
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2024
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2024
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2024
HawkweedHieracium2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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