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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

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🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· FreePlayground

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +59 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +59 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Western Honey Bee, 7-spot Ladybird, Common Darter +25 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Western Honey Bee, 7-spot Ladybird, Common Darter +25 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Common Ragwort, Creeping Thistle, Elder +11 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Ragwort, Creeping Thistle, Elder +11 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Weardale WayWalking route124 km

Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: North Gare to South BentsWalking route

Named routeRef England Coast PathNational walking route

Way of LearningWalking route61 km

Named routeLength 61 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Tyne and Wear Heritage Way Section 7Walking route15.2 km

Named routeLength 15.2 kmRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: South Bents to AmbleWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

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Cycling

81 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

Bowes Railway PathCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

East Gateshead CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

National Cycle Network Link RouteCycling route

Named routeRef (14) / (72)National Cycle Network

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Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Harton Branch RouteMountain bike route

Named route

Marsden Quarry RouteMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

10,119 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,119 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds63 species

springsummer

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Herring Gull +58

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SwiftApus apus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
CootFulica atra2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023

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Mammals3 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023

🐝

Insects27 species

springsummer

2026

Western Honey Bee · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly +22

Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2023
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2023
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023

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Plants18 species

wintersummerautumn

2025

Common Ragwort · Snowdrop · Bullate Cotoneaster · Fox-and-cubs · Marsh Woundwort +13

Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
SnowdropGalanthus2024
Bullate CotoneasterCotoneaster rehderi2023
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2023
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2023
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
ElderSambucus nigra
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
Wild MignonetteReseda lutea2024
TansyTanacetum vulgare2024
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,119 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds63 species

springsummer

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Herring Gull +58

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SwiftApus apus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
CootFulica atra2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023

🐝

Insects27 species

springsummer

2026

Western Honey Bee · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly +22

Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2023
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2023
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023

🌿

Plants18 species

wintersummerautumn

2025

Common Ragwort · Snowdrop · Bullate Cotoneaster · Fox-and-cubs · Marsh Woundwort +13

Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
SnowdropGalanthus2024
Bullate CotoneasterCotoneaster rehderi2023
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2023
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2023
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
ElderSambucus nigra
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
Wild MignonetteReseda lutea2024
TansyTanacetum vulgare2024
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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