🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome220 ha
Getting here
55.40612, -2.14520
Open directionsv
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
- 🐴Horse riding listed as facility — is at its best in summer
- 🐕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
- 🐴Horse riding listed as facility — is at its best in summer
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌳Large woodland — room to roam
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Chaffinch +28 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Green-veined White, Ringlet, Peacock +5 more · last seen 2023
Free
Horse riding listed as facility
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Monkeyflower Species · last seen 2010; Plants — Monkeyflower Species · last seen 2010
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Route 686Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 686National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route7.4 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 7.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Felled area on Wether Hill
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Wildlife to spot
610 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
610 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMeadow Pipit · Robin · Chiffchaff · Song Thrush · Pheasant +15
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2017
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2017
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2017
- SiskinSpinus spinus2017
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2017
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2017
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2017
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2017
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2017
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2016
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2016
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2016
Pine Marten
Green-veined White · Dor Beetle · Peacock
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2017
- Dor BeetleGeotrupes
- PeacockAglais io2017
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Common Nettle · White Clover · Cleavers · Common Dog-violet +108
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
610 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMeadow Pipit · Robin · Chiffchaff · Song Thrush · Pheasant +15
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2017
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2017
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2017
- SiskinSpinus spinus2017
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2017
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2017
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2017
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2017
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2017
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2016
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2016
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2016
Pine Marten
Green-veined White · Dor Beetle · Peacock
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2017
- Dor BeetleGeotrupes
- PeacockAglais io2017
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Common Nettle · White Clover · Cleavers · Common Dog-violet +108
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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