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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
55.69990, -1.99808
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Kestrel and Rook
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Kestrel and Rook
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for
8 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Kestrel, Rook, Barn Owl +48 more · last seen 2025
Birds — Kestrel, Rook, Barn Owl +48 more · last seen 2025
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Blackfoot Polypore, Roundspored Oysterling, Common Jelly Spot +67 more · last seen 2019
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green-veined White, Large White, Orange-tip +15 more · last seen 2025
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Dogs allowed with public access
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Northumberland Coast PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 Alnmouth to Berwick-upon-Tweed
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 6Cycling route▾
Tynemouth - Edinburgh
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route348 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 348 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route746 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 746 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Ancroft, St. Anne's Church: Roof corbel 1
Photos
Ancroft, St. Anne's Church: Roof corbel 1
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
220 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
220 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds51 species
springsummer
2025Kestrel · Rook · Barn Owl · Yellowhammer · Collared Dove
+46 more speciesHide species list
All 51 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2015
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2011
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwiftApus apus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
- TealAnas crecca2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus2022
- GullsLaridae2018
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2011
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2011
- CootFulica atra2011
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2010
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2010
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringsummer
2024Brown Hare · Brown Rat · Badger · Stoat · Rabbit
+1 more speciesHide species list
All 6 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- BadgerMeles meles2020
- StoatMustela erminea2015
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2015
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2025Green-veined White · Large White · Orange-tip · Wall · Small White
+13 more speciesHide species list
All 18 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
- WallLasiommata megera2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae
🍄Fungi70 species
springsummer
2019Blackfoot Polypore · Roundspored Oysterling · Common Jelly Spot · Jelly Ear · White Brain
+65 more speciesHide species list
All 70 fungi recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Blackfoot PolyporePolyporus leptocephalus2017
- Roundspored OysterlingCrepidotus cesatii2017
- Common Jelly SpotDacrymyces stillatus2017
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae2017
- White Brain
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Tufted Vetch · Redshank · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Endive Pellia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
220 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds51 species
springsummer
2025Kestrel · Rook · Barn Owl · Yellowhammer · Collared Dove
+46 more speciesHide species list
All 51 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2015
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2011
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwiftApus apus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
- TealAnas crecca2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus2022
- GullsLaridae2018
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2011
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2011
- CootFulica atra2011
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2010
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2010
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringsummer
2024Brown Hare · Brown Rat · Badger · Stoat · Rabbit
+1 more speciesHide species list
All 6 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- BadgerMeles meles2020
- StoatMustela erminea2015
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2015
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2025Green-veined White · Large White · Orange-tip · Wall · Small White
+13 more speciesHide species list
All 18 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
- WallLasiommata megera2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae
🍄Fungi70 species
springsummer
2019Blackfoot Polypore · Roundspored Oysterling · Common Jelly Spot · Jelly Ear · White Brain
+65 more speciesHide species list
All 70 fungi recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Blackfoot PolyporePolyporus leptocephalus2017
- Roundspored OysterlingCrepidotus cesatii2017
- Common Jelly SpotDacrymyces stillatus2017
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae2017
- White Brain
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Tufted Vetch · Redshank · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Endive Pellia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
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