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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
54.51983, -1.56461
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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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +52 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Henbit Dead-nettle, White Dead-nettle +19 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Yew, Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Fox-and-cubs +189 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Yew, Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Fox-and-cubs +189 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough)Walking route▾
UK long distance footpath from Dufton to Warrenby.
Named routeRegional walking route
Alternatives in Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Barmpton & Little KettonWalking route▾
Named routeRef 2Round tripLocal walking route
37 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Mowden Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef MowdenLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 165Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 165National Cycle Network
Darlington LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef LoopLocal cycle route
Morton Park Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef MortonLocal cycle route
Baydale Beck Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef BaydaleLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
West Park BMX TrackMountain bike route▾
Faverdale BMX TrackMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
23,040 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,040 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Mallard · Rock Dove · Blackbird · Moorhen +31
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Daubenton's Bat · Noctule · Brandt's Bat
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Brandt's BatMyotis brandtii
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects20 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Scathophaga · Eudasyphora cyanella · Eristalis tenax · Scathophaga stercoraria +15
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- ScathophagaScathophaga
- Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata
Yew · Red Valerian · Common Knapweed · Hogweed · Hart's-Tongue +31
- YewTaxus baccata
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,040 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Mallard · Rock Dove · Blackbird · Moorhen +31
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Daubenton's Bat · Noctule · Brandt's Bat
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Brandt's BatMyotis brandtii
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects20 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Scathophaga · Eudasyphora cyanella · Eristalis tenax · Scathophaga stercoraria +15
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- ScathophagaScathophaga
- Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata
Yew · Red Valerian · Common Knapweed · Hogweed · Hart's-Tongue +31
- YewTaxus baccata
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas