🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome131 ha
Getting here
55.34993, -2.36668
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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
- 🐕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
- 🐕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, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats; Birds — Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch, Willow Warbler +44 more · last seen 2023
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Common Hawker · last seen 2013
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
1 signed route nearby
Route 686Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 686National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
262 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
262 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummer
2023▾
Chaffinch · Meadow Pipit · Willow Warbler · Skylark · Wren +43
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2022
- BuzzardButeo buteo2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2021
- CurlewNumenius arquata2018
- SwallowHirundo rustica2018
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2018
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2015
- Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2018
- SwiftApus apus2018
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2018
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2018
- Rock DoveColumba livia2017
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2017
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2015
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2014
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2012
- RavenCorvus corax2011
Red Fox
Adder
Common Hawker
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Greater Tussock-sedge · Coltsfoot · Bog Stitchwort · Dioecious Sedge · Common Valerian +14
- Greater Tussock-sedgeCarex paniculata
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
- Dioecious SedgeCarex dioica
- Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
- BugleAjuga reptans
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
262 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummer
2023▾
Chaffinch · Meadow Pipit · Willow Warbler · Skylark · Wren +43
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2022
- BuzzardButeo buteo2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2021
- CurlewNumenius arquata2018
- SwallowHirundo rustica2018
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2018
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2015
- Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2018
- SwiftApus apus2018
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2018
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2018
- Rock DoveColumba livia2017
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2017
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2015
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2014
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2012
- RavenCorvus corax2011
Red Fox
Adder
Common Hawker
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Greater Tussock-sedge · Coltsfoot · Bog Stitchwort · Dioecious Sedge · Common Valerian +14
- Greater Tussock-sedgeCarex paniculata
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
- Dioecious SedgeCarex dioica
- Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
- BugleAjuga reptans
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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